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Prioritize and select controls based on environmental management system requirements.


CONTROL ID
15197
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



  • implementing control of the process(es), in accordance with the operating criteria. (§ 8.1 ¶ 1 Bullet 2, ISO 14001:2015 - Environmental management systems — Requirements with guidance for use, Third Edition)
  • The type and extent of control or influence to be applied during the life cycle stages should be defined within the environmental management system. (8.1.2 ¶ 3, ISO 14004:2016, Environmental management systems — General guidelines on implementation, Third Edition)
  • An organization should ensure that its operations and associated processes are conducted in a controlled way in order to fulfil the commitments of its environmental policy, achieve its environmental objectives and manage its significant environmental aspects, compliance obligations and its risks and… (8.1.1 ¶ 1, ISO 14004:2016, Environmental management systems — General guidelines on implementation, Third Edition)
  • Based upon the scope of its environmental management system and the actions determined in 6.1 and 6.2, the organization should determine the necessary operational controls (see 6.1 and 6.2), using a life cycle perspective, including for operations related to functions, such as research and developm… (8.1.2 ¶ 2, ISO 14004:2016, Environmental management systems — General guidelines on implementation, Third Edition)
  • Determining significant environmental aspects and associated environmental impacts is necessary in order to determine where control or improvement is needed and to set priorities for management action (see 6.1.2.5) based primarily on environmental factors. The organization's environmental policy, en… (6.1.2.1 ¶ 3, ISO 14004:2016, Environmental management systems — General guidelines on implementation, Third Edition)
  • To facilitate planning, the organization should maintain appropriate documented information on the environmental aspects and associated environmental impacts identified, the criteria used to determine its significant environmental aspects and those determined significant, including those that can oc… (6.1.2.5 ¶ 5, ISO 14004:2016, Environmental management systems — General guidelines on implementation, Third Edition)
  • When determining necessary controls, or considering changes to existing controls, consideration should be given to risks and opportunities that need to be addressed, and to any unintended consequences that can result. The organization should control planned changes and review the consequences of uni… (8.1.1 ¶ 2, ISO 14004:2016, Environmental management systems — General guidelines on implementation, Third Edition)
  • The phased approach, as described in this document, allows for a series of iterations, with each new phase building on the preceeding phase to achieve a desired level of maturity. (§ 6.1 ¶ 5, ISO 14005:2019, Environmental management systems — Guidelines for a flexible approach to phased implementation, Second Edition)
  • Organizations should assess whether the scope and maturity of their current EMS is appropriate to achieve the intended outcomes. They should compare existing practices and processes with what would be required to achieve the intended outcomes as defined in 6.2. (§ 6.3 ¶ 1, ISO 14005:2019, Environmental management systems — Guidelines for a flexible approach to phased implementation, Second Edition)
  • The results of the EMS assessment provide input for selecting areas for improvement (see 6.4). (§ 6.3 ¶ 3, ISO 14005:2019, Environmental management systems — Guidelines for a flexible approach to phased implementation, Second Edition)
  • The output of the preceding stage enables organizations to determine and select one or several areas for improvement of its EMS. (§ 6.4 ¶ 1, ISO 14005:2019, Environmental management systems — Guidelines for a flexible approach to phased implementation, Second Edition)
  • Based on the area(s) an organization has selected to improve, it should assess which maturity level is necessary for each of the EMS elements to achieve the intended outcomes. It should then determine the gap between the required maturity levels and the existing ones, guided by the maturity matrix (… (§ 6.5 ¶ 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)