Introduction To ISO 14001 PDF

Kuwait Chapter
Introduction to
Environmental Management
System ISO 14001
Ujwal Ritwik
CRSP, QEP, REM, LA ISO 45001/14001/9001/22000/50001
Course Objectives
To gather
 Background – environment and environment
management system
 Foundational knowledge of ISO 14001
 The ISO 14001 requirements
 What needs to be done to implement an environmental
management system and become certified
 Gather useful tips on handling audit session
 Usefulness of ISO 14001 to your professional career
Syllabus
 Introduction
 Recap of last session
 Background and basics of ISO 14001
 Foundational knowledge – environment
 ISO 14001 contents for each clause
 Approach to internal audit
 Certification process
 Benefit of ISO 14001 knowledge to professionals
 Conclusion
 Class quiz and Homework
Preparation
 Pre-read ?
 Pre-questionnaire completed?
 This is a training course, you would be required to take notes
 Keep blank paper and pen ready and take class notes
Introduction
Introduction to EMS ISO 14001 : Ujwal Ritwik
Opening question
Do you want your children and their children to enjoy life?
It requires to protect the earth environment.
Who’s job is to protect environment?

Government? Society? Top management?

Green campaigners
• Rachel Carson, a US scientist whose 1962 book, Silent Spring, is

credited by many with kick-starting the modern environmental
movement
• EF Schumacher, a German a green economist
• Jonathan Porritt, head of the Sustainable Development Commission,
• The US former vice-president turned documentary film maker Al Gore
• David Attenborough, TV naturalist
• Wangari Maathai, Conservationist

Why I am interested
– Was interested in Management Systems as a student, as an engineer and when doing
Management Course
– Was influenced by authors like Peter Drucker, Edward Deming, Joseph Juran, Philip
Crosby, and Kaoru Ishikawa etc.
– Was a certified tutor for Quality Circles/TQM, a program popular in 1980s
– Came to actually participate implement ISO 9000 in 1996
– Got on road to ISO 14001 in 2000
– First hand implementation and auditing experience ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS
18001, and ISO 45001
– Administrator of IMS program in KNPC, the leader in ISO certifications in Kuwait
– I remain deeply interested in spreading what I learned
What did we do the last
session?
What is a Management System?
A Framework
• Consisting of policies & procedures,
• To ensure that organization can execute and manage their business,
• To achieve the organizational objectives.
Without Management System Different functions work
independently as per their intended
objectives without taking into
account of organization goal/target
and system may collapse or perform
ineffective.
With Management System
Management system helps to

synchronise all functions in the
organization to achieve company’s
goal/target and improve overall
performance.
Why a company needs to follow ISO Standards?
1. ISO is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies
2. ISO standards are highly reliable, developed by international subject matter
experts and deliver proven methodologies
3. ISO standards offer structured approach/clear road map for establishing and
implementation of QHSE management system
4. ISO standards offer sustained suitability, adequacy and effectiveness of
management system to the company
5. Offer international benchmarking and comparison with other companies
within and outside Kuwait to become industry leader
6. Provides opportunity integrated implementation of related standards thereby
optimizing resources and easier implementation
Background of ISO
• ISO is an independent, non-governmental international organization

with a membership of 161 national standards bodies
• On 23 February 1947, ISO began operations
• ISO from Greek means equal (IOS in English, OIN in French for
Organisation internationale de normalisation)

Based in Geneva, Switzerland

Some Relevant ISO Standards
• ISO 9001 – “Consistent, conforming products”
• ISO 14001 – “Prevention of pollution”
• ISO 45001 – “Safe working conditions”
• ISO 22000 – “Safe food”
• ISO 50001 – “Efficient energy usage”
• etc.

