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Disseminate and communicate the environmental policy to all interested personnel and affected parties.


CONTROL ID
14956
CONTROL TYPE
Communicate
CLASSIFICATION
Preventive

SUPPORTING AND SUPPORTED CONTROLS



This Control directly supports the implied Control(s):
  • Establish, implement, and maintain an environmental policy., CC ID: 14947

There are no implementation support Controls.


SELECTED AUTHORITY DOCUMENTS COMPLIED WITH



  • be communicated within the organization; (§ 5.2 ¶ 2 Bullet 2, ISO 14001:2015 - Environmental management systems — Requirements with guidance for use, Third Edition)
  • be available to interested parties. (§ 5.2 ¶ 2 Bullet 3, ISO 14001:2015 - Environmental management systems — Requirements with guidance for use, Third Edition)
  • The responsibility for establishing the environmental policy rests with the organization's top management. The environmental policy should be maintained as documented information and be consistent with, and can be included in or linked with, other policy documents of the organization, such as those … (5.2 ¶ 4, ISO 14004:2016, Environmental management systems — General guidelines on implementation, Third Edition)
  • the organization's environmental policy and its commitment to the environmental policy; (7.3 ¶ 3 Bullet 1, ISO 14004:2016, Environmental management systems — General guidelines on implementation, Third Edition)
  • The environmental policy establishes the strategic direction of an organization with respect to environmental management and performance, thus policy commitments are the foundation for the organization's EMS. Top management of an organization should establish the environmental policy and formally co… (§ 5.2 ¶ 2, ISO 14005:2019, Environmental management systems — Guidelines for a flexible approach to phased implementation, Second Edition)