ISO14001: 2015 new standard officially released

ISO 14001, the world's first widely adopted environmental management system international standard, has helped more than 300,000 organizations around the world to improve their environmental performance. At present, the standard after the official release since 1996, the first major revision since the new version of the standard was yesterday (September 15) officially released.
      The new standard ensures that it continues to help organizations improve business processes, save costs and meet future environmental challenges. Environmental experts from more than 70 countries participated in this revision, and the revised standard incorporates a series of updates designed to help organizations deal with changing business conditions - from climate change to supply chain management.
      ISO 14001 provides a framework for organizations to reduce their impact on the environment, reduce waste and conserve energy while the business continues to grow. ISO 14001 also helps companies innovate, improve management system processes, meet regulatory requirements, and enhance the credibility of investors in the eyes of investors, customers and the public. Ultimately, this new standard will help companies keep pace with changes in the environment and ensure that they stay ahead.

Changes to ISO 14001: 2015 include

    1, the new high-level structure (HLS) using all management system standards common terms, definitions, titles and text, so that the implementation of multiple management systems to achieve easy integration
    2. New opportunities for senior management to further ensure that environmental management is integrated into core business processes and objectives.
    3. Refocus the organization's exposure to risks (eg, price volatility of raw materials) and the opportunities presented by these risks (higher resource efficiency)
    4, new thinking on the organizational environment to help them understand their environment and the impact on the environment, but also to understand the environmental issues (such as climate change) on the impact of their own.

ISO 14001: 2015 Standard Timeline for Plate Change

1, July 2014
     ISO 14001: 2015 DIS release
2, 2014 December
     ISO International Organization for Standardization officially voted ISO 14001: 2015 DIS version, the new standard into the FDIS stage.
3, 2015 April
     ISO 14001: 2015 Update Critical Conference The ISO Technical Committee ISO / TC 207 / WG5, which is responsible for the ISO 14001 revision, said it was taking a significant step towards the release of ISO 14001: 2015 at the conference.
4, May 2015 *
     The ISO 14001: 2015 FDIS version was voted on
5, 2015 September
     ISO 14001: 2015 was officially released on September 15th