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Sustainability is an urgent social development task that is increasingly coming into the limelight. The United Nation's Brundtland Commission Report of 1987 concluded that humanity could make development sustainable if it meets "the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." Industrial companies' implementation of the environmental management system on a voluntary basis and by implementing them undertake to carry out all their activities in an environmentally friendly manner. The aim of this contribution is to focus on the issue of the impact of the metalworking industry, specifically chip machining, on the environment. Based on the analysis of the proposed register of environmental aspects according to the requirements of ISO 14001, we focus on the aspects that threaten the environment the most and try to minimize their impact. In this case, it is specifically the cutting fluids used in machining. The effort is to prepare the basis for the preparation for the certification of the company according to ISO 14001 and mainly to propose corrective measures to minimize the impact on the environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Since about the middle of the last century, the state of the environment has been deteriorating and, in connection with this, the pressure to protect the environment has begun to increase, so industrial companies must comply with environmental legislation. Industrial companies’ implementation of the environmental management system on a voluntary basis and by implementing them undertake to carry out all their activities in an environmentally friendly manner. This trend affects not only social but also economic development and, last but not least, the satisfaction and health of the population. Sustainable development makes it possible to meet the current needs of the human population without compromising the living standards of future generations and preserving the planet's ecosystem. The article describes the issue of the impact of the metalworking industry, specifically machining, on the environment. The authors aim to design a register of environmental aspects identified in machining according to ISO 14001. This register of environmental aspects will serve as a basis for the subsequent processing of the required documentation for the certification of the company according to ISO 14001. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]