ISO 14001:2015 Environmental Management System Requirements
We have broken down the ISO 14001:2015 requirements in order to make it easer to understand and also help you and your organization put the requirements into action. ISO 14001:2015 is the latest revision of the ISO 14001 standard. Within the requirements, there are 10 sections (otherwise referred to as clauses) along with supporting subsections (subclauses). Requirements 1-3 are general information, whereas 4-10 are to applied to your Environmental Management System (EMS). In order to successfully implement ISO 14001:2015 you must fulfill the requirements of sections 4-10.
Overview of the ISO 14001:2015 Requirements
Section 0: Introduction
This section introduces the purpose, principles and key concepts of the standard, including risk-based thinking and the process approach.
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Section 1: Scope
This section defines the scope of the 14001:2015 standard. In summary, the scope includes specifying requirements for an EMS of any organization.
Learn more: Section 1.0 Scope
Section 2: Normative References
There are no normative references for ISO 14001:2015
Section 3: Terms and Definitions
Terminology used throughout this standard comes directly from ISO 14001:2015, environmental management systems – Fundamentals and vocabulary.
Learn more: Section 3. Terms and Definitions of ISO 14001:2015
Section 4: Context of the Organization
Determine external and internal issues, the needs and expectations of interested parties, environmental management system scope and its processes.
Learn more: Section 4 Context of the Organization:
Section 5: Leadership
Top management is to demonstrate leadership and commitment, establish and communicate an environmental policy, and ensure responsibilities and authorities are assigned, communicated and understood.
Learn more: Section 5. Leadership ISO 14001:2015
Section 6: Planning
Organizational Environmental Management System Planning to address organizational risks, opportunities, changes and quality objectives.
Learn more: Section 6. Planning
Section 7: Support
Provide resource needs, ensure employees are competent and aware, and include documented information to support your environmental management system.
Learn more: Section 7. Support for the EMS
Section 8: Operation
Plan and control processes needed to meet the requirements for products and services (Design and development, external providers, production and service provision, release of products and services, nonconforming outputs).
Learn more: Section 8. Operation
Section 9: Performance Evaluation
Monitor, measure, analyze, and evaluate your environmental management system.
Learn more: Section 9. Evaluating the ISO 14001:2015 Emergency Management System’s Performance
Section 10: Improvement
Select opportunities for improvement, take action against nonconformities, implement corrective actions as necessary, and continually improve your environmental management system.
Learn more: Section 10. Improvement of the EMS
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