1. Why ISO 14001:2015? Awareness Presentation
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By implementing ISO 14001:2015, we help our company to improve its environmental performance, gaining a competitive advantage and the trust of stakeholders.
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Content
Basic information about ISO 14001
The purpose of ISO 14001
What is the environment?
Environmental aspects vs. impacts
What is the EMS?
Myths of ISO 14001
Keys to success
Benefits for our company
Implementation details
Your role in the implementation
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4. Basic information about ISO 14001
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International standard, published by ISO
Developed by leading environmental experts
Applicable to any industry
Applicable to any size company
There are more than 300,000 certifications to ISO in 171 countries around the world.
ISO = International Organization for Standardization
The standard can be used and implemented by any organization, regardless of its activity or sector.
To learn more about how requirements are organized in the standard, see: “Clause-by-clause explanation of ISO 14001:2015”
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The purpose of ISO 14001
Framework to protect the environment
Achieve continual improvement of its environmental performance
Assurance to company that it meets all applicable regulatory requirements
Communicating the company’s commitment to environmental improvement
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6. What is the environment?
The environment of a company is the surroundings in which the organization operates, including air, water, land, natural resources, flora, fauna, humans, and their interrelation.
Water
Humans
Air
Land
COMPANY
Flora
Natural resources
Fauna
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7. Environmental aspects vs. impacts
Every activity we do affects the environment surrounding us. For instance, printing a document by using a printer is an activity; when performing this activity, we need to consume paper, toner, and electricity when operating the printer machine. Consumption of paper and electricity are the environmental aspects of this activity; therefore, the environmental impact of these environmental aspects is the use of natural resources, because paper is made from trees and electricity is generated from oil, gas, or coal.
An environmental aspect is any potential interaction that your business processes have with the environment. When these interactions happen they will have an impact on the environment, either positive or negative. So we could say the relationship between Environmental Aspects and Environmental Impacts can be best described as “CAUSE” and “EFFECT”.
To learn more about the Identification and evaluation of the environmental aspects you can enroll this webinar “ISO 14001: Identification and evaluation of environmental aspects”
For more information about how to identify and evaluate environmental aspects you can see “4 steps in the identification and evaluation of environmental aspects”:
ASPECTS
Plain paper
IMPACTS
Paper waste
Toner waste
Noise
Paper
Electricity
Toner
PRINTER
CAUSE
Document
EFFECT
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8. Environmental aspects vs. impacts
An environmental impact is any change to the environment, whether adverse or beneficial, wholly or partially resulting from an organization’s environmental aspects.
Here we have some examples of environmental impacts and their related environmental aspects.
Can you think of some environmental impacts associated with our company?
To learn more about environmental aspect identification and classification, you can read the following article: “Environmental aspect identification and classification”
In the following article you can find a catalogue of environmental aspects:
Air pollution: emissions from transport, heating, etc.
Water pollution: discharge of polluted water, sanitary waste
Contamination of soil and groundwater: leakage from pipes
Use of natural resources: electricity use, natural gas use
Waste: used oil, general trash
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9. What is the EMS? Environmental control tool PDCA cycle approach
Easy integration with other standards
Focused on continual improvement
PDCA cycle approach
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EMS = Environmental Management System
The EMS is a tool that helps our company to identify, manage, monitor, and control environmental issues in a “holistic” manner.
Based on the PDCA cycle - Plan - Do - Check - Act, a systematic approach. To learn more about the PDCA cycle, you can read the article “Plan-Do-Check-Act in the ISO standard”
Easy integration with other standards. Like other ISO management systems, it uses a High-Level Structure. This means it can be integrated easily into any existing ISO management system. For more information on how to integrate ISO with ISO 9001, read the following white paper: “How to integrate 2015 revisions of ISO 9001 and ISO 14001”
Like all ISO management system standards, ISO includes the need for continual improvement of an organization’s systems and approach to environmental concerns.

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Myths of ISO 14001
It is only applicable to manufacturing.
It isn’t required if we are legally compliant.
It is only for already “green” organizations.
It is about creating a lot of unnecessary documents.
It won’t add value and it will cost too much to implement.
It will stop us from being flexible and innovative.
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For more information about the myths of ISO 14001,you can read the following article: “Six great myths of ISO 14001”:

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Keys to success
Top management commitment
Assigned roles, responsibilities, and authorities
Appropriate resources
Participation at all levels
A structured and documented implementation plan
Correct training, education, and awareness
Adequate procedures and documentation
Effective audit
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Without management support, the implementation of the EMS is almost certain to fail. Management needs to be on board to make sure that adequate resources (i.e., money and human resources) are available and any roadblocks can be overcome.
There are a number of key roles and responsibilities that need to be allocated and fulfilled successfully, in both the setting up and the operation of the EMS. Top management must ensure that key responsibilities and authorities are clearly defined and that everybody involved understands their roles.
The company shall provide the appropriate resources, especially human resources, to establish, implement, maintain, and improve continually the EMS in an effective manner.
The effectiveness of the EMS is dependent on active involvement from all employees. Communication and participation across all levels of the company, especially top management, is crucial in the implementation phase.
Development of the documentation and record control system for the ISO based EMS is a very important part of the implementation, because it will define the method of creation, publishing, withdrawal, and use of your documents and records. For more information, you can see “How to structure ISO documentation”
The company must be able to assess, provide, and maintain the correct training and communication for the members of the team deemed critical to the performance and objectives of the EMS. It is clear that if the correct people are not trained, competent, and informed, then the performance of the EMS will suffer.
We must have adequate procedures and documentation in accordance with our implementation plan.
Effective audit - ensures that processes are effective and being followed, and thereby delivers continual improvement. For more information, see “Creating and ISO audit plan”

12. Benefits for our company
Improved image and credibility
Compliance with legal requirements
Improvement in cost control
Higher rate of success when implementing changes
More efficient improvement of processes
Reduction in employee turnover
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Just a question before continuing - Is it less expensive to prevent pollution than to manage it after it is produced?
[choose the benefits that fit your company – for a detailed explanation of each of the benefits, read this article: “6 Key Benefits of ISO 14001”

13. Implementation details
Project manager: [insert name]
Project sponsor: [insert name]
Project duration: [insert number of months]
Project budget: [insert estimated budget]
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Project manager – write here the person who will coordinate the implementation of ISO 14001
Project sponsor – write here someone from the top management who will provide you with support for your project
Project duration – calculate the time needed using this free implementation duration calculator:
Project budget – calculate the estimated budget using this free white paper:
To learn more about EMS implementation you can free download “Project checklist for ISO Implementation”

14. Your role in the implementation
Suggest which processes to document
Suggest changes in existing & new policies and procedures
Read all the new documents and attend awareness & training sessions
Comply with policies and procedures once they are published
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Your role in the implementation – refers to employees' role in the implementation.
For more information on roles and responsibilities in the EMS, see: “What are the key roles and responsibilities in the EMS?“

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To be effective, ISO needs to be implemented for real, and not just formally.
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To be effective, ISO needs to be implemented for real, not just because of an auditor and not just by printing documents without applying them. To really obtain the benefits of the ISO implementation, the commitment of all the employees within our company is required.
To learn more about the foundations of ISO 14001:2015, you can enroll for free in the eTraining “ISO foundation course”

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