EMS Awareness

Answer:

You know when your employees are aware of the EMS if they:

- Conform to the environmental policy as well as different procedures, work instructions, etc.
- Understand which are the significant environmental aspects and the potential impacts
- Know their roles and responsibilities to achieve conformity
- Understand the consequences of not following the different procedures, work instructions, etc.

You can conduct surveys amongst your employees in order to measure EMS awareness. This will give you an idea of their awareness level and if you detect any gaps between the reality and the company´s expectations the organization can perform new awareness sessions.

To learn more about EMS awareness, see this article - ISO 14001 Competence, training & awareness: Why are they important for your EMS?

https://advisera.com/14001academy/blog/2014/11/26/iso-14001-competence-training-awareness-important-ems/

These materials can also help you with the implementation of ISO 14001:2015:

- Book - The ISO 14001:2015 companion: https://advisera.com/books/the-iso-14001-2015-companion/
- ISO 14001:2015 Foundations Course: https://advisera.com/training/iso-14001-internal-auditor-course/
- Conformio - Compliance tool: https://advisera.com/conformio/