Take the first steps to ISO 14001 certification with this practical overview. This book provides practical advice on how to achieve compliance with ISO 14001:2015, the international standard for an EMS (environmental management system). With an EMS certified to ISO 14001, you can improve the efficiency of your business operations and fulfil compliance obligations, while reassuring your employees, clients and other stakeholders that you are monitoring your environmental impact. This easy-to-follow guide takes a step-by-step approach, and provides many sample documents to help you understand how to record and monitor your organisation's EMS processes. Ideal for compliance managers, IT and general managers, environmental officers, auditors and trainers, this book will provide you with: The confidence to plan and design an EMS. Detailed descriptions of the ISO 14001:2015 requirements will give you a clear understanding of the standard, even if you lack specialist knowledge or previous experience; Guidance to build stakeholder support for your EMS. Information on why it is important for an organisation to have an environmental policy, and a sample communications procedure will help you to raise awareness of the benefits of implementing an EMS; and Advice on how to become an ISO 14001-certified organisation. The book takes a step-by-step approach to implementing an ISO 14001-compliant EMS. Key features: A concise summary of the ISO 14001:2015 requirements and how you can meet them. An overview of the documentation needed to achieve ISO 14001:2015 accreditation. Sample documents to help you understand how to record and monitor your organisation's environmental management processes. New for the second edition: Updated for ISO 14001:2015, including terms, definitions and references; Revised approach to take into account requirements to address "risks and opportunities". Your practical guide to implementing an EMS that complies with ISO 14001:2015 – buy this book today to get the help and guidance you need! Naeem Sadiq holds a BSc in aerospace and a master's in manufacturing engineering. He is a certified lead auditor and lead trainer for the ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 standards. He is also an ASQ-certified manager and quality system auditor. Naeem's work experience in engineering and management includes working as an independent consultant, auditor and trainer for the ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 standards. He has presented a number of papers in national conferences on management system standards, and provided consultancy, training and auditing support to more than 100 organisations. As a freelance writer, he is a regular contributor to a national newspaper on environmental and social issues. He is also the author of OHSAS 18001 Step by Step – A Practical Guide. Asif Hayat Khan holds a BSc in industrial engineering. He is a trained lead auditor and trainer for the ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 standards. He is also an ASQ-certified quality manager, HACCP auditor and a DuPont certified trainer on behavioural safety. As a consultant, auditor, trainer and manager, he has experience of establishing and implementing the ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 standards in diverse industrial sectors.

1: PDCA, environmental policy, objectives and programmes (Clauses 5.1, 5.2 and 6.2)

2: Identifying environmental aspects and determining significant impacts (Clause 6.1.2)

3: Regulatory requirements and evaluating compliance (Clauses 6.1.3 and 9.1.2)

4: Resources, roles, responsibility, authority and communication (Clauses 5.3, 7.1 and 7.4)

5: Competence, training and awareness (Clauses 7.2 and 7.3)

6: Documentation and document control (Clause 7.5)

7: Operational controls (Clause 8.1)

8: Emergency preparedness and response (Clause 8.2)

9: Measuring and monitoring (Clause 9.1)

10: Internal audit (Clause 9.2)

11: Management review and continual improvement (Clauses 9.3 and 10.3)

12: Nonconformity, corrective and preventive action (Clause 10.2)

13: Green initiatives

Appendix A: Sample procedure for identifying environmental aspects

Appendix B: Sample procedure for internal and external communication

Appendix C: Sample procedure for control of documented information

Appendix D: Documented information required by ISO 14001

Appendix E: Sample format for a nonconformity report (NCR)

Appendix F: Sample procedure for internal EMS audit

Appendix G: Sample input report for EMS management review

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ISO 14001 Step by Step - A Practical Guide does exactly what its title says it will. The pocket sized handbook offers a clear, concise and understandable methodology for implementing the necessary steps to achieving ISO 14001 certification. The guide is structured to reflect the clauses of the ISO standard and includes examples and sample documents making understanding the requirements easy for all. This useful handbook is a must for anyone wanting an easy and effective way to implement an EMS into their business operations. Catherine Hickford, Sustainability Consultant ISO 14001 Step by Step - A Practical Guide does exactly what its title says it will. The pocket sized handbook offers a clear, concise and understandable methodology for implementing the necessary steps to achieving ISO 14001 certification. The guide is structured to reflect the clauses of the ISO standard and includes examples and sample documents making understanding the requirements easy for all. This useful handbook is a must for anyone wanting an easy and effective way to implement an EMS into their business operations. Catherine Hickford, Sustainability Consultant