ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 14001 Third edition 2015-09-15 Environmental management systems Requirements with guidance for use SystemesdemanagementenvironnementalExigencesetlignes directricespoursonutilisation Reference number IS014001:2015(E) TSO IS02015 IS014001:2015(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT IS02015,Published in Switzerland All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or posting on the internet or an intranet, without prior written permission. Permission can be requested from either ISO at the address below or ISO's member body in the country of the requester. ISOcopyrightoffice Ch.de Blandonnet8.CP401 CH-1214 Vernier, Geneva, Switzerland Tel. +41 22 749 01 11 Fax +4122749 0947 copyright@iso.org www.iso.org ii @IS0 2015-All rights reserved IS0 14001:2015(E) Contents Page Foreword ..V Introduction.. ...vi 1 Scope.. 2 Normative references 3 Terms and definitions 3.1 Terms related to organization and leadership .1 3.2 Terms related to planning. 3.3 Termsrelated tosupportand operation .4 3.4 Terms related to performance evaluation and improvement 4 Context of the organization 4.1 Understanding the organization and its context 6 4.2 Understanding the needs and expectations of interested parties ..6 4.3 Determining the scope of the environmental management system .6 4.4 Environmental management system .7 5 Leadership .7 5.1 Leadershipandcommitment .7 5.2 Environmental policy .7 5.3 Organizational roles, responsibilities and authorities. 6 Planning. .8 6.1 Actions to address risks and opportunities ..8 .8 6.1.1 General. 6.1.2 Environmental aspects .9 6.1.3 Compliance obligations 6.1.4 Planning action. .9 6.2 Environmental objectives and planning to achieve them ..10 6.2.1 Environmental objectives. .10 6.2.2 Planning actions to achieve environmental objectives ..10 7 Support. .10 7.1 Resources. .10 7.2 Competence .11 7.3 Awareness. .11 7.4 Communication .11 7.4.1 General .11 7.4.2 Internalcommunication .12 7.4.3 External communication ..12 7.5 Documented information. ..12 7.5.1 General ..12 7.5.2 Creating and updating ..12 7.5.3 Control of documentedinformation ..12 8 Operation .13 8.1 Operational planningand control ..13 8.2 Emergency preparedness and response. ..13 9 Performance evaluation .14 9.1 Monitoring,measurement, analysis and evaluation ..14 9.1.1 General. .14 9.1.2 Evaluation of compliance ..14 9.2 Internalaudit .15 9.2.1 General .15 9.2.2 Internal audit programme ..15 9.3 Management review. ..15 IS0 2015 - All rights reserved iii