- Trainer Name: Muhammad

Noman An Awareness Training Program

- Training Date: 12th Sep 2021 for ISO 14001 Standard
Content
1. Why do we need ISO 14001 for 11. PDCA Cycle
our company?
12. Keys to Success
2. What is ISO 14001?
13. Benefits for Your company
3. Basic Information about ISO
14001:2015 14. Audit Findings
4. Purpose of ISO 14001:2015 15. ISO 14001 Certification
Process
5. What is the Environment?
16. Implementation Details
6. Environmental Aspects v/s
Impact 17. Your Role in the
7. What is EMS? Implementation

8. Development of ISO 14001 18. How to handle the Audit

(EMS) Session
9. Key differences 19. Auditee Conducts
10. ISO 14001 Structure (Clauses) 20. Do’s
Why do we need ISO 14001
for our company?
• By implementing ISO 14001:2015, we help our
company to improve its environmental
performance, gaining a competitive advantage
and the trust of stakeholders.
 What is the ISO
14001 Standard?
• ISO 14001 is an internationally agreed
standard that sets out the requirements
for an Environmental Management
System (EMS). It helps organizations
improve their environmental
performance through more efficient
use of resources and reduction of
waste, gaining a competitive advantage
and the trust of stakeholders.
 What is
ISO?

• Non-Government
Organization (NGO)
established in 1947,
based in Geneva,
Switzerland
• Has a membership of
160 national standards
institutes from
countries in all region
of the world.
Basic Information
about ISO 14001

• International standard, published by

ISO
• Developed by leading environmental
experts
• Applicable to any industry
• Applicable to any size of the company
• There are over 300,000 ISO 14001
certifications issued in 171 countries
around the world.
 Provide framework to protect the
environment.

Achieve Continual Improvement of its

The environmental performance

Purpose of
ISO 14001 Assurance to company that it meets all
applicable regulatory requirements.

Communicating the company’s

commitment to environment
improvement.
What is Environment?

Water Human

Company

Air Land

Natural
Plant
Resources
Creature
Environmental Aspects V/s Impact
Aspects Impacts
Plain Paper

Paper Paper Waste

Electricity Printer Noise
Toner Toner Waste

Document
Cause Effect
Environmental
Aspects V/s Impact
• Air Pollution: Emissions from
transport, heating, etc
• Water Pollution:
Discharge/drain of polluted
water, sanitary waste
• Contamination of Soil &
Groundwater: Leakage from
pipes
• Use of Natural Resources:
Electricity consumption,
natural gas usage
• Waste: Used oil, general trash
What is the Environmental Control Tool
EMS?
PDCA Cycle Approach

Easy Integrate with other ISO Standards

Focused on Continual Improvement

Development of
ISO 14001 (EMS)