Goals of ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001
standards
Quality Management System
1. Helps the company consistently provide products and services as per
customer and applicable statutory /regulatory requirements.
2. Provide Opportunities for Customer Satisfaction
3. Addressing risk and opportunities associated with its context and
objectives
4. Improves overall performance of the organization.
Environment Management System

1. Protecting environment by mitigating adverse environment impacts
2. Mitigating the potential adverse effect of environment conditions
3. Assisting in fulfilment of compliance obligations
4. Enhancing environmental performance
Goal of ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001
standards
Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSMS)
1. Provide framework for managing OH&S risks
2. Provide safe and healthy work places
3. Prevent injuries and ill-health
4. Eliminate hazards and minimize OH&S risks
5. Improve Organization OH&S Performance
6. Fulfil legal and other requirements
Key Terms
QUALITY
Meeting the customer requirements
Performance improvement of Product / Service
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY

Maintaining good health and safety of people at the
workplace
ENVIRONMENT
Maintaining good surroundings such as Air, Water and Land
The ISO Recipe

Background
What is an environmental management
system?
• An environmental management system, often called an EMS, is comprised of
the policies, processes, plans, practices and records that define the rules
governing how your company interacts with the environment.
• This system needs to be tailored to your particular company, because only
your company will have the exact legal requirements and environmental
interactions that match your specific business processes.
• However, the ISO 14001 requirements provide a framework and guidelines for
creating your environmental management system so that you do not miss
important elements needed for an EMS to be successful.

Aim of an environmental management system
— protecting the environment by preventing or mitigating adverse environmental impacts;
— mitigating the potential adverse effect of environmental conditions on the organization;
— assisting the organization in the fulfilment of compliance obligations;
— enhancing environmental performance;
— controlling or influencing the way the organization’s products and services are
designed, manufactured, distributed, consumed and disposed by using a life cycle
perspective that can prevent environmental impacts from being unintentionally shifted
elsewhere within the life cycle;
— achieving financial and operational benefits that can result from implementing
environmentally sound alternatives that strengthen the organization’s market position;
— communicating environmental information to relevant interested parties.

What are the Simple Basics of ISO 14001?
• ISO 14001 has become the international standard for designing and
implementing an environmental management system.
• The standard is published by ISO (the International Organization for
Standardization), an international body that creates and distributes standards
that are accepted worldwide.
• The most recent version of the environmental management system
requirements was published in 2015, and is referred to as “ISO 14001:2015.”
• The standard was agreed upon by a majority of member countries before
being released and updated, and as such it has become an internationally
recognized accepted standard.
• In a survey of ISO 14001 certification the number of companies that have
implemented an ISO 14001 environmental management system shows a
stable trend worldwide.
Getting to the heart of why ISO 14001 is
important
• Taking care of our environment, and preventing our companies from causing negative
impacts on the environment, are two of the most important challenges facing businesses
today.
• Commitment to society – corporate social responsibility, sustainability
• One of the biggest benefits of implementing an EMS is the recognition that comes with
being among those businesses that care enough to reduce their environmental footprint.
• This can bring better relationships with customers, the public, and the community at large
for your company, but it also brings other benefits.
• Good public image
• Many companies can save money through the implementation of EMS by reducing
incidents, liability costs, obtain insurance at reasonable cost, and conserving materials
and energy
Why should you implement ISO 14001 in your
organization?
• The benefits of ISO 14001 cannot be overstated; companies large and small have used this standard to great effect, as
mentioned above. Here are just a few of these benefits:
• Improve your image and credibility – By assuring customers that you have a commitment to demonstrable
management of your environmental impacts, you can enhance your image and market share through maintaining a
good public image and improved community relations.
• Improve cost control – One improvement that all companies are looking for is reduction of costs. The EMS can help
with this by conserving energy and input materials, while reducing incidents for which a company can incur liability costs
and improved environmental controls can help to obtain insurance at reduced costs to the company.
• Use evidence-based decision making – By ensuring that you are using accurate data to make your decisions on what
to improve, you can greatly increase the chances that your improvements will be successful the first time rather than
having several unsuccessful attempts. By using this data to track your progress you can correct these improvement
initiatives before they have gone “off the rails,” which can save costs and time.
• Create a culture of continual improvement – With continual improvement, you can work toward better processes and
reduced environmental impacts in a systematic way in order to improve your public image and potentially reduce your
costs, as identified above. When a culture of improvement is created, people are always looking for ways to make their
processes better, which makes maintaining the EMS easier.
• Engage your people – Given a choice between working for a company that shows care and concern for the
environment around it and one that does not, most people would prefer the first company. By engaging your employees
in a group effort to reduce your environmental footprint you can increase employee focus and retention.
What does ISO 14001 actually look like?
Quick walk through
• The ISO 14001 structure is split into ten sections.
• The first three are introductory, with the last seven containing the requirements
for the environmental management system.
Here is what the seven main sections are about:

