International iSo Standard IS014001 Environmental management Fourth edition systems Requirements with 2026-04 guidance for use Systemes de management environnemental - Exigences et lignes directrices pour son utilisation Reference number ISO14001:2026(en) @ISO2026 IS0 14001:2026(en) COPYRIGHT PROTECTED DOCUMENT @IS02026 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, or required in the context of its implementation, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or posting on the internet or an intranet, without priorwritten permission.Permission can be requested from either Iso at the addressbelow or ISo's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office CP 40i : Ch. de Blandonnet 8 CH-1214 Vernier, Geneva Phone:+41 22 749 0111 Email: [email protected] Website: www.iso.org Published in Switzerland @ IS0 2026-All rights reserved ii IS0 14001:2026(en) Contents Page Foreword. .V Introduction ..vi 1 Scope. .1 2 Normativereferences 1 3 Terms and definitions 1 3.1 Terms related to organization and leadership .1 3.2 Terms related to planning. .3 3.3 Terms related to support and operation .4 3.4 Terms related to performance evaluation and improvement .5 Context of the organization .6 4.1 Understanding the organization and its context .6 4.2 Understanding the needs and expectations of interested parties. .6 4.3 Determining the scope of the environmental management system .6 4.4 Environmental management system. .7 5 Leadership .7 5.1 Leadership and commitment .7 5.2 Environmental policy. .7 5.3 Roles, responsibilities and authorities. .8 Planning 8 6.1 Actions to address risks and opportunities .8 6.1.1 General .8 6.1.2 Environmental aspects. .8 6.1.3 Compliance obligations .9 6.1.4 Risks and opportunities. .9 6.1.5 Planning action. .9 6.2 Environmental objectives and planning to achieve them .10 6.2.1 Environmental objectives.... 10 6.2.2 Planning actions to achieve environmental objectives. 10 6.3 Planning of changes .10 7 Support .11 7.1 Resources 11 7.2 Competence .11 7.3 Awareness. .11 7.4 Communication. 11 7.4.1 General 11 7.4.2 Internal communication 12 7.4.3 External communication. 12 7.5 Documented information. 12 7.5.1 General 12 7.5.2 Creating and updating documented information 12 7.5.3 Control of documented information. 12 8 Operation 13 8.1 Operational planning and control 13 8.2 Emergency preparedness and response. .13 9 Performance evaluation. 14 9.1 Monitoring, measurement, analysis, and evaluation .14 9.1.1 General .14 9.1.2 Evaluation of compliance 14 9.2 Internalaudit 15 9.2.1 General 15 9.2.2 Internal audit programme. 15 IS0 2026-All rights reserved ii IS0 14001:2026(en) 9.3 Management review 15 9.3.1 General 15 9.3.2 Management review inputs 15 9.3.3 Management review results. 16 10 Improvement. 10.1 Continual improvement .16 10.2 Nonconformity and corrective action. .16 Annex A (informative) Guidance on the use of this document .18 Bibliography .36 Index. .37 @ IS0 2026-All rights reserved iv IS0 14001:2026(en) Foreword Iso (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies (IsO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through Isotechnicalcommittees.Eachmemberbodyinterestedinasubjectforwhichatechnicalcommittee has been established has the right to be represented on that committee. International organizations, governmental and non-governmental, in liaison with IsO, also take part in the work. IsO collaborates closely withtheInternationalElectrotechnicalCommission(lEC)onallmattersofelectrotechnicalstandardization. The procedures used to develop this document and those intended for its further maintenance are described in the Iso/IEc Directives, Part 1. In particular, the different approval criteria needed for the different types of Iso document should be noted. This document was drafted in accord