ISO 14001 Environmental Management System

Evaluate ISO 14001:2015 environmental management system compliance, covering environmental policy, planning, implementation, monitoring, and continual improvement

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1. Context & Leadership

Have you determined internal/external issues affecting the EMS?*

Clause 4.1: Environmental conditions, regulatory changes, stakeholder expectations

Are interested parties and their environmental requirements identified?*

Clause 4.2: Regulators, community, customers, employees with environmental concerns

Is an environmental policy established and communicated?*

Clause 5.2: Policy commits to environmental protection, compliance, continual improvement

2. Planning & Risk

Are environmental aspects and impacts identified and evaluated?*

Clause 6.1.2: Identify activities/products/services affecting environment (emissions, waste, resource use)

Are significant environmental aspects addressed in EMS planning?*

Focus on aspects with greatest environmental impact for objectives and controls

Are environmental objectives established with action plans?*

Clause 6.2: SMART objectives for pollution prevention, resource efficiency, waste reduction

3. Support & Operations

Are adequate resources provided for EMS effectiveness?*

Clause 7.1: Personnel, equipment, technology, financial resources for environmental programs

Are personnel trained on EMS and environmental responsibilities?*

Clause 7.2: Competence requirements, environmental awareness, emergency response training

Are operational controls implemented for significant environmental aspects?*

Clause 8.1: Procedures, work instructions, engineering controls to manage environmental impacts

Is emergency preparedness and response planning in place?*

Clause 8.2: Identify potential emergencies (spills, fires, releases), establish response procedures

4. Performance Evaluation

Do you monitor, measure, and analyze environmental performance?*

Clause 9.1: KPIs for emissions, waste, energy, water, compliance status

Are internal audits conducted at planned intervals?*

Clause 9.2: Audit program to verify EMS conformity and effectiveness

Does top management review EMS at planned intervals?*

Clause 9.3: Management review evaluates environmental performance, compliance, objectives

5. Improvement

Are nonconformities corrected and corrective actions taken?*

Clause 10.2: React to incidents, eliminate root cause, prevent recurrence

Is the EMS continually improved?*

Clause 10.3: Improve environmental performance through PDCA cycle

6. Compliance & Legal

Are compliance obligations (legal and other) identified and maintained?*

Clause 6.1.3: Federal, state, local environmental laws, permits, industry standards

Is compliance with obligations evaluated periodically?*

Clause 9.1.2: Regular compliance audits, permit tracking, regulatory change monitoring

Are environmental permits and authorizations current?*

Air permits, wastewater discharge, hazardous waste, stormwater permits maintained

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