• Section 4: Context of the organization – This section talks about requirements for
understanding your organization in order to implement an EMS. It includes the
requirements for identifying internal and external issues, identifying interested
parties and their expectations, defining the scope of the EMS and identifying the
processes required for the EMS.

ISO 14001 - Quick walk through
• Section 5: Leadership – The leadership requirements cover the need for top
management to be instrumental in the implementation of the EMS. Top
management needs to demonstrate commitment to the EMS by ensuring
environmental commitment, defining and communicating the environmental policy
and assigning roles and responsibilities throughout the organization.
• Section 6: Planning – Top management must also plan for the ongoing function of
the EMS. Risks and opportunities of the EMS in the organization need to be
assessed, and environmental objectives for improvement need to be identified and
plans made to accomplish these objectives. Additionally, it is necessary for the
organization to assess all the ways in which the organizational processes interact and
affect the environment as well as the legal and other commitments that are required
fo the organization.

• Section 7: Support – The support section deals with management of all resources
for the EMS, and also includes requirements around competence, awareness,
communication and controlling documented information (the documents and
records required for your processes).
• Section 8: Operation – The operation requirements deal with all aspects of the
environmental controls needed by the organizational processes, as well as the
need to identify potential emergency situations and plan responses so that you
are prepared to respond should an emergency occur.

• Section 9: Performance evaluation – This section includes the requirements
needed to make sure that you can monitor whether your EMS is functioning
well. It includes monitoring and measuring your processes, assessing
environmental compliance, internal audits, and ongoing management review
of the EMS.
• Section 10: Improvement – This last section includes the requirements
needed to make your EMS better over time. This includes the need to assess
process nonconformity and taking corrective actions for processes.
• These sections are based on a Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle, which uses these
elements to implement change within the processes of the organization in
order to drive and maintain improvements within the processes.

Can be integrated with other Management
Systems
• This International Standard conforms to ISO’s requirements for
management system standards.
• These requirements include a high level structure, identical core text,
and common terms with core definitions, designed to benefit users
implementing multiple ISO management system standards.
• International Standard enables an organization to use a common
approach and risk-based thinking to integrate its environmental
management system with the requirements of other management
systems.

Who are Behind this Standard?
• The committee responsible for this document is Technical Committee ISO/TC 207,
Environmental management, Subcommittee SC 1, Environmental management
systems.
• This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition (ISO 14001:2004),
which has been technically revised.
• The procedures used to develop this document and those intended for its further
maintenance are described in the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1.
• This document was drafted in accordance with the editorial rules of the ISO/IEC
Directives, Part 2
• Susan L.K. Briggs, Head USA Delegation to ISO/TC 207 on Environmental
Management, leader of international working group (WG 5) responsible for the
2015 revision of ISO 14001
• She participated on the Joint Technical Coordination Group task force that
developed ISO Annex SL
How to Demonstrate Conformity with this
Standard?
— making a self-determination and self-declaration, or
— seeking confirmation of its conformance by parties having an
interest in the organization, such as customers, or
— seeking confirmation of its self-declaration by a party external to the
organization, or
— seeking certification/registration of its environmental management
system by an external organization.

