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Readiness for ISO 14001 — Environmental Management

Assess how close your business is to the requirements of ISO 14001:2015.

22 questions · ~6 min

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How to answer

Choose “Yes” only when the requirement is applied in practice and there is documentation or records. “Partly” means it is done informally or not everywhere.

4 Context of the organization

4.1 Have you recorded the internal and external issues (e.g. market, competition, technology, legislation) that affect your environmental management system?

4.2 Have you identified the interested parties (customers, employees, authorities, suppliers, etc.) and their requirements?

4.3–4.4 Has the scope of your environmental management system been defined in writing (activities, sites, any exclusions), and have the main processes been mapped?

5 Leadership

5.1 Is top management actively involved in the environmental management system, providing resources and building it into business decisions?

5.2 Is there an approved environmental policy that suits the business, has been communicated to staff and is available to those who need it?

5.3 Have roles, responsibilities and authorities for the system been defined and communicated?

6 Planning

6.1 Have you assessed the risks and opportunities related to your environmental management system and planned actions to address them?

6.1.2 Have you identified the environmental aspects of your activities (emissions, waste, water, energy, chemicals), taking a life-cycle perspective, and assessed which are significant?

6.1.3 Is there an up-to-date register of the environmental legislation and permits that apply to the business?

6.2 Are there measurable environmental objectives with owners, resources, a timeline and a way of monitoring them?

7 Support

7.1–7.2 Have you defined the competence required for each relevant role, and do you keep records of training, experience or qualifications?

7.3–7.4 Are staff aware of the environmental policy and of their contribution to the system, and is there a defined way of communicating internally and externally?

7.5 Are the system's documents and records controlled (approval, versions, distribution, storage, retention)?

8 Operation

8.1 Are there operational controls for the significant environmental aspects (e.g. waste handled by licensed contractors, chemical storage, emission controls)?

8.1 Are environmental requirements taken into account in purchasing, for contractors and, where applicable, in the design and disposal of products?

8.2 Have you identified potential environmental emergencies (e.g. a spill or a fire), and is there a response plan that is tested?

9 Performance evaluation

9.1 Do you monitor, measure and analyse indicators of environmental performance and evaluate the results?

9.1.2 Do you periodically evaluate and record your compliance with legal and other requirements?

9.2 Is there an internal audit programme, and has at least one full internal audit of the system been completed by a competent person?

9.3 Has a management review of the system been held and recorded, with decisions and actions?

10 Improvement

10 Are nonconformities recorded, their causes analysed, and corrective actions taken and checked for effectiveness?

10 Are there documented examples of continual improvement of the system?

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