ISO 14001 – Environmental Management Systems, the world’s first international environmental standard has been helping thousands of organizations to improve their environmental, sustainability and operational performance since it was first published as BS 7750 in 1992.
To ensure that ISO 14001 continues to serve organizations and maintain its relevance in today’s market place, the standard has been revised. The new standard addresses the change in environmental practices, and ensures that the management system is future proof.
Companies, organizations and society have a global responsibility to grow without compromising resources for future generations. ISO 14001 was originally written with the environment in mind and that remains the priority for ISO 14001:2015.
The last official day to transition your ISO 14001:2004 Environmental Management System certification was 15 September 2018. Even if you haven’t started, it’s never too late to adapt your environmental management system and experience the benefits of the new standard.
Though your certificate has now expired, BSI can still help you achieve certification to ISO 14001:2018. The sooner you get in touch, the sooner we can help.
The new ISO 14001:2015 standard is based on Annex SL – the new high level structure (HLS) that brings a common framework to all management system standards. This helps to keep consistency, align different management system standards, offer matching sub-clauses against the top-level structure and apply common language across all standards.
The key changes in the standard are:
Now the new standard has been published, organizations will find it easier to incorporate their environmental management system into the core business processes and gain greater business benefits.
Bringing the Environment and Continuous Improvement into the heart of your business
The new ISO 14001:2015 standard will ensure that environmental management is now completely integrated and aligned with the business strategies of your organization. This strategic focus will result in optimizing the performance of your EMS making it more sustainable, saving money and helping preserve the world’s resources for future generations.
Leadership
Greater involvement in the management system by the leadership team will ensure the whole organization will be motivated towards the organizations goals and objectives.
Improved Environmental Performance
Organizations will need to take steps to protect the environment and improve environmental performance. Good environmental management will reduce the risk of regulatory fines and can often identify opportunities to save money.
An Integrated Approach
With the new structure applicable to all new ISO management systems standards it will be much easier to implement multiple, integrated management systems.
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