ISO14001 requires that the Environmental Policy be:
- Defined by top management
- Appropriate to the nature, scale, and environmental impacts of the activities, products, or services of the organization
- Documented, implemented, maintained
- Communicated to employees
- Available to the public
The Environmental Policy must contain a commitment to:
- Continual improvement
- Prevention of pollution
- Comply with relevant environmental legislation and regulations and other requirements to which the organisation subscribes
The Environmental Policy must:
- provide the framework for setting and reviewing environmental objectives and targets
- be communicated, familiarised, and
- socialised throughout the organisation
The policy should be:
- Clear, concise, motivating, authentic, reflecting the organization’s guiding principles, beliefs, ethics and values
- Consistent with other organizational policies, mission or vision statements
- Relevant to all areas of the operation, from raw material supplies to finished product or service
- Kept up-to-date (though not changed too often)
- Widely distributed within the organisation
- Made available to the public (e.g. newsletter, website, advertisements, announcements)
- Ensure responsibility, authority, and accountability have been assigned for implementing, maintaining, and communicating the environmental policy
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