
2. Description of the ISO 14001-2015 standard
2.1 General
ISO 14001-2015 has a structure common to all ISO management system standards (notably ISO 9001), with paragraphs specific to environmental management. The result is a presentation based on paragraph headings that is completely different from those of the 2004 version.
The ISO 14001-2015 standard remains based on the Deming wheel principle (see figure 1 ) and the PDCA concept: P (Planning), D (Do), C (Check), A (Act). This wheel doesn't move in a horizontal plane; it climbs a slope and can't go backwards to represent the concept of continuous improvement, which reflects the need to constantly improve the level of environmental...
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- Environmental management system – Requirements and guidelines for use. - ISO 14001 - 2015
- Environmental management system – Guidelines for the phased implementation of an environmental management system including the use of an environmental performance assessment. - ISO 14005 - 2010
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