NQA ISO 14001:2015 – Accredited Certification Transition Webinar Slides
•Download as PPTX, PDF•
2 likes•653 views
The document discusses the transition from ISO 14001:2004 to ISO 14001:2015. Organizations have three years to transition and can upgrade their existing certifications at any time during this period. Certification bodies need additional UKAS approval before issuing ISO 14001:2015 certificates. Audits for the transition may be conducted at scheduled surveillance audits or as special audits, and will likely require more time to cover both standards. The new standard places more emphasis on leadership commitment, business strategy integration, and flexibility in documented information requirements.
Recommended
More Related Content
What's hot
What's hot (20)
Viewers also liked
Viewers also liked (20)
Similar to NQA ISO 14001:2015 – Accredited Certification Transition Webinar Slides
Similar to NQA ISO 14001:2015 – Accredited Certification Transition Webinar Slides (20)
More from NQA
More from NQA (20)
Recently uploaded
Recently uploaded (20)
NQA ISO 14001:2015 – Accredited Certification Transition Webinar Slides
- 1. ISO 14001 : 2015 – ACCREDITED CERTIFICATION TRANSITION MARTIN HOCKADAY ENVIRONMENTAL SECTOR MANAGER
- 2. ISO 14001 : 2015 1. Transition Process 2. Change in Audit Approach
- 3. HOW IS THE TRANSITION GOING TO BE MANAGED?
- 4. Transition Overview • Three years to transition • Existing certifications can be upgraded at any point in the three years • New certifications can be to either standard • ISO 14001:2004 certificates will have valid until dates of the transition deadline
- 5. UKAS Approval • Certification Bodies need to have specific UKAS approval before ISO 14001:2015 certificates can be issued. • UKAS have not yet published their requirements for this.
- 6. Normal Adopters • Upgrade audits may be conducted at standard Surveillance / Recertification auditing, or a one-off Special audit. • Upgrade can be conducted at one audit, or spread over a number of audits. • Upgrade will likely require additional audit time to cover both standards.
- 7. Normal Adopters (cont.) • The issue of an ISO 14001:2015 certificate can only be granted once outstanding issues (Major NCs) have been addressed.
- 8. Early Adopters • Upgrade audits may be conducted against the FDIS when published. • Certification to be issued on final publication, following an internal gap-analysis by the CB.
- 9. Accreditation • UK Certification Bodies are accredited by UKAS (United Kingdom Accreditation Service). • Accreditation is against ISO/IEC TS 17021:2011 – the standard for CBs. • Accreditation is for specific industry areas – Accreditation schedules on UKAS website: http://www.ukas.com/about-accreditation/accredited-bodies/ – Look for “EA 37 – Education”. CBs without this are not competent to audit the education sector.
- 10. HOW ARE MY AUDITS GOING TO CHANGE?
- 11. Key Audit Changes Context of the Organisation “What extent should we go to when determining what internal and external issues, etc. are relevant to us to satisfy the auditor?” • Until it stops adding value. • The system is for your benefit – not the auditor’s.
- 12. Key Audit Changes Leadership Top management shall demonstrate leadership and commitment with respect to the environmental management system… • Audits will likely need to start planning to involve top management, if they aren’t already. • Auditing will need to be flexible to account for the multitude of priorities top management will have.
- 13. Key Audit Changes Business Strategy Top management shall … [ensure] that the environmental policy and environmental objectives … are compatible with the strategic direction … of the organisation • Audits will likely look into areas of strategy, and collaboration between EMS teams and strategic decision makers, to a greater extent.
- 14. Key Audit Changes Integration Top management shall … [ensure] the integration of the environmental management system requirements into the organization’s business processes • Expectation for moving away from a silo mentality for EMS management.
- 15. Key Audit Changes Documented Information The revised standard is flexible in allowing organisations to determine whether documented information is required for a number of clauses. • Auditing should be adaptive to this.
- 16. SUMMARY • The transition should be a partnership • Don’t panic – there’s plenty of time to make any changes • Systems should be updated to benefit the user, not the auditor
Editor's Notes
- ISO 14001 is changing. Currently at DIS – FDIS coming in the next month or so, followed by the full standard in Q3. Lot of questions – from people using ISO 14001 already, and those thinking about implementing it. People using ISO 14001 at the moment will tend to have questions in three categories. What are the changes and how do we go about making them and benefiting from them – covered by EcoCampus Transition process: - When do we need to start working to the new standard? - How do we get certified? Change in audit approach: - How far will companies need to go to satisfy the auditor? - What challenges will the auditor face with new requirements?
- ‘What extent should we go to when determining what internal and external issues are relevant to us?’ We would not expect all potential scenarios to be taken into consideration separately: i.e. how will the decline of the natterjack toad affect my business? ‘What extent should we go to when determining who our interested parties and their needs and expectations are?’ There is no point in doing a short survey of 7 billion to work out precisely who is an interested party and who isn’t.
- Commitment and active support is required from top management, and this needs to be demonstrated. This can result in CEOs, MDs, ect. Being more involved in the audit process. Evidence will be required of how they do this: - via evidence of involvement - via interviews with management - via interviews with staff about management
- It is expected that there will be a lot more communication between the environmental manager and the strategy makers to ensure compatibility.
- Where the EMS has been fully integrated within the organisation then this potentially opens up the scope of what needs to be looked at during the audit. In some organisations where the EMS is currently it’s own separate silo this could result in a very different audit approach, with a lot more focus on looking into the actual operations of the organisation.
- No requirement to document who interested parties are or what their needs and expectations are: - If these are not documented then other evidence will be needed, such as linkages with other parts of the system (establishment of compliance obligations, availability of policy, receipt of external communications, etc.) - Consistency between audit years. No requirement to document external and internal issues: - If these are not documented then other evidence will be needed, such as linkages with other parts of the system (such as risks associated with threats and opportunities), discussion with top management (e.g. are political or competitive drivers regarding the environment taken into consideration in planning), discussions with staff (e.g. comparing what the internal culture is advised to be like to what it is observed to be like during the audit).