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Risks and opportunities in ISO 14001

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Risks and opportunities in ISO 14001

How to identify the other risks and opportunities according to iso 14001 clause, examples?

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Carlos Pereira da Cruz Mar 02, 2020

I recommend that organizations consider environmental risks and opportunities at three levels.

1. Environmental business risks and opportunitiesConsidering context and interested parties what risks and opportunities with impact can be determined? For example, in this webinar - How to perform management review according to ISO 14001:2015 - https://advisera.com/14001academy/webinar/how-to-perform-management-review-according-to-iso-14001-2015-free-webinar-on-demand/ - I use this example. Following a context assessment:

Air emissions levels (internal issue)Legislation trends (external issue)Neighborhood complaints (internal issue)Technology evolution (external issue)An organization can decide that air emissions reduction is a priority for next year to minimize the risk of being shut down by authorities due to stricter emission level limits.

2. Environmental risks and opportunities around internal activitiesI recommend drawing a flowchart to identify activities and start determining environmental aspects and impacts. Then, for each environmental aspect I look for risks and opportunities around probable abnormal situations:

https://www.screencast.com/t/V1NTXLOs

3. Environmental risks and opportunities around the lifecycle of products and or servicesConsider your suppliers. For example, a furniture manufacturer may consider timber’s provenance an important aspect because they want to avoid promoting illegal activities. What risks and opportunities can be associated with that aspect?

Consider your downstream business partners (distributers, customers, retailers, consumers, …). For example, what will the consumer do with the product after use? Any relevant impacts? Are there any circular economy opportunities to be considered? Remember the example of toys batteries – what will consumers do with them after use?

The following material will provide you more information environmental risks and opportunities:

- Article – 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/- Article - How does product life 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/- Article - ISO 14001 risks and opportunities vs. environmental aspects - https://advisera.com/14001academy/blog/2016/06/06/iso-14001-risks-and-opportunities-vs-environmental-aspects/- Article - Risks and opportunities in ISO 14001:2015 – What they are and why they are importante - https://advisera.com/14001academy/blog/2016/03/07/risks-and-opportunities-in-iso-140012015-what-they-are-and-why-they-are-important/- 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/

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