PECB ISO 14001 Transition flashcards
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- Context of the organization
- Clause 4.1 requires determining external and internal issues, including environmental conditions, that affect or are affected by the organization's purpose and EMS.
- Interested parties
- Clause 4.2 requires identifying relevant interested parties, their needs and expectations, and which become compliance obligations for the EMS.
- EMS scope
- Clause 4.3 requires a documented scope stating activities, products, and services covered; it must not exclude activities with significant environmental aspects.
- Environmental policy
- Clause 5.2 requires a documented policy including commitments to protect the environment, fulfil compliance obligations, and continually improve the EMS.
- Top management accountability
- Clause 5.1 requires top management to take accountability for EMS effectiveness and integrate EMS requirements into business processes.
- Risks and opportunities
- Clause 6.1 requires planning to address risks and opportunities related to environmental aspects, compliance obligations, and other issues and requirements.
- Significant environmental aspects
- Clause 6.1.2 requires determining aspects with significant impacts using defined criteria, documented and kept up to date.
- Compliance obligations
- Clause 6.1.3 requires determining and having access to compliance obligations, including legal and other requirements, and considering them in planning.
- Environmental objectives
- Clause 6.2 requires measurable objectives consistent with policy, monitored and communicated, with documented plans for achievement.
- Resources
- Clause 7.1 requires determining and providing resources needed to establish, implement, maintain, and improve the EMS.
- Competence
- Clause 7.2 requires ensuring persons whose work affects environmental performance are competent, with documented evidence retained.
- Awareness
- Clause 7.3 requires awareness of the environmental policy, significant aspects, contribution to EMS effectiveness, and implications of nonconformity.
- Communication
- Clause 7.4 requires establishing internal and external communication processes relevant to the EMS, with documented information retained as appropriate.
- Operational planning and control
- Clause 8.1 requires establishing criteria for processes, implementing control, and managing planned changes and unintended changes.
- Emergency preparedness and response
- Clause 8.2 requires planning, responding, testing, and reviewing processes for potential emergency situations and accidents.
- Monitoring and measurement
- Clause 9.1 requires monitoring, measuring, analyzing, and evaluating environmental performance and compliance, with documented evidence and calibration records.
- Internal audit
- Clause 9.2 requires internal audits at planned intervals with a documented programme, criteria, scope, and results reported to management.
- Management review
- Clause 9.3 requires management review at planned intervals covering status of actions, changes, performance, compliance, audit results, and improvement opportunities.
- Evaluation of compliance
- Clause 9.1.2 requires evaluating fulfilment of compliance obligations and maintaining documented evidence of results.
- Nonconformity and corrective action
- Clause 10.2 requires reacting to nonconformity, evaluating need for action, implementing corrective action, and reviewing effectiveness.
- Continual improvement
- Clause 10.3 requires continually improving suitability, adequacy, and effectiveness of the EMS to enhance environmental performance.
- Planning changes
- Clause 6.3 requires changes to the EMS to be planned, considering purpose, consequences, resources, responsibilities, and risks and opportunities.
- Improvement opportunities
- Clause 10.1 requires determining opportunities for improvement to achieve intended outcomes of the EMS.
- Documented information control
- Clause 7.5 requires documented information to be controlled, including distribution, access, retrieval, and protection, and updated to reflect changes.
- Lifecycle perspective
- Clause 6.1.2 requires considering lifecycle stages when determining environmental aspects, from raw material acquisition to end-of-life.
- Outsourced processes
- Clause 8.1 requires control or influence over outsourced processes, ensuring they conform to EMS requirements.
- Transition audit evidence
- Auditors must collect verifiable evidence of conformity to ISO 14001:2015, including context, leadership, risks, and lifecycle perspective.
- Audit sampling
- Sampling must be justified and representative of activities, aspects, and compliance obligations within the audit scope.
- Certification decision
- Certification to ISO 14001:2015 is granted after nonconformities are closed with objective evidence and conformity is demonstrated.
- Conformity assessment
- Assessment verifies that the EMS meets ISO 14001:2015 requirements, including determination and evaluation of compliance obligations.
- Auditor competence
- Auditors must have knowledge of ISO 14001:2015 requirements, environmental science, and audit principles to evaluate conformity effectively.
- Transition audit scope
- The audit scope must cover the organization's EMS scope, including outsourced processes and activities with significant environmental aspects.