Environment Management System Auditing

This International Standard specifies requirements for an environmental management system, to enable an organization to formulate a policy and objectives tak­ing into account legislative requirements and infor­mation about significant environmental impacts. It applies to those environmental aspects, which the or­ganization can control and over which it can be ex­pected to have an influence. It does not itself state specific environmental performance criteria.

This International Standard is applicable to any or­ganization that wishes to

a) implement, maintain and improve an environ­mental management system;

b) assure itself of its conformance with its stated environmental policy;

c) demonstrate such conformance to others;

d) seek certification/registration of its environmental management system by an external organization;

e) make a self-determination and self-declaration of conformance with this International Standard.