Resources and environmental competence
Determine the resources the system needs and ensure staff whose work can cause a significant environmental impact are competent through training or experience.
Awareness and communication
Staff must know the environmental policy, the significant aspects related to their work and the consequences of not following procedures. The organization decides what it communicates internally and externally about its environmental performance.
Documented information
Environmental system documents and records controlled with proper version, approval and retention, including the records that demonstrate legal compliance.
What an auditor usually asks for
- Environmental training records for staff with significant impact
- Evidence of internal communication about objectives and environmental performance
- An up-to-date master document list for the environmental system
- Legal compliance records retained and accessible
How to cover support in Kimobox
- 1Log each employee's environmental training on their record in the employee portal.
- 2Manage the environmental system's documentation with versions and an always up-to-date master list.
- 3Communicate objectives and environmental performance directly to each user based on their role.
Environmental training stops being a folder of certificates: every record warns you before one expires.
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