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Claims of conformity to ISO , however, are not acceptable unless all its requirements are incorporated into an organization's environmental management system and fulfilled without exclusion. Your Alert Profile lists the documents that will be monitored. If the document is revised or amended, you will be notified by email. You may delete a document from your Alert Profile at any time.
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Subscription pricing is determined by: the specific standard s or collections of standards, the number of locations accessing the standards, and the number of employees that need access. This white paper outlines the pros and cons of both going it alone, and hiring a consultant. It offers detail on both techniques, as well as what to look for in a good online solution, helping you make an informed decision on the best approach for your business. Implementing a project like ISO can be costly if you do not budget in advance.
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Implementing a project like ISO is easier with the support of management. Users are responsible for its correct application. This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by March , and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by March Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights.
The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through ISO technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been established has the right to be represented on that committee. International organizations, governmental and non-governmental, in liaison with ISO, also take part in the work. In particular the different approval criteria needed for the different types of ISO documents should be noted. ISO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
Any trade name used in this document is information given for the convenience of users and does not constitute an endorsement. This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition ISO , which has been technically revised. Sustainable development as a goal is achieved by balancing the three pillars of sustainability. Societal expectations for sustainable development, transparency and accountability have evolved with increasingly stringent legislation, growing pressures on the environment from pollution, inefficient use of resources, improper waste management, climate change, degradation of ecosystems and loss of biodiversity.
This has led organizations to adopt a systematic approach to environmental management by implementing environmental management systems with the aim of contributing to the environmental pillar of sustainability. It specifies requirements that enable an organization to achieve the intended outcomes it sets for its environmental management system. Organizations can leverage opportunities to prevent or mitigate adverse environmental impacts and enhance beneficial environmental impacts, particularly those with strategic and competitive implications.
Demonstration of successful implementation of this International Standard can be used to assure interested parties that an effective environmental management system is in place. Adoption of this International Standard, however, will not in itself guarantee optimal environmental outcomes.
Two organizations can carry out similar activities but can have different compliance obligations, commitments in their environmental policy, environmental technologies and environmental performance goals, yet both can conform to the requirements of this International Standard. The level of detail and complexity of the environmental management system will vary depending on the context of the organization, the scope of its environmental management system, its compliance obligations, and the nature of its activities, products and services, including its environmental aspects and associated environmental impacts.
The PDCA model provides an iterative process used by organizations to achieve continual improvement. It can be applied to an environmental management system and to each of its individual elements. It can be briefly described as follows.
Figure 1 shows how the framework introduced in this International Standard could be integrated into a PDCA model, which can help new and existing users to understand the importance of a systems approach.
These requirements include a high level structure, identical core text, and common terms with core definitions, designed to benefit users implementing multiple ISO management system standards.
However, this International Standard enables an organization to use a common approach and risk-based thinking to integrate its environmental management system with the requirements of other management systems. This International Standard contains the requirements used to assess conformity. Annex A provides explanatory information to prevent misinterpretation of the requirements of this International Standard. Annex B shows broad technical correspondence between the previous edition of this International Standard and this edition.
Implementation guidance on environmental management systems is included in ISO The terms and definitions in Clause 3 are arranged in conceptual order, with an alphabetical index provided at the end of the document. This International Standard is intended for use by an organization seeking to manage its environmental responsibilities in a systematic manner that contributes to the environmental pillar of sustainability.
This International Standard helps an organization achieve the intended outcomes of its environmental management system, which provide value for the environment, the organization itself and interested parties. This International Standard is applicable to any organization, regardless of size, type and nature, and applies to the environmental aspects of its activities, products and services that the organization determines it can either control or influence considering a life cycle perspective.
This International Standard does not state specific environmental performance criteria. This International Standard can be used in whole or in part to systematically improve environmental management.
Note 3 to entry: The scope of a management system can include the whole of the organization, specific and identified functions of the organization, specific and identified sections of the organization, or one or more functions across a group of organizations. Note 2 to entry: If the scope of the management system 3. Note 2 to entry: Surroundings can be described in terms of biodiversity, ecosystems, climate or other characteristics.
A significant environmental aspect is one that has or can have one or more significant environmental impact s. Note 2 to entry: Significant environmental aspects are determined by the organization applying one or more criteria. Note 2 to entry: Objectives can relate to different disciplines such as financial, health and safety, and environmental goals and can apply at different levels such as strategic, organization-wide, project, product, service and process 3.
Note 3 to entry: An objective can be expressed in other ways, e. Note 2 to entry: A specified requirement is one that is stated, for example in documented information 3.
Note 3 to entry: Requirements other than legal requirements become obligatory when the organization decides to comply with them. Note 2 to entry: Compliance obligations can arise from mandatory requirements, such as applicable laws and regulations, or voluntary commitments, such as organizational and industry standards, contractual relationships, codes of practice and agreements with community groups or non-governmental organizations.
Note 2 to entry: Uncertainty is the state, even partial, of deficiency of information related to, understanding or knowledge of, an event, its consequence, or likelihood. Note 2 to entry: Documented information can refer to: — the environmental management system 3. Note 2 to entry: An audit can be a combined audit combining two or more disciplines. Note 3 to entry: Independence can be demonstrated by the freedom from responsibility for the activity being audited or freedom from bias and conflict of interest.
Note 2 to entry: The activity need not take place in all areas simultaneously, or without interruption. Note 2 to entry: Performance can relate to the management of activities, processes 3.
Such issues shall include environmental conditions being affected by or capable of affecting the organization. When determining this scope, the organization shall consider: a the external and internal issues referred to in 4. The scope shall be maintained as documented information and be available to interested parties. The organization shall consider the knowledge gained in 4. The environmental policy shall: — be maintained as documented information; — be communicated within the organization; — be available to interested parties.
Top management shall assign the responsibility and authority for: a ensuring that the environmental management system conforms to the requirements of this International Standard; b reporting on the performance of the environmental management system, including environmental performance, to top management.
When planning for the environmental management system, the organization shall consider: a the issues referred to in 4. Within the scope of the environmental management system, the organization shall determine potential emergency situations, including those that can have an environmental impact.
When determining environmental aspects, the organization shall take into account: a change, including planned or new developments, and new or modified activities, products and services; b abnormal conditions and reasonably foreseeable emergency situations. The organization shall determine those aspects that have or can have a significant environmental impact, i. The organization shall communicate its significant environmental aspects among the various levels and functions of the organization, as appropriate.
The organization shall maintain documented information of its: — environmental aspects and associated environmental impacts; — criteria used to determine its significant environmental aspects; — significant environmental aspects. NOTE Significant environmental aspects can result in risks and opportunities associated with either adverse environmental impacts threats or beneficial environmental impacts opportunities.
The organization shall maintain documented information of its compliance obligations.
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