Moving from ISO 14001:2004 to ISO 14001:2015 - The new international standard for environmental management systems

Successful businesses understand that it is the present that underwrites the future. Engaging with the commercial aspects of environmental issues is about the totality of ‘now’; not just managing your organization’s impacts, but taking action today that manages those impacts that will directly affect your organization and your markets.

That’s why organizations need continual, robust and wide ranging environmental management.

  This guide has been designed to help you meet the requirements of the new version of the        international standard for environmental management, ISO 14001 being finalized in 2015.

This new version of ISO 14001 updates and extends globally recognized requirements for establishing, implementing, maintaining and continually improving an Environmental Management System (EMS) for any organization, regardless of type or size.

So why is it changing?

All ISO management system standards are subject to a regular review under the rules by which they are written. Following a substantial user survey the committee decided that a review was appropriate and created the following objectives to maintain its relevance in today’s market place and in the future:

•  Integrate with other management systems

•  Provide an integrated approach to organizational management

•  Reflect the increasingly complex environments in which organizations operate

•  Enhance an organization’s ability to address their environmental impacts.

NB. This transition guide is designed to be read in conjunction with the latest available version of

ISO 14001—Environmental Management Systems — Requirements with guidance for use. It does not contain the complete content of the standard and should not be regarded as a primary source of reference in place of the standard itself.