ISO 14001 Awareness Training

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ISO 14001 Awareness

Contents
• Overview of ISO 14001
• ISO 14001 Elements
• Implementation Steps
• Handling an audit session
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What is ISO 14000?
• ISO 14000 is a family of international
standards on environmental management
• It provides a framework for the
development of an environmental
management system and the supporting
audit program

• ISO 14001 is the
cornerstone standard of
the ISO 14000 series
• It specifies a framework
of control for an
Environmental
Management System
against which an
organization can be
certified by a third party
What is ISO 14001?

Benefits of ISO 14001
• More efficient use of energy and resources
• Reduced waste outputs
• Provides organization with the mandate to
control their environmental aspects and impacts
• Reduces risk of prosecution and probability of
insurance claims

ISO 14001 approach is based on the
Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle
Plan
DoCheck
Act

Environmental Policy
• Optional to make available to general
public
• Policy should be:
Documented
Implemented
Reviewed
Maintained by key stakeholders
Environmental
Policy
Environmental
Policy
PlanningPlanning
Implementation
& Control
Implementation
& Control
Checking &
Corrective
Action
Checking &
Corrective
Action
Management
Review
Management
Review
Continuous
Improvement
Continuous
Improvement

EMS Aspects & Impacts
Environmental
Aspects
Environmental
Aspects
Environmental
Impacts
Environmental
Impacts
• Water consumption
• Electricity
• Packaging
• Transport
• Chemical usage and storage
• Employees
• Contractors
• Waste production
• Wastewater
• Global climate change
• Land contamination
• Groundwater pollution
• Biodiversity loss
• Ozone layer depletion
• Air quality
• Acid rain
• Natural resources depletion
• Radioactive contamination
Environmental
Policy
Environmental
Policy
PlanningPlanning
Implementation
& Control
Implementation
& Control
Checking &
Corrective
Action
Checking &
Corrective
Action
Management
Review
Management
Review
Continuous
Improvement
Continuous
Improvement

Management Review
• Review confirms EMS suitability and
effectiveness
• Summarizes:
Benefits
Lessons learnt
• Information gathered used to develop
continuous improvement culture
Referred to as adjustment phase as part of PDCA
cycle
Environmental
Policy
Environmental
Policy
PlanningPlanning
Implementation
& Control
Implementation
& Control
Checking &
Corrective
Action
Checking &
Corrective
Action
Management
Review
Management
Review
Continuous
Improvement
Continuous
Improvement

Implementation Timeline
• Implementation plan will need to cover:
Education on the ISO 14001 standard
Organization’s environmental position with regards to
the ISO 14001 standard
Gaps analysis
An implementation plan based on the gap analysis
Time to run the EMS, collect records and make
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Conduct Gap Analysis
• Conduct a Gap Analysis – Complete a series of
assessments in the following order:
Perform initial environmental review
Perform environmental assessment – Aspects/Impacts
Identify legal and other requirements
Identify environmental programs with objectives and
targets
• Based on the results of the assessments,
implement improvement actions

Form a Team
• Each task team will evaluate the current process
that they are assigned to and the requirements
of the standard
• A new or modified process will be developed,
documented and submitted to the Management
Team for review and approval

Rights of Auditor
• May start the audit session earlier, or extend the
session, if necessary
Auditees should avoid scheduling other meetings
before or after the scheduled times
• View all documents / records / files (hard and
soft copies) within scope of certification

Do’s
• Answer questions directly
• If you don’t understand the
question, ask the auditor to clarify
• If you don’t know the answer, tell
the auditor – I don’t know
• Get the right person in to answer
the question
• Show documents / records
• Turn mobile phones to silent mode

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