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Establish, implement, and maintain environmental management system processes.


CONTROL ID
14954
CONTROL TYPE
Process or Activity
CLASSIFICATION
Preventive

SUPPORTING AND SUPPORTED CONTROLS



This Control directly supports the implied Control(s):
  • Establish, implement, and maintain an environmental management system., CC ID: 14945

There are no implementation support Controls.


SELECTED AUTHORITY DOCUMENTS COMPLIED WITH



  • The organization shall establish, implement and maintain the process(es) needed to meet the requirements in 6.1.1 to 6.1.4. (§ 6.1.1 ¶ 1, ISO 14001:2015 - Environmental management systems — Requirements with guidance for use, Third Edition)
  • integrate and implement the actions into its environmental management system processes (se e 6.2, Clause 7, Clause 8 and 9.1), or other business processes; (§ 6.1.4 ¶ 1 b) 1), ISO 14001:2015 - Environmental management systems — Requirements with guidance for use, Third Edition)
  • 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: (§ 8.1 ¶ 1, ISO 14001:2015 - Environmental management systems — Requirements with guidance for use, Third Edition)
  • establishing operating criteria for the process(es); (§ 8.1 ¶ 1 Bullet 1, ISO 14001:2015 - Environmental management systems — Requirements with guidance for use, Third Edition)
  • Organizations should integrate environmental management into existing business processes and structures, and amend these where necessary. (§ 5.1 ¶ 3, ISO 14005:2019, Environmental management systems — Guidelines for a flexible approach to phased implementation, Second Edition)
  • Do: Implement the processes as planned. (§ 5.1 ¶ 6 Bullet 2, ISO 14005:2019, Environmental management systems — Guidelines for a flexible approach to phased implementation, Second Edition)
  • Relevant and appropriately documented information should be developed and controlled by an organization to ensure that its EMS is operating effectively, is understood by persons working under its control and other interested parties, and that processes associated with the system are carried out as p… (§ 5.7 ¶ 6, ISO 14005:2019, Environmental management systems — Guidelines for a flexible approach to phased implementation, Second Edition)
  • Actions to achieve the selected system improvements and the intended outcomes should be planned. An action plan includes, as a minimum, the following items: (§ 6.6 ¶ 1, ISO 14005:2019, Environmental management systems — Guidelines for a flexible approach to phased implementation, Second Edition)
  • Significant environmental aspects, compliance obligations and other relevant issues and requirements, identified as part of an organization's context, can result in risks and opportunities that need to be addressed within the EMS. To do this, an organization should establish environmental objectives… (§ 5.3 ¶ 9, ISO 14005:2019, Environmental management systems — Guidelines for a flexible approach to phased implementation, Second Edition)