Supporting ISO Publications
[1] ISO 14004, Environmental management systems — General guidelines on principles,
systems and support techniques
[2] ISO 14006, Environmental management systems — Guidelines for incorporating
ecodesign
[3] ISO 14031, Environmental management — Environmental performance evaluation —
Guidelines
[4] ISO 14044, Environmental management — Life cycle assessment — Requirements
and guidelines
[5] ISO 14063, Environmental management — Environmental communication —
Guidelines and examples
[6] ISO 19011, Guidelines for auditing management systems
[7] ISO 31000, Risk management — Principles and guidelines
Quiz 1
1. ISO 14001:2015 is the third edition of the standard
a) true b) false
2. ISO 14001:2015 has got 14 clauses

a) true b) false

Foundation
Cost of Progress

Three Pillars of Sustainability
Safety & health,
Job creation, skill environmental
enhancement, local regulations, global
economic impacts, climate change, crisis
social investments, management,
business ethics, security environmental justice
Resource efficiency,
product stewardship,
life cycle assessment,
Introduction to EMS ISO 14001 : Ujwal Ritwik products to services
Sustainable Development
• Defined by the United Nations Environment Program as "development that
meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own needs,"
• Achieving a balance between the environment, society and the economy the
three pillars of sustainability.
• Societal expectations for sustainable development, transparency and
accountability have evolved with increased legislation
• Growing pressures on the environment from pollution, inefficient use of
resources, improper waste management, climate change, degradation of
ecosystems and loss of biodiversity.
• This has led organizations to adopt a systematic approach to environmental
management system contributing to the environmental pillar of sustainability.

Environmental issues



The Top 10 Environmental Issues
• Climate Change. Unfortunately, the climate change debate continues

despite decades of research on the subject. …
• Ecosystems & Endangered Species. …
• Deforestation. ...
• Pollution. ...
• Water Scarcity & Water Pollution. ...
• Loss of Biodiversity. ...
• Overpopulation. ...
• Waste Disposal. …
• Land management – uncontrolled urban growth
• Public Health ...
Pollution control law
Environmental law •Environmental impact
The concept of "environmental law" as a separate and distinct assessment
body of law is a twentieth-century development •Air quality law
Global and regional environmental issues are increasingly the •Water quality law
subject of international law. •Waste management law
have been the subject of numerous international agreements •Environmental cleanup law
and declarations. •Chemical protection
1972's United Nations Conference on the Human Environment
Natural resources law
India - Environment Protection Act, 1986
Kuwait – Environmental Public Authority 2014 •Species protection
Egypt - Environmental Protection Law •Water resources law
United States – Environmental Protection Act •Mining law
Clean Air Act (air pollution), the Clean Water Act (water •Forestry law
pollution), and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, •Fisheries law
Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA, or Superfund)
(contaminated site cleanup).
•Game law
Foundation
• This International Standard employs the process approach, which
incorporates the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle and risk-based
thinking.

Process Approach
The process approach enables an organization to plan its processes and
their interactions.
The application of the process approach in a quality management
system enables:
a) understanding and consistency in meeting requirements;
b) the consideration of processes in terms of added value;
c) the achievement of effective process performance;
d) improvement of processes based on evaluation of data and
information.

What is a Process (Business)?
SOPs, Operations &
Maint. manual, Controls Objectives
Procedures
Inputs Outputs
Feed to the process

Process Result of a process
Supports to transform input

Resources into output
Monitoring & Performance Measures (KPI)

PDCA Deming Cycle
• What to do? Goals

• How to do it?
Procedure
• Did things happen as • Do what was

per plan? planned
W. Edward Deming
1900 - 1993

Plan-Do-Check-Act model
— Plan: establish environmental objectives and processes necessary to
deliver results in accordance with the organization’s environmental
policy.
— Do: implement the processes as planned.
— Check: monitor and measure processes against the environmental
policy, including its commitments, environmental objectives and
operating criteria, and report the results.
— Act: take actions to continually improve.

Risk-based thinking
• Risk-based thinking (Clause A.4) is essential for achieving an effective
management system.
• To conform to the requirements of this International Standard, an
organization needs to plan and implement actions to address risks
and opportunities.
• Addressing both risks and opportunities establishes a basis for
increasing the effectiveness of the management system, achieving
improved results and preventing negative effects.

What is Risks & Opportunities?
RISK
What is Risk?
Risk is effect of uncertainty in achieving result.
OPPORTUNITY
What is Opportunity?
Opportunity is circumstance or set of circumstances that can lead to improvement of
performance.
The outcome of the risk can be negative or positive.