• ISO 14001:1996 - 1st Issue

• ISO 14001: 2004 – 2nd Issue
• ISO 14001: 2015 – 3rd Issue
What are the key
improvements?
ISO 14001:2015 now requires:
• Environmental management to be more prominent
within the organization’s strategic direction
• A greater commitment from leadership
• The implementation of proactive initiatives to
protect the environment from harm and
degradation, such as sustainable resource use and
climate change mitigation
• A focus on life-cycle thinking to ensure
consideration of environmental aspects from
development to end-of-life
• The addition of a stakeholder-focused
communication strategy
• It also allows for easier integration into other
management systems thanks to the same structure,
terms and definitions.
Example in
your industry
• Using waste plastics in road construction is a relatively new
idea and no roads have been constructed entirely
from plastics.
• Waste plastic has potential for use in
bituminous road construction as its addition in small doses
(about 5-10% by weight of bitumen) helps in substantially
improving the stability, strength, fatigue life and other
desirable properties of bituminous mixes, leading to improved
longevity and pavement performance (Kalantar et al., 2012;
Vasudevan et al., 2012; Indian Road Congress, 2013).
• Laboratory and field performance studies report that using
waste plastic in bituminous mixes increases durability and
results in higher resistance to deformation and water induced
damage, indirectly contributing to user satisfaction and
accident reduction (Bale, 2011; Behl et al., 2012; Bhoot et al.,
2012; Khursheed and Singh, 2017; Manju et al., 2017).
• The addition of waste plastic in the bituminous mix results in a
reduction of bitumen consumption, thereby resulting in
reduction of costs (Vasudevan and Rajasekaran, 2006; Rashid
et al., 2009; Behl et al., 2012; Vasudevan et al., 2012).
• Using waste plastic for road construction also contributes to
longer road service life (Sojobi et al., 2016).
• It is concluded that the use of plastic wastes for construction
applications will improve the sustainability of the environment
significantly, and also serve as a reliable source of materials
for construction purposes.
ISO 14001 – Key Differences
 ISO 14001
Approach is
based on
PDCA Cycle
ISO 14001 Structure
(Clauses)
1. Scope
2. Normative References
3. Terms & Definitions
4. Context of the Organization
5. Leadership
6. Planning
7. Support
8. Operation
9. Performance Evaluation
10. Improvement
ISO 14001 Structure (Clauses)
ISO 14001
Clauses
Structure
(4-10)
 Continual
Improvement
Myths of ISO
14001
• It is only applicable to
manufacturing.
• It isn’t required if we are legally
compliant.
• It is only for already “green”
organizations.
• It is about creating a lot of
unnecessary documents.
• It won’t add value and it will cost
too much to implement.
• It will stop us from being flexible
and innovative.
Key to Success
• Top management commitment
• Assigned roles, responsibilities, and authorities
• Appropriate resources
• Participation at all levels
• A structured and documented implementation plan
• Correct training, education, and awareness
• Adequate procedures and documentation
• Effective audit
 Benefits for Our
Company

Improved Compliance with Provide a Higher rate of

reputation, legal requirements competitive and success when
credibility and financial advantage implementing
confidence of through improved changes
stakeholders efficiencies and
reduced costs

More efficient Increase leadership Encourage better

improvement of involvement and environmental
processes engagement of performance of
employees suppliers by
integrating them into
the organization’s
business systems
Audit Findings

Major Non-Conformity

Minor Non-Conformity

Observation
Audit Findings
• A Major Non-Conformity relates
to the absence or total
breakdown of a required process,
or a number of minor non-
conformity listed against similar
areas.
• A Minor Non-Conformity at the
Registration Audit – Stage 2
would defer recommendation for
registration until that major has
been closed.
• Observation - An observation
is an item for improvement so as
not to result in a non-conformity. 
Audit Findings
• Difference between Non-Conformity and Observation

• Observation - An observation is an item for improvement

so as not to result in a non-conformity. 
Whereas
• A Non-Conformity must be handled as soon as possible by
the specified due date and should always be followed by a
corrective and preventive action plan, including root cause
analysis.
ISO 14001
Certificatio
n Process
 Implementation
Guidelines
• Implementation plan will need to cover:

• Education on the ISO 14001 standard

• Organization’s environmental position with regards to
the ISO 14001 standard.
• Gap Analysis
• An implementation plan on the gap analysis
• Time to run the EMS, collect information and make
improvements before the registration audit.
Conduct Gap Analysis
• Organization’s position with regards to the environment:

• Are there gaps that need to be bridged?

• What are they and where are they located?
• How can they be improved?
• Who will be taking corrective/ preventive actions?
• Environmental position needs to be analyzed so that the
gaps can be bridged /closed.
Implementation Details
• Project manager: [insert name]
• Project sponsor: [insert name]
• Project duration: [insert number of months]
• Project budget: [insert estimated budget]
Your Role in the
Implementation
• Suggest which processes to document
• Suggest changes in existing & new
policies and procedures
• Read all the new documents and
attend awareness & training sessions
• Comply with policies and procedures
once they are published
How to handle the
Audit Session?
• Don’t panic
• Ask and clarify
• Admit obvious non-conformities
• Offer evidence and explain
patiently
• Take note the improvement areas
highlighted by the auditor
• Show internal audit report, when
necessary
 • Polite
• Professional
•
Auditee’s •
Positive / Respective
Sincere
Conduct • Commitment
• Formal but not overly serious
Do’s
• Answer questions directly
• If you don’t understand the
question, ask the auditor to
clarify
• If you don’t know the answer, tell
the audit – “I don’t know.”
• Get the right person in to answer
the question
• Show documents / records
• Turn mobile phones to silent
mode
THANK YOU