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We’re back…..and it’s half way through the year already! This time next year we’ll have a new ISO 14001 standard.

In early 2014 the second committee draft (CD2) of the revised ISO 14001 standard was formally adopted. In it, the section on ‘organisational risks and opportunities’ has been completely reworked. For many organisations, the changes around environmental aspects and impacts and ‘organisational risks and opportunities’ will provide a timely opportunity to overhaul the way they approach environmental risk management. But will they take it? In the June 2014 edition of WME Magazine I explored what organisations will need to do to adapt to the changes to EMS scope and boundaries. Click here to read the article.

Keep your eye out for the Draft International Standard (DIS) due out July/August 2014 where the guidance will appear. This will be the first chance organisations outside the initial review and consultation process will get to see the revised standard. The proactive users will then start assessing gaps, planning changes and training internal auditors to begin the change process.

Catch you soon!