• When effect is negative, it is a Threat.
Need to control by eliminate / mitigate / transfer by appropriate control measures.
• When effect is positive, it is an Opportunity. Need to maximize to get benefited.
Language
In this International Standard, the following verbal forms are used:
— “shall” indicates a requirement;
— “should” indicates a recommendation;
— “may” indicates a permission;
— “can” indicates a possibility or a capability.
Information marked as “NOTE” is for guidance in understanding or
clarifying the associated requirement.

Quiz 2
1. The safety, society and the economy are the three pillars of
sustainability
a) true b) false
2. Kuwait does not have an environment law

a) true b) false

ISO 14001 Contents
Annex L High Level Structure
Common to ISO 9001, 14001, 45001 etc.
(further sub-sub-clauses may be different / additional)
1. Scope 7. Support
• Resources
2. Normative references • Competence
3. Terms and definitions • Awareness
4. Context of the organization • Communication
• Understanding the organization and its • Documented information
context 8. Operation
• Needs and expectations interested parties • Operational planning and control
• Determining the scope Management System
9. Performance evaluation
5. Leadership • Monitoring, measurement, analysis &
• Leadership and commitment evaluation
• Policy • Internal audit
• Roles, responsibility and authority • Management review
6. Planning 10. Improvement
• Actions to address risks & opportunities • Non conformity and corrective action
• Objectives and plans to achieve them • Continual Improvement
1 Scope
• This International Standard specifies requirements for a environmental management
system that an organization can use to enhance its environmental performance.
• This International Standard is intended for use by an organization seeking to manage its
environmental responsibilities in a systematic manner that contributes to the
environmental pillar of sustainability.
• The intended outcomes of an environmental management system include:
— enhancement of environmental performance;
— fulfilment of compliance obligations;
— achievement of environmental objectives.
• All the requirements of this International Standard are generic and are intended to be
applicable to any organization, regardless of its type or size, or the products and services
it provides.
• This International Standard does not state specific environmental performance criteria.
2 Normative references
• There are no normative references.

3 Terms and definitions
3.1 Terms related to organization and leadership
3.2 Terms related to planning
3.3 Terms related to support and operation
3.4 Terms related to performance evaluation and improvement

3.2.1 environment
Surroundings in which an organization operates, including air, water, land,
natural resources, flora, fauna, humans and their interrelationships
• Note 1 to entry: Surroundings can extend from within an organization to the local, regional and global
system.
• Note 2 to entry: Surroundings can be described in terms of biodiversity, ecosystems, climate or other
characteristics.
3.2.2 environmental aspect

Element of an organization’s activities or products or services that interacts or
can interact with the environment
• Note 1 to entry: An environmental aspect can cause (an) environmental impact(s) (3.2.4). A
significant
• environmental aspect is one that has or can have one or more significant environmental
impact(s).
• Note 2 to entry: Significant environmental aspects are determined by the organization applying
one or more criteria.
3.2.7 prevention of pollution
Use of processes, practices, techniques, materials, products, services or

energy to avoid, reduce or control (separately or in combination) the
creation, emission or discharge of any type of pollutant or waste, in
order to reduce adverse environmental impacts
Note 1 to entry: Prevention of pollution can include source reduction or

elimination; process, product or service changes; efficient use of resources;
material and energy substitution; reuse; recovery; recycling, reclamation; or
treatment.

3.3.3 life cycle
Consecutive and interlinked stages of a product (or service) system,

from raw material acquisition or generation from natural resources to
final disposal
Note 1 to entry: The life cycle stages include acquisition of raw materials, design,
production, transportation/ delivery, use, end-of-life treatment and final disposal.

4 Context of the organization
4.1 Understanding the organization and its context
4.2 Understanding the needs and expectations of interested parties
4.3 Determining the scope of the environmental management system
• The organization shall determine the boundaries and applicability of the
environmental management system to establish its scope.
4.4 Environmental management system
• the organization shall establish, implement, maintain and continually
improve an environmental management system,
• including the processes needed and their interactions, in accordance with
the requirements of this International Standard.

