Demonstrated commitment and leadership
Management must protect the environment as part of its responsibility, including the prevention of pollution and other commitments specific to the organization's context.
Environmental policy
It must include a commitment to protect the environment, to meet legal and other requirements, and to continually improve environmental performance.
Roles, responsibilities and authorities
Management assigns who is accountable for the conformity of the system and for reporting on its environmental performance.
What an auditor usually asks for
- An environmental policy that is signed, communicated and understood by staff
- Management review minutes focused on environmental performance
- An up-to-date responsibility matrix for the environmental system
- Evidence that management drives pollution prevention
How to cover leadership in Kimobox
- 1Publish the environmental policy as a controlled document, with version and a read receipt.
- 2Turn management review into a template with environmental performance already pre-loaded.
- 3Assign environmental owners directly on each process in the map.
Management review pulls in environmental performance without assembling a separate report every time.
Where each figure comes from
References to the official text in force. If a standard is revised, this page is updated and the review date says so.
- ISO 14001:2015 — Environmental management systems. Requirements ISO · 2015 ed., with Amd 1:2024
- Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 (EMAS) EUR-Lex · 25 November 2009