ISO 14000 Series Update

Martin Baxter
Executive Director - Policy
Institute of Environmental Management and
Assessment (IEMA)

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ISO - Overview
157 national standards bodies
208 Technical Committees.
2975 sub-committees and working groups

17,765 standards and guidelines

Works by consensus
Joint Technical Co-ordination Group (JTCG) working
across all MSS TCs, proposing a common:
High-level structure for management systems standards
Clause/ sub-clause titles
Terms and definitions

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TC207 Environmental
Management
ISO Technical Committee TC207 is
responsible for:
Standardization in the field of environmental
management systems and tools in support of
sustainable development.
Excluded: test methods of pollutants, setting
limit values and levels of environmental
performance, and standardization of products.

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ISO & Environmental Management

SC 1 - Environmental management systems
SC 2 - Environmental auditing and related
environmental investigations
SC 3 - Environmental labelling
SC 4 - Environmental performance
evaluation
SC 5 - Life cycle assessment
SC 7 GHG Management & Related
Activities

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ISO & Environmental Management

TCG - Terminology Coordination Group
WG 4 - Environmental communication
WG 8 - Material flow cost accounting - General
principles and framework

BSI is the UK Member Body to ISO (and CEN).

BSI mirror committees feed in UK comments,
IEMA is represented on all relevant BSI
committees

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ISO 14001 - Environmental Management Systems

Specification with Guidance for Use
Published in 1996, revised in 2004
Internationally accepted as the EMS framework
for environmental management activity
Widespread engagement over 200,000
accredited certificates worldwide in over 140
countries
Closely aligned with other business
management system standards, such as ISO
9001 and 18001

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TC207 EMS Work Areas

SC 1 - Environmental management systems
ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems
Specification with Guidance for Use
ISO 14004 EMS guidance
ISO FDIS 14005 EMS phased approach
ISO DIS 14006 EMS & Eco-Design
DIS draft International Standard
CD Committee Draft
WD Working group Draft

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Overview of EMS Standards for Organisations,

Certifiers & Accreditation Bodies
National accreditation bodies (e.g. UKAS in the UK) assess
that certification bodies are applying ISO 17021 and IAF/ EA
Guidance consistently. Accreditation bodies operate under
multi-lateral agreements with peer reviews to ensure
consistency.
Certification Bodies use ISO 17021) supplemented
by International Accreditation
Forum & European co-operation for Accreditation guidance.

Organisations use BS EN ISO 14001

as the framework for their EMS

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Certification Guides
ISO/IEC 17021: 2006
Conformity assessment Requirements for bodies providing audit &
certification of management systems

IAF GD6:2006
Guidelines for the Accreditation of Certification Bodies for EMS
www.iaf.nu

EA-7/04
Legal compliance as part of Accredited ISO 14001:2004 certification

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EMS Future Challenges Study Group

1. EMS as part of sustainability and social responsibility
2. EMS and (improvement of) environmental performance
3. EMS and compliance with legal and other external requirements
4. EMS and overall (strategic) business management
5. EMS and conformity assessment
6. EMS and the uptake in small organisations
7. EMS and environmental impacts in the value/supply chain
8. EMS and engaging stakeholders
9. EMS and parallel or sub systems (GHG, energy)
10. EMS and external communication (incl. product information)
11. Positioning of EMS in (inter)national policy agendas

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Auditing Standards
ISO 19011 Guidelines for quality and/ or EMS
auditing (2002)
Replaced:
ISO 140010 - Guidelines for Environmental Auditing General
Principles of Environmental Auditing
ISO 14011 - Guidelines for Environmental Auditing Audit
Procedures Part 1: Auditing of Environmental Management
Systems
ISO 14012 - Guidelines for Environmental Auditing
Qualification Criteria for Environmental Auditors

ISO DIS 19011

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Environmental Due Diligence

ISO 14015
Environmental Management Environmental
assessment of sites and organisations
Provides guidance for organisations interested in
understanding the environmental issues associated
with their sites or activities as a result of past, current
or expected future activities. Process based.
Published 2001

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Environmental Labelling
ISO 14020
Environmental labels and declarations General principles

ISO 14021
Environmental labels and declarations Self-declared
environmental claims (Type II environmental labelling)

ISO 14024
Environmental labels and declarations Type I environmental
labelling Principles and procedures (product labelling)

ISO 14025
Environmental labels and declarations Type III environmental
declarations

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Environmental Performance Evaluation

ISO 14031
Environmental management - Environmental
Performance Evaluation Guidelines

ISO 14032
Environmental management Environmental
performance evaluation Case studies
illustrating the use of ISO 14031

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Life Cycle Assessment

ISO 14040: 2006
Environmental management - Life Cycle
Assessment - Principles and Framework

ISO 14044: 2006

Environmental management Life cycle
assessment Requirements and Guidelines
ISO 14041, ISO 14042 & ISO 14043
withdrawn in 2006, content integrated into
new 14040 & 14044

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Life Cycle Assessment cont..

ISO TR 14047
Environmental management -- Life cycle assessment -Examples of application of ISO 14042

ISO 14048
Environmental Management - Life Cycle Assessment Life Cycle assessment data documentation format

ISO TR 14049
Environmental Management - Life Cycle Assessment Examples of Application of ISO 14041 to Goal and Scope
Definition and Inventory Analysis

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Others
ISO 14050
Environmental management - vocabulary

ISO Guide 64
Guide for the inclusion of Environmental Aspects in Product
Standards

ISO TR 14062
Environmental Management - Guidelines for integrating
environmental aspects into product development

ISO 14063
Environmental Communication Guidelines and examples

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Climate Change
ISO 140641:2006
Greenhouse gases Part 1: Specification with guidance at the
organization level for quantification and reporting of greenhouse
gas emissions and removals.

ISO 140642:2006
Greenhouse gases Part 2: Specification with guidance at the
project level for quantification, monitoring and reporting of
greenhouse gas emission reductions or removal enhancements.

ISO 140643:2006
Greenhouse gases Part 3: Specification with guidance for the
validation and verification of greenhouse gas assertions.

ISO 14065:2007
Greenhouse gases Requirements for greenhouse gas validation
and verification bodies for use in accreditation or other forms of
recognition.

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More Standards
ISO CD 14067 carbon footprint (2 parts)
New work (14069) on using 14064 for GHG reporting
(carbon footprint of organisations)

ISO CD 14051 Material flow cost accounting

ISO 26000 Guidance on Social Responsibility
PAS 2050 - Assessing the life cycle greenhouse
gas emissions of goods and services
PAS 2060 - Specification for the demonstration
of carbon neutrality

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Other Standards
BS 8900:2006
Guidance for managing sustainable development.

BS 8901 Sustainable events management systems

Specification with guidance for use.

BS 8903 Principles and framework for procuring

sustainably. Guide
PAS 99:2006
Specification of common management system requirements
as a framework for integration

BS 8555:2003
Environmental Management Systems Guide to the phased
implementation of an environmental management system including
the use of environmental performance evaluation

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Questions and Comment

Martin Baxter
m.baxter@iema.net
www.iema.net

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