5.1 Leadership and commitment
Top management shall demonstrate leadership and commitment with
respect to the environmental management system by: a) to i)
a) taking accountability for the effectiveness of the environmental management
system;
b) ensuring that the environmental policy and environmental objectives are
established and are compatible with the strategic direction and the context of the
organization;
c) ensuring the integration of the environmental management system requirements
into the organization’s business processes;
d) ensuring that the resources needed for the environmental management system
are available;
…
i) supporting other relevant management roles to demonstrate their leadership as
it applies to their areas of responsibility.
5.2 Environmental policy
• Top management shall establish, implement and maintain an environmental

policy appropriate to the purpose and context of the organization, including the
nature, scale and environmental impacts of its activities, products and services;
• Provides a framework for setting environmental objectives; includes
commitments to the protection of the environment, prevention of pollution to
fulfil its compliance obligations; continual improvement of the EMS to enhance
environmental performance.
• The environmental policy shall:
— be maintained as documented information;
— be communicated within the organization;
— be available to interested parties.

5.3 Organizational roles, responsibilities and
authorities
• Top management shall ensure that the responsibilities and authorities
for relevant roles are assigned and communicated
• ensuring that the environmental management system conforms to
the requirements of this International Standard;
• for reporting on the performance of the environmental management
system

6 Planning - 6.1 Actions to address risks and
opportunities
6.1.1 General The organization shall establish, implement and maintain the process(es)
needed to meet the requirements
6.1.2 Environmental aspects the organization shall determine
• the environmental aspects of its activities, products and services that it can control and
those that it can influence, and their associated environmental impacts, considering a life
cycle perspective.
6.1.3 Compliance obligations
• The organization shall determine and have access to the compliance obligations related
to its environmental aspects;
6.1.4 Planning action
• The organization shall plan: to take actions to address its: significant environmental
aspects; and compliance obligations; and risks and opportunities
• how to: integrate and implement the actions into its environmental management system
processes or other business processes; and evaluate the effectiveness of these actions

Environmental Aspect and Impacts
Aspect = cause Impact = effect
Examples -

Environmental Aspect-Impact Register Sample
Item 2 is ‘opportunity’
Activity Aspect Impact Condition Control/ Likelihood- Severity Risk Rating Controls Notes
Influence

6.2 Environmental objectives and planning to
achieve them
6.2.1 Environmental objectives
• The organization shall establish environmental objectives at relevant
functions and levels,
• The environmental objectives shall be: a) consistent with the
environmental policy; b) measurable (if practicable); c) monitored; d)
communicated; e) updated as appropriate.
6.2.2 Planning actions to achieve environmental objectives
• planning how to achieve its environmental objectives – what, when,
who and how

7 Support
7.1 Resources
• determine and provide the resources needed for the establishment,
implementation, maintenance and continual improvement of the
environmental management system.
7.2 Competence
• determine the necessary competence, ensure persons are competent on
the basis of appropriate education, training or experience; training needs
take actions to acquire the necessary competence, and evaluate the
effectiveness
7.3 Awareness
• The organization shall ensure that persons doing work under the
organization’s control are aware of: the environmental policy; and the
significant environmental aspects etc.
7 Support
7.4 Communication
• The organization shall establish, implement and maintain the process(es)
needed for internal and external communications relevant to the
environmental management system,
7.5 Documented information
• 7.5.1 General
• The organization’s environmental management system shall include:
documented information required by this International Standard; and as
determined by the organization
• 7.5.2 Creating and updating
• 7.5.3 Control of documented information
8 Operation
8.1 Operational planning and control

• The organization shall establish, implement, control and maintain the
processes needed to meet environmental management system
requirements, and to implement the actions identified in 6.1 and 6.2, by
• — establishing operating criteria for the process(es);
• — implementing control of the process(es),
8.2 Emergency preparedness and response
• The organization shall establish, implement and maintain the process(es)
needed to prepare for and respond to potential emergency situations

9 Performance evaluation
9.1 Monitoring, measurement, analysis and evaluation

• 9.1.2 Evaluation of compliance
9.2 Internal audit
• The organization shall conduct internal audits at planned intervals
• 9.2.2 Internal audit program
• The organization shall establish, implement and maintain (an) internal
audit program
9.3 Management review
• Top management shall review the organization’s environmental
management system, at planned intervals, to ensure its continuing
suitability, adequacy and effectiveness.

