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Environmental management: update on EMS standards

Martin BaxterIEMA Chief Policy Advisor

m.baxter@iema.net@mbaxteriema

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Webinar slides and recording

IEMA records all webinars and publishes them alongside the slides at http://www.iema.net/event-reports

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Upcoming webinars Adapting to COVID-19 series

• 14th May - Impact on Extended Producer Responsibility

• 22nd May - #BuildBackBetter – Critical insights to shape sustainable businesses and organisations ‘post Covid’

Watch again:

• 15th April - ISO 14001 Accredited Certification - Changes to surveillance audits and certificate renewal assessments during the pandemic

• Link: https://bit.ly/3fCCq8wwww.iema.net/adapting-to-covid19/

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Upcoming webinars• Environmental Management series:

• July (Likely 3rd July): Enhancing climate action through your EMS;

• 5th August: Insights on Interdisciplinarity: Impact Assessment, Auditing and Environmental Management.

• Other sessions:

• 20th May: Carbon Offsetting and Climate Neutrality – Background and developments.

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Overview• ISO and environmental

management standardisation

• Update on standards development

• Questions & Answers

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ISO Overview

www.iso.org/home

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Standards and the UN SDGs

www.iso.org/sdgs

ISO & Environmental Management

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ISO TC207

SCOPE

• Standardization in the field of environmental management systems and tools in support of sustainable development.

Excluded

• test methods of pollutants, setting limit values and levels of environmental performance, and standardization of products.

Note: The TC for environmental management will have close cooperation with ISO / TC 176 in the field of environmental systems and audits.

www.iso.org/committee/

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Proposed scope amendment

Standardization in the field of environmental management to address environmental and climate impacts in support of sustainable development, including related social and economic aspects.

Excluded: test methods of pollutants, setting limit values and levels of environmental performance, and

standardization of products.

Note: The TC for environmental management is focused on environmental management systems; auditing, verification and related investigations; environmental labelling; environmental performance evaluation; life cycle assessment; climate change and its mitigation and adaptation; environmental economics and environmental finance.

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ISO & Environmental Management

TC207 operates through the following sub-committees (SCs)

• SC 1 - Environmental management systems

• SC 2 - Environmental auditing and related environmental investigations

• SC 3 - Environmental labelling

• SC 4 - Environmental performance evaluation

• SC 5 - Life cycle assessment

• SC 7 - GHG Management & Related Activities

Strong UK representation across all work areas

SC1Environmental Management Systemshttps://committee.iso.org/home/tc207sc1

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ISO 14001

ISO 14001 (2015) Environmental management systems —Requirements with guidance for use

• First published 1996, minor revision 2004, latest edition 2015

• Over half a million users around the world

• ISO 14004 (2016) Environmental management systems —General guidelines on implementation

• Current version based on ISO High Level Structure for Management Systems Standards

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ISO 14001 – considerations for revision

Three key inputs to inform the next revision of ISO 14001

1. Changes being made to ISO’s High Level Structure for management systems core text – has implications for the next version of ISO 14001

2. ISO 14001 worldwide user survey – in development

3. EMS Future Challenges – work underway

Anticipate developing the scope of revision and associated project specification in 2021…potential new standard ~2025!

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SC 1 - Environmental management systems

ISO 14005:2019

• Environmental management systems — Guidelines for a flexible approach to phased implementation

ISO 14006:2020

• Environmental management systems — Guidelines for incorporating ecodesign

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SC 1 - Environmental management systems

ISO 14002-1:2019

• Environmental management systems — Guidelines for using ISO 14001 to address environmental aspects and conditions within an environmental topic area — Part 1: General

ISO/WD 14002-2

• Environmental management systems — Guidelines for using ISO 14001 to address environmental aspects and conditions within an environmental topic area — Part 2: Water

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SC 1 - Environmental management systems – environmental economics

ISO 14007:2019

• Environmental management — Guidelines for determining environmental costs and benefits

ISO 14008:2019

• Monetary valuation of environmental impacts and related environmental aspects

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SC1 Standards to support circular economy (note new TC323)

ISO/DIS 14009

Environmental management systems — Guidelines for incorporating material circulation in design and development

ISO 14051:2011

Environmental management — Material flow cost accounting — General framework

ISO 14052:2017

Environmental management — Material flow cost accounting — Guidance for practical implementation in a supply chain

ISO/DIS 14053

Environmental management — Material flow cost accounting — Guidance for practical implementation in SMEs

Environmental auditing and related environmental investigations

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Environmental auditing & related environmental investigations

SC2 (Chair Nigel Leehane, UK)

ISO/AWI 14015

• Environmental management — Environmental Due Diligence Assessment (revisionof ISO 14015:2001)

ISO/FDIS 14016

• Environmental management — Guidelines on the assurance of environmental reports

ISO/AWI 14017

• Environmental management - Requirements with guidance for verification and validation of water statements

Environmental performance evaluation

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Environmental performance evaluation (note TC322 Sustainable Finance)

ISO/DIS 14030-1

• Environmental performance evaluation — Green debt instruments Part 1: Process for green bonds

ISO/CD 14030-2

• Environmental performance evaluation — Green debt instrumentsPart 2: Process for green loans

ISO/DIS 14030-3

• Environmental performance evaluation — Green debt instruments Part 3: Taxonomy

ISO/DIS 14030-4

• Environmental performance evaluation — Green debt instruments Part 4: Verification

GHG Management & Related Activities

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GHG Management & Related Activities• Scope: The development of standards to

manage and mitigate GHG emissions, as well as to adapt to the effects of climate change and in support of sustainability

• Strong link to UNFCCC – role of standards to support Paris Climate Agreement

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Climate change – standards to support management & mitigation

ISO 14064-1:2018

• Greenhouse gases — Part 1: Specification with guidance at the organization level for quantification and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions and removals

ISO 14067:2018

• Greenhouse gases — Carbon footprint of products — Requirements and guidelines for quantification

ISO/WD 14068

• Greenhouse gas management and related activities — Carbon neutrality

ISO/AWI 14083

• Greenhouse gas management and related activities — Quantification and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions of transport operations

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Climate change – standards to support adaptation & resilience

ISO 14090:2019

• Adaptation to climate change — Principles, requirements and guidelines

ISO/DIS 14091

• Adaptation to climate change — Guidelines on vulnerability, impacts and risk assessment

ISO/TS 14092

• Adaptation to climate change — Requirements and guidance on adaptation planning for local governments and communities

Questions?

Martin BaxterIEMA Chief Policy Advisor

m.baxter@iema.net@mbaxteriema

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