ISO 14001:2015 requires organisations to consider risks and opportunities in relation to internal and external issues, environmental aspects and compliance obligations which themselves may be a source of risk or opportunity.
Section 6.1 requires an organization to maintain documented information of the process(es) needed in 6.1.1 to 6.1.4, to the extent necessary to have confidence they are carried out as planned.
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Documentation for clause 6.1 identifies, outlines, and acknowledges the company's environmental risks and any opportunities that it may encounter.
These would include any abnormal risks and all and any emergency situations that may arise.
It also needs to show any opportunities the company may face to make any positive environmental changes or impacts.
The ISO 14001 standard does not prescribe a particular risk process or methodology to be documented; however, the onus is placed on the company to demonstrate a sound risk-based system is being followed.
The system the company follows should be easily explainable.
Undertake a SWOT analysis as part of your organisation’s business strategy to identify the external risks and opportunities, and plan actions to address them. Formal business risk assessment performed by your organization should take into consideration its context, associated risk and opportunities and mitigation plan.
Using the process approach, identify sources of input, activities, output, receiver of output, performance indicators to control and monitor processes, the risks and opportunities associated with them and action plan to address them.
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Updated: 26th February 2022
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