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ISO 14001:2026 — Environmental management (new edition)
What changes in the new edition of ISO 14001 and how to prepare your environmental management system for the transition, with a focus on climate change and biodiversity.
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- 1 What changes versus ISO 14001:2015 The expected changes in the new edition compared to the current 2015 standard. Block 1
- 2 Context and leadership with climate change integrated How climate change is expected to be integrated into the system's context and leadership. Block 2
- 3 Planning: risks, opportunities, and biodiversity How planning is expected to incorporate biodiversity criteria alongside traditional environmental aspects. Block 3
- 4 Operation: circular economy and life cycle approach How operations are expected to incorporate circular economy and product life cycle criteria. Block 4
- 5 Evaluation, improvement, and transition from the 2015 certification How to plan the transition from ISO 14001:2015 certification to the new edition. Block 5
Every ISO 14001:2026 block explained
ISO 14001:2026 is the ongoing revision of the environmental management standard, which keeps the high-level structure common to ISO management standards but strengthens the integration of climate change and biodiversity into day-to-day management.
This path is based on the working drafts published by the ISO/TC 207 committee and will be updated as the standard's final publication progresses; the goal is for a company certified to ISO 14001:2015 to arrive prepared for the transition.
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- 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