10 Improvement
10.1 General
• The organization shall determine opportunities for improvement (see
9.1, 9.2 and 9.3) and implement
10.2 Nonconformity and corrective action
10.3 Continual improvement
• The organization shall continually improve the suitability, adequacy
and effectiveness of the environmental management system to
enhance environmental performance.

10.2 Nonconformity and Corrective Action
When a nonconformity occurs, the organization shall:
a) react to the nonconformity take action to control and correct it and deal with
the consequences, including mitigating adverse environmental impacts;
b) evaluate the need for action to eliminate the causes of the nonconformity, in
order that it does not recur or occur elsewhere, by reviewing the
nonconformity; determining the causes; determining similar nonconformities
c) implement any action needed;
d) review the effectiveness of any corrective action taken;
e) make changes to the environmental management system, if necessary.
Corrective actions shall be appropriate to the significance of the effects
of the nonconformities encountered, including the environmental
impact(s).
Annex to Standard
Annex A (informative) Guidance on the use of this International
Standard
Annex B (informative) Correspondence between ISO 14001:2015 and
ISO 14001:2004
Bibliography
Alphabetical index of terms

Quiz 3
1. Management commitment is reflected through environmental policy
a) true b) false
2. Dealing with non-conformity is not part of ISO 14001

a) true b) false

Approach to Internal Audit
Certification
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Results 6-year period 2012-2017

Your ISO 14001 Journey
1
Getting started
Find what environmental management means and why ISO
14001 is good for business
2
Implementing
Best way to implement
3 Certification
Assessment and certification
4 Maintaining
MS Continually improves to deliver the best for business

What are the practical steps to becoming ISO
14001 certified?
• What is ISO 14001 certification?
• There are two types of certification:
• certification of a company’s environmental management system against the
ISO 14001 requirements, and
• certification of individuals to be able to audit against the ISO 14001
requirements.
• This section discussed the steps for a company to implement an ISO
14001 environmental management system and have it certified.
• ISO 14001 certification for your company involves -
• implementing an EMS based on the ISO 14001 requirements, and
• then hiring a recognized certification body to audit and approve your EMS as
meeting the requirements of the ISO 14001 standard.

What are the practical steps to becoming ISO
14001 certified?
• Gather management support
• Establish/identify context of organization, identify stakeholders
• Identify the legal requirements for the EMS
• Defining your environmental policy, environmental aspects, and environmental objectives
and targets, which together define the overall scope of EMS
• Create the mandatory and additional processes and procedures necessary for your
organization’s operations.
• There are several mandatory processes that need to be included, and others to be added
as the company finds them necessary.
• This creation of documents and records can be done internally by your company, or you
can get help through hiring a consultant
• Once all of the processes and procedures are in place, operate the EMS for a period of
time
• Collect the records necessary to go to the next steps

Mandatory steps to finish implementation
and get your company certified
• After finishing all your documentation and implementing it, your organization also needs to
perform these steps to ensure a successful certification:
• Internal audit – The internal audit is in place for you to check your EMS processes. The
goal is to ensure that records are in place to confirm compliance of the processes and to
find problems and weaknesses that would otherwise stay hidden.
• Management review – A formal review by your management to evaluate the relevant
facts about the management system processes in order to make appropriate decisions
and assign resources.
• Corrective actions – Following the internal audit and management review, you need to
correct the root cause of any identified problems and document how they were resolved.
• The company certification process is divided into two stages:
• Stage One (documentation review) – The auditors from your chosen certification body
will check to ensure your documentation meets the requirements of ISO 14001.
• Stage Two (main audit) – Here, the certification body auditors will check whether your
actual activities are compliant with both ISO 14001 and your own documentation by
reviewing documents, records, and company practices.
Success factors
• The success of an environmental management system depends on
commitment from all levels and functions of the organization, led by
top management.
Top management can effectively address its risks and opportunities by
 integrating environmental management into the organization’s business
processes, strategic direction and decision making,
 aligning them with other business priorities, and
 incorporating environmental governance into its overall management system.

