ISO 14001:2015
ISO 14001 is the most internationally recognised standard for Environmental Management Systems helping businesses to identify and reduce the impact that running their business has on the environment.
Implementing 14001 will help you to contribute to the global target of limiting global warming to around 1.5C (2.7°F)
The standard can be implemented by any size of business, meeting it’s requirements will help you to understand the aspects of the business which interact with the environment and the impact that those aspects have on the environment. By measuring the impacts and setting targets to reduce them you will not only contribute to reducing global warming you will be able to reduce your costs.
In addition, if you choose to gain certification for your EMS it will help to enhance the reputation of your business and may help you to win new business.
14001 can be implemented as a stand alone system or can easily be integrated with other ISO standards to produce an integrated management system as it has many common requirements with other popular standards such as 9001, 45001 & 27001.
If you would like our help either in starting your journey with ISO 14001 or with support for an existing system we would be very happy to hear from you.
Requirements of ISO 14001:2015
The standard which was last revised in 2015 sets out in 7 sections the requirements for a successful environmental management system (EMS).
- Context of the organisation – provides an understanding of the organisation and its context, the requirements of interested parties, sets out the scope of the system and its processes.
- Leadership – sets out the committment of management to the system; provides requirements for the environmental policy and effective communication of the policy; provides understanding of organisational roles, responsibilities and authorities,
- Planning – Sets out actions to address risks and opportunities; the environmental aspects and associated impacts; compliance obligations and action plans to achieve them; the setting of environmental objectives and actions plans to achieve them.
- Support – Managament of resources required to deliver system requirements; competence of staff; awareness of the environmental policy, the environmental objectives, how the staff contribute to the effectiveness of the EMS and the implications for not conforming to system requirements; setting out what, when, with whom, how and by whom the company communicates internally and externally; sets out the documented information required by the EMS; the control of documents and the information provided by them.
- Operation – sets out the requirements for operational planning and control; requirements emergency preparedness and response.
- Performance evaluation – sets out what needs to be monitored and measured how its carried out, when its perfomed and when the results and measured and analysed; evaluation of ccompliance; planning for and carrying out internal audits; conducting management reviews at planned intervals.
- Improvement – Determination and selection of opportunities for improvement; reporting and responding to non-conformities; continual improvement of the suitability, adequacy and effectiveness of the EMS.
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