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ISO 14001 for all industries

Yes, it is. According to ISO organization, ISO 14001:2015 is applicable to any organization, regardless of size, type and nature, and applies to the environmental aspects of its activities, products and services that the organization determines it can either control or influence considering a life cycle perspective.

Please check below information about ISO 14001:2015:

• What is ISO 14001? - https://advisera.com/14001academy/what-is-iso-14001/
• Evolution of ISO 14001: The history of the leading environmental management standard - https://advisera.com/14001academy/blog/2020/01/21/history-of-iso-14001-why-is-it-so-popular/
• 6 Key Benefits of ISO 14001 - https://advisera.com/14001academy/blog/2019/08/27/key-iso-14001-benefits-to-customers/nowledgebase/6-key-benefits-of-iso-14001/
• Enroll for free in this course – ISO 14001:2015 Foundations Course - https://advisera.com/training/iso-14001-internal-auditor-course/
• Book – The ISO 14001:2015 Companion - https://advisera.com/books/the-iso-14001-2015-companion/

Preparation to comply with ISO 27001:2018

Please note that ISO 27001:2013 was last reviewed and confirmed in 2019, so the 2013 version remains current, without alterations.

The document released in 2018 was ISO 27000, which is a supporting standard, covering Information Security vocabulary.

Regarding preparation for ISO 27001 compliance, after getting support for your project (normally through approval of an ISMS project plan) and approval of a Procedure for Document and Record Control, you should consider these steps:

1. defining ISMS basic framework (e.g., scope, objectives, organizational structure), by understanding the organizational context and requirements of interested parties;
2. development of risk assessment and treatment methodology;
3. perform a risk assessment and define the risk treatment plan;
4.  controls implementation (e.g., policies and procedures documentation, acquisitions, etc.);
5. people training and awareness;
6. controls operation;
7. performance monitoring and measurement;
8. perform an internal audit;
9. perform management critical review; and
10. address nonconformities, corrective actions, and opportunities for improvement.

This article will provide you a further explanation about ISMS implementation:

• ISO 27001 implementation checklist https://advisera.com/27001academy/knowledgebase/iso-27001-implementation-checklist/

To see how documents compliant with ISO 27001 looks like, I suggest you take a look at our ISO 27001 Documentation Toolkit at this link: https://advisera.com/27001academy/iso-27001-documentation-toolkit/

These materials will also help you regarding ISO 27001 implementation:

• Book Secure & Simple: A Small-Business Guide to Implementing ISO 27001 On Your Own https://advisera.com/books/secure-and-simple-a-small-business-guide-to-implementing-iso-27001-on-your-own/
• ISO 27001:2013 Foundations Course https://advisera.com/training/iso-27001-foundations-course/

Labeling Instruments with calibration information

As far as I know, this requirement is from ISO/IEC 17025:2005(en) General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories.

Since I am not the expert for this standard, for more information please see the following article:

• What is ISO 17025? https://advisera.com/17025academy/what-is-iso-17025/

Also, you can see how some of the templates considering maintenance and calibration look like in our toolkit on the following link:

• Equipment and Calibration Procedure https://advisera.com/17025academy/documentation/equipment-and-calibration-procedure// 

For even more details, you can ask the ISO/IEC 17025 expert here: https://advisera.com/17025academy/free-consultation/

Clauses on document revisions and history

As you know IATF 16949:2016 standard also covers ISO 9001:2015 requirements.

ISO 9001: 2015 standard covers this subject. It is stated in section 7.5.2 Creating and Updating and 7.5.3.2 in the subparagraph c of control of changes section (e.g. version control).

It is not necessary to keep the document history, but in practice, companies are applied for convenience.

For more information, you can check out our IATF 16949:2016 Documentation Toolkit https://advisera.com/16949academy/iatf-16949-2016-documentation-toolkit/

Environmental aspects and impact vs risk assessment

Is evaluating aspects and its impact on environment and using a meaningful ranking system to identify the significant aspect and focus on taking actions to eliminate or mitigate the impacts on environment caused by the significant aspects same as identifying the risks that adversely affect the outcome of a Quality Management System and putting actions in place or in reserve to eliminate or mitigate its impact on QMS?

Control of External Providers

Thank you!

Identifying all environmental aspects

How to best identify "all" my environmental aspects?

Enfoque del ciclo de vida en el SGA

El ciclo de vida se trata de un enfoque sistemático dentro del Sistema de Gestión Ambiental en el que deben de considerarse todos los procesos sobre los que la organización tiene control o influencia, desde la adquisición de la materia prima, pasando por el transporte del producto, la realización del producto o servicio y finalmente la entrega al consumidor y posterior eliminación. Esta perspectiva debe de ser empleada para el análisis de los aspectos ambientales significativos en cada una de las etapas del ciclo de vida para poder llevar las acciones necesarias que permitan la mitigación del impacto sobre el medio ambiente.

El análisis del ciclo de vida puede ser un análisis simple, lo importante es poder detectar todos los procesos y sus interrelaciones para posteriormente determinar los aspectos ambientales de cada uno de ellos.  ISO ha desarrollado una serie de normas enfocados en la gestión  ambiental, los cuales se incluyen en la ISO 14044:2016 y la ISO 14040:2016 que pueden ayudarle a llevar a cabo el análisis del ciclo de vida en un SGA.

Para más información sobre el ciclo de vida en el SGA, vea los siguientes materiales: 

- Artículo - How does product lyfe cycle influence environmental aspects according to ISO 14001:2015: https://advisera.com/14001academy/blog/2016/03/21/how-does-product-life-cycle-influence-environmental-aspects-according-to-iso-140012015/

- Lifecycle perspective in ISO 14001:2015: what does it mean?: https://advisera.com/14001academy/blog/2017/02/20/lifecycle-perspective-in-iso-140012015-what-does-it-mean/

- Curso gratuito - Fundamentos ISO 14001:2015:  https://advisera.com/training/es/course/curso-fundamentos-iso-14001/

-  Libro - The ISO 14001:2015 companion: https://advisera.com/books/the-iso-14001-2015-companion/

ISO 14001 implementation and monitoring

These policies can be translated into procedures, into training, into visual management aides, into new investments, into measuring and monitorization plans, into …

The implementation of these policies can be monitored, for example, through internal audits, through inspection plans, through measuring and monitoring plans, through compliance obligations verification plans. Please consider the “check” phase in this article - Plan-Do-Check-Act in the ISO 14001 standard - https://advisera.com/14001academy/blog/2019/08/27/key-iso-14001-benefits-to-customers/nowledgebase/plan-do-check-act-in-the-iso-14001-standard/

Please consider these sources of information:

• Article – Using internal audits to drive real improvement in ISO 14001:2015 - https://advisera.com/14001academy/blog/2019/08/27/key-iso-14001-benefits-to-customers/nowledgebase/using-internal-audits-to-drive-real-improvement-in-iso-140012015/
• Article - How to organize a training program for ISO 14001 - https://advisera.com/14001academy/blog/2019/10/08/iso-14001-training-program-organize-it-in-6-simple-steps/
• Free webinar on demand - How to use a Documentation Toolkit for the implementation of ISO 14001 - https://advisera.com/14001academy/webinar/how-to-use-a-documentation-toolkit-for-the-implementation-of-iso-14001-free-webinar-on-demand/
• Enroll for free in this course – ISO 14001:2015 Foundations Course - https://advisera.com/training/iso-14001-internal-auditor-course/
• Book – The ISO 14001:2015 Companion - https://advisera.com/books/the-iso-14001-2015-companion/