Management Review

Top management must review the organization’s environmental management system, at planned intervals to secure its continuing suitability, adequacy, and effectiveness.  Data collected on EMS performance (i.e. customer input, internal audits, key quality performance indicators) and determination if any support, changes, or improvements must be reviewed and discussed by top management at planned intervals. Actions generated from the review must be recorded and implemented as they will be follow-upped on during the next management review.

How to execute an effective management review?

Making the most of Management Review is crucial to your business. Management review is a critical part of the success of your environmental management system (EMS) and your most notable source for improvements. Management review can be used to bring together all elements of your program and to create a cohesiveness to your EMS. The management review should focus on:

•  Actions from previous management reviews
•  Changes in: 
  • External and internal problems pertinent to the EMS
  • Requirements and expectations of interested parties 
  • Significant environmental aspects
  • Risks and opportunities
• Degree the objectives have been satisfied
• Organization’s environmental performance
• Acceptability of resources
• Communications from interested parties
• Continual improvement

The outputs of the management review shall include

• Continuing appropriateness, sufficiency, and effectiveness 
• Continual improvement opportunities
• Decisions related to needs for changes 
• Actions when objectives have not been satisfied
• Opportunities to improve integration of the EMS with other processes 
• Conclusions for the strategic direction of the organization