ISO 14001 Advantage to
Professionals
The Professional Value of ISO 14001 to a
Person's Career
• Increasing competence regarding ISO 14001 can help in enhancing
career but also in creating new career opportunities
• Knowledge of ISO 14001 and other standards, concepts and
requirements, helps a professional whatever he / she pursuing
• ISO 14001 competence may also be pursued as a career in consulting
and auditing

Career choices regarding ISO 14001
• EMS Manager
• Independent consultant
• Lead Auditor

What ISO 14001 training and certification are
available if you’re an individual?
• Training in the concepts of ISO 14001 is available, and there are a range of course options for individuals to choose from.
Only the first of the courses mentioned below can lead to certification for the individual to be able to audit for a
certification body, but the others are very useful for those who will be using these skills within their own company:
• ISO 14001 Lead Auditor Course – This is a five-day training course focused on understanding the ISO 14001 EMS
standard and being able to use it for auditing management systems against these requirements. The course includes an
exam at the end to verify knowledge and competence, and it is only with an accredited course that an individual can
become approved to audit for a certification body.
• ISO 14001 Internal Auditor Course – This is commonly a two- or three-day course that is based on the lead auditor
course above, but does not include the test for competence, so this is most useful for someone beginning to do internal
audits within a company.
• ISO 14001 Awareness and Implementation Course – Several courses are offered that provide knowledge of ISO 14001
and how to implement it. These can be one- or two- or even five-day courses, and can even include online e-learning
sessions as a method of teaching the material. These courses are good for those who need an overview on the ISO
14001 standard, or those who will be involved in the implementation within a company, and many are more economical
than investing in the lead auditor course for those involved at this level.
• There are a number of accredited training organizations around the world where you can gain individual qualifications in
ISO 14001.

Quiz 4
1. Certification to ISO 14001 is a legal requirement
a) true b) false
2. An ISO 14001 implementer must be a qualified Lead Auditor

a) true b) false

Further Help
ISO 14000 on ISO Website
https://www.iso.org/iso-14001-
environmental-management.html

Conclusion
What did we do?
1. Background – environment and environment management system
2. Foundational knowledge of ISO 14001
3. The ISO 14001 contents
4. Certification process
5. Usefulness of ISO 14001 to professional career

Home Work
• The detailed class presentation mailed to you contains more slides,
including explanation of all the clauses
• Study the full presentation and other materials sent
• Prepare a plan for implementing ISO 14001 standard at a company
M/s Excellent 2100

Develop Your Personal Action Plan
What you want to do after this course?
1. Plan
2. Identify your role
3. Future
4. Improve your competence

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Kuwait Chapter

 This is a training course, you would be required to take notes

Do you want your children and their children to enjoy life?

It requires to protect the earth environment.

Who’s job is to protect environment?

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• Rachel Carson, a US scientist whose 1962 book, Silent Spring, is

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With Management System

Management system helps to

• ISO is an independent, non-governmental international organization

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Environment Management System

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY

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Here is what the seven main sections are about:

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2. ISO 14001:2015 has got 14 clauses

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• Climate Change. Unfortunately, the climate change debate continues

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Feed to the process

Supports to transform input

Monitoring & Performance Measures (KPI)

• What to do? Goals

• Did things happen as • Do what was

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The outcome of the risk can be negative or positive.

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2. Kuwait does not have an environment law

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• There are no normative references.

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3.2.2 environmental aspect

Use of processes, practices, techniques, materials, products, services or

Note 1 to entry: Prevention of pollution can include source reduction or

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Consecutive and interlinked stages of a product (or service) system,

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• Top management shall establish, implement and maintain an environmental

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