Preparing for ISO 14001:2015 – Gap Analysis Commercial Property Company, UK

LAND & PROPERTY

Ref: PS0107

Project Summary

Preparing for ISO 14001:2015 – Gap Analysis Commercial Property Company, UK

Project Value: £5,000

Key Project Elements

ISO14001:2015

Implications for EMSs

New Requirements for

Business Strategy and

Process Integration

Commitments to

Environmental

Sustainability

Increased Responsibilities

for Senior Management

New Approach to Risk

and Opportunities

Managing the Value

Chain

Demonstrating

Compliance Status

New Clause Structure

and Common Text

Timescales

CRA is helping a FTSE100 commercial property company appreciate the

potential implications of the revision of ISO 14001, which is due to be published

in 2015. The drafting of the revised standard is at a sufficiently advanced stage

for there to be reasonable confidence in its ultimate requirements. This allows

forward thinking organisations to start now to consider how they will modify their

management systems to conform to ISO 14001:2015.

CRA is well-equipped to provide guidance to organisations regarding the

forthcoming ISO 14001:2015, as one of its EMS specialists is actively

participating in the ISO working group producing the revised standard. This

equips CRA with a unique appreciation of not only the latest format and text but

also the underlying intent of the changes to ISO 14001.

CRA has developed a gap analysis tool that allows us to compare current

management systems, business practices and culture with the new

requirements. It is important that the gap analysis adopts a holistic approach, as

the new text includes requirements for greater integration of environmental

management into broader strategic and operational management processes.

The gap analysis also engages senior management, as there will be more

stringent requirements for leadership and commitment in the revised standard.

Other areas of focus for the analysis include:

Commitment to environmental sustainability,

Managing business risks and opportunities,

Control and influence in the value chain, and

Demonstrating compliance status.

This project is also assessing the potential for integrating energy management

and the requirements of ISO 50001 into the EMS. The outcome of the gap analysis is an ISO 14001:2015 transition plan that the

organisation will use to work towards the new requirements of the standard, so

that its EMS can retain its certified status.