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Include the environmental management system requirements in the environmental management system.


CONTROL ID
14978
CONTROL TYPE
Establish/Maintain Documentation
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



  • communicating the importance of effective environmental management and of conforming to the environmental management system requirements; (§ 5.1 ¶ 1 e), 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)
  • The overall aim is to enable an organization to fulfil the requirements of ISO 14001, if it so wishes. A phased approach could also be applied to a system going beyond ISO 14001 in certain elements or a single-aspect or single-process EMS. (§ 6.1 ¶ 8, ISO 14005:2019, Environmental management systems — Guidelines for a flexible approach to phased implementation, Second Edition)