The new requirements that will likely have the biggest impact on certified organizations are tied to these new terms:
- Determination of relevant external and internal issues that could affect achievement of the intended outcomes of the EMS
- Determination of the relevant interested parties and their requirements
- Integration of the EMS and objectives into business processes
- Compatibility of the environmental policy and objectives with its strategic direction
- Consideration of environmental performance in strategic planning
- A policy that is appropriate to the organization’s risks and opportunities
- Consideration of life-cycle perspectives
- Identification and access to the relevant requirements of interested parties
- Identification of organizational risks and opportunities
- Competency of those that affect its environmental performance
- Control or influence of processes associated with the value chain, significant environmental aspects and organizational risks and opportunities, taking into account a lifecycle perspective.
- Monitoring of risks and opportunities and value chain controls
- Use of performance indicator criteria
- A management review that incorporates the above requirements
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