ISO 14001:2015 Environmental Management System Requirements
We have broken down the ISO 14001:2015 Standard 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 their 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 within 4-10.
Expand each section below for a summary of the clause and a link to more information.
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Section 0: Introduction
This section introduces the purpose, principles and key concepts of the standard, including risk-based thinking and the process approach. <ISO 14001 Introduction>
Section 1: Scope
This section defines the scope of the 9001:2015 standard. In summary, the scope includes specifying requirements for a QMS of any organization. <ISO 14001 Explained>
Section 2: Normative References
The supporting standard referenced in ISO 9001:2015 and is indispensable for its application is ISO 9000:2015 which covers terminology and fundamentals. This and other supporting standards make up the 9000 series. <ISO 14001 Supporting Standards>
Section 3: Terms and Definitions
Terminology used throughout this standard comes directly from ISO 14001:2015, environmental management systems – Fundamentals and vocabulary. <ISO 15001 Explained>
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. <ISO 14001 Context>
Section 5: Leadership
Top management to demonstrate leadership and commitment, establish and communicate a environmental policy, and ensure responsibilities and authorities are assigned, communicated and understood. <ISO 14001 Leadership>
Section 6: Planning
Organizational Environmental Management System Planning to address organizational risks, opportunities, changes and quality objectives. <ISO 14001 Planning>
Section 7: Support
Provide resource needs, ensure employees are competent and aware, and include documented information to support your environmental management system. <ISO 14001 Support>
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). <ISO 14001 Operation>
Section 9: Performance Evaluation
Monitor, measure, analyze, and evaluate your environmental management system. <ISO 14001 Performance Evaluation>
Section 10: Improvement
Select opportunities for improvement, take action against nonconformities, implement corrective actions as necessary, and continually improve your environmental management system. <ISO 14001 Improvement>
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