Environmental management systems Requirements with guidance for useISO 14001:2015(E)Third edition2015-09-15Introduction.1 Scope.2 Normative references.3 Terms and definitions.3.1 Terms related to organization and leadership.3.2 Terms related to planning.3.3 Terms related to support and operation.3.4 Terms related to performance evaluation and improvement4 Context of the organization.4.1 Understanding the organization and its context.4.2 Understanding the needs and expectations of interested parties.4.3 Determining the scope of the environmental management system.4.4 Environmental management system.5 Leadership.5.1 Leadership and commitment.5.2 Environmental policy.5.3 Organizational roles, responsibilities and authorities.6 Planning.6.1 Actions to address risks and opportunities.6.1.1 General.6.1.2 Environmental aspects.6.1.3 Compliance obligations.6.1.4 Planning action.6.2 Environmental objectives and planning to achieve them.6.2.1 Environmental objectives.6.2.2 Planning actions to achieve environmental objectives.7 Support.7.1 Resources.7.2 Competence.7.3 Awareness.7.4 Communication.7.4.1 General.7.4.2 Internal communication.7.4.3 External communication.7.5 Documented information.7.5.1 General.7.5.2 Creating and updating.7.5.3 Control of documented information.8 Operation.8.1 Operational planning and control.8.2 Emergency preparedness and response.9 Performance evaluation.9.1 Monitoring, measurement, analysis and evaluation.9.1.1 General.9.1.2 Evaluation of compliance.9.2 Internal audit.9.2.1 General.9.2.2 Internal audit programme.9.3 Management review.10 Improvement.10.1 General.10.2 Nonconformity and corrective action10.3 Continual improvement.Annex A (informative) Guidance on the use of this International Standard.Annex B (informative) Correspondence between ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 14001:2004.（略）Bibliography.Introduction0.1 BackgroundAchieving a balance between the environment, society and the economy is considered essential to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. Sustainable development as a goal is achieved by balancing the three pillars of sustainability.Societal expectations for sustainable development, transparency and accountability have evolved with increasingly stringent legislation, growing pressures on the environment from pollution, inefficient use of resources, improper waste management, climate change, degradation of ecosystems and loss of biodiversity.This has led organizations to adopt a systematic approach to environmental management by implementing environmental management systems with the aim of contributing to the environmental pillar of sustainability.0.2 Aim of an environmental management systemThe purpose of this International Standard is to provide organizations with a framework to protect the environment and respond to changing environmental conditions in balance with socio-economic needs. It specifies requirements that enable an organization to achieve the intended outcomes it sets for its environmental management system.A systematic approach to environmental management can provide top management with information to build success over the long term and create options for contributing to sustainable development by: protecting the environment by preventing or mitigating adverse environmental impacts; mitigating the potential adverse effect of environmental conditions on the organization; assisting the organization in the fulfilment of compliance obligations; enhancing environmental performance; controlling or influencing the way the organizations products and services are designed, manufactured, distributed, consumed and disposed by using a life cycle perspective that can prevent environmental impacts from being unintentionally shifted elsewhere within the life cycle; achieving financial and operational benefits that can result from implementing environmentally sound alternatives that strengthen the organizations market position; communicating environmental information to relevant interested parties.This International Standard, like other International Standards, is not intended to increase or change an organiz