Amendment in ISO management system standards to include Climate Change considerations:
ISO has released an amendment to numerous existing and new management system standards, incorporating text that mandates companies to assess the relevance of climate change risks in their analysis of organizational context and the needs of interested parties.
What standards?
The climate change amendment applies to all ISO management system standards, i.e. those that specify requirements and to which companies can be certified. This includes the following standards: ISO 14001, ISO 15378, ISO 19443, ISO 21001, ISO 22000, ISO 22301, ISO 28000, ISO 29001, ISO 37001, ISO 45001, ISO 50001, ISO 9001, ISO/IEC 20000 and ISO/IEC 27001
What is the requirement?
The amendment is included in Chapter 4 of the Harmonized Structure (Appendix 2 of the Annex SL in the ISO/IEC Directives Part 1 Consolidated ISO Supplement):
4.1 Understanding the organization and its context where the following sentence is added: “The organization shall determine whether climate change is a relevant issue”.
4.2 Understanding the needs and expectations of interested parties where the following sentence is added: “NOTE: Relevant interested parties can have requirements related to climate change”.
In essence, the new requirement specifies that organizations must ascertain the relevance of climate change as an issue and whether pertinent stakeholders have climate change-related requirements.
If climate change is deemed a relevant issue, it must be taken into consideration during the development and implementation of the management system.
If you already have a management system certified to an ISO standard, you are already conducting this type of contextual analysis.
The only difference is that climate change must always be a topic that is considered in your analysis and if found relevant be part of your management system.
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ISO has released an amendment to numerous existing and new management system standards, incorporating text that mandates companies to assess the relevance of climate change risks in their analysis of organizational context and the needs of interested parties.
What standards?
The climate change amendment applies to all ISO management system standards, i.e. those that specify requirements and to which companies can be certified. This includes the following standards: ISO 14001, ISO 15378, ISO 19443, ISO 21001, ISO 22000, ISO 22301, ISO 28000, ISO 29001, ISO 37001, ISO 45001, ISO 50001, ISO 9001, ISO/IEC 20000 and ISO/IEC 27001
What is the requirement?
The amendment is included in Chapter 4 of the Harmonized Structure (Appendix 2 of the Annex SL in the ISO/IEC Directives Part 1 Consolidated ISO Supplement):
4.1 Understanding the organization and its context where the following sentence is added: “The organization shall determine whether climate change is a relevant issue”.
4.2 Understanding the needs and expectations of interested parties where the following sentence is added: “NOTE: Relevant interested parties can have requirements related to climate change”.
In essence, the new requirement specifies that organizations must ascertain the relevance of climate change as an issue and whether pertinent stakeholders have climate change-related requirements.
If climate change is deemed a relevant issue, it must be taken into consideration during the development and implementation of the management system.
If you already have a management system certified to an ISO standard, you are already conducting this type of contextual analysis.
The only difference is that climate change must always be a topic that is considered in your analysis and if found relevant be part of your management system.
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