Examples of life cycle activities include design, manufacture, transport, packaging, and end-use or disposal. Within the new standard, “life cycle” is defined as “consecutive and interlinked stages of a product system, from raw material acquisition or generation from natural resources to end-of-life treatment.” Life cycle includes activities, products and services that include procured goods and services, and end-of-life treatment of products and delivery of services. Clause A.10.1 (Improvement/nonconformity and corrective action) in the new standard explains that this concept is now inherent in the standard instead of being part of a single clause by maintaining that “one of the key purposes of an EMS is to serve as a preventive tool.” The concept of preventive action is also covered in the new clauses 4.1 and 6.1. The EMS as a whole should be viewed as being a tool for continual preventive action. The notion of preventive action is as important as ever although the explicit mention of it does disappear. Has “preventive action” been replaced by the concept of “risk”? For some organizations, the additional emphasis on risk in the new standard may include broader consideration of larger business implications in their processes and systems. The concept of organizational risk includes both adverse and beneficial aspects.
In the new DIS version, the word “risk” appears in several areas, including clauses 6.1 and A.6.1 (Planning/actions), clause 6.2.1 (Environmental objectives), clauses 8 and A.8 (Operation), clause 9.2 (Internal audit), clause 9.3 (Management review), and clause A.10.1 (Improvement/nonconformity and corrective action). In the current ISO 14001:2004 version, the word “risk” only appears twice, and then only in the context of clarifying what is not covered by the standard (financial risk management requirements) and clarifying the use of documentation to avoid “risk” of ambiguity and deviation. What’s new/different regarding “risk” in ISO 14001:2015? There is a clause correspondence chart (Annex B) included in the guidance section of the new draft that details where the clauses/subclauses are found in each of the standards and in relation to one another. Is there a clause-by-clause 2004 to 2015 draft gap analysis? Clause 0.4 (Plan, do, check, act approach) of the new standard specifically discusses alignment with this approach and includes a figure that graphically shows this alignment with the EMS standard. Will the new standard still be aligned to the basic plan-do-check-act structure? How do organizations get a copy of the new draft standard?Ī copy of the draft can be purchased now from several sources including ISO/ANSI/ASQ. Questions focus on changes in language, key areas of revision, and the transition period after publication. Because both standards are based on ISO’s new Annex SL-a common management system structure-the two standards will be more closely aligned.īelow are some of the most frequently asked questions about ISO 14001:2015.
ISO 14001, the environmental management system (EMS) standard, has also reached the Final Draft International Standard (FDIS) phase. ISO 9001 isn’t the only management system standard being revised.
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