Environmental objectives, targets and programs

Answer:

Keep in mind that requirements for targets and programs belong to 2004 version of the standard, 2015 version of the standard only has environmental objectives and plans to achieve them.

In ISO 14001:2004, environmental objectives are more general and provide directions for environmental targets that are more specific. The programs represent a set of activities to enable organization to achieve and monitor and measure achievement of the environmental objectives and targets. For example, your environmental objective can be to decrease pollution, and one of the targets can be to decrease CO2 emissions by 20%, the program would be to install the filters and monitor the CO2 emission.

For more information, see: How to write ISO 14001 environmental targets for your organization https://advisera.com/14001academy/blog/2015/05/25/how-to-write-iso-14001-environmental-targets-for-your-organization/

Here you can download free preview of our template Environmental Objectives and Plans for Achieving Them https://advisera.com/14001academy/documentation/environmental-objectives-targets-and-programs/