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Module 2 of 5 · ISO 14001:2026 · Block 2

Context and leadership with climate change integrated

The organization's context and leadership commitment more explicitly incorporate climate risk and opportunity.

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Climate context

Identifying how climate change affects the organization (physical risk, transition risk) and how the organization's activity affects the climate.

Expanding the stakeholder map to include specific climate expectations: customers, lenders, regulators.

Leadership commitment

Strengthening visible leadership on climate matters, beyond the general environmental policy.

What an auditor usually asks for

  • Climate risks and opportunities identified in the context
  • Interested parties with climate expectations mapped
  • Leadership commitment to climate change documented
  • Environmental policy reviewed to include the climate focus

How to cover this block in Kimobox

  1. 1Expand your ISO 14001:2015 context analysis in Kimobox with specific climate risks.
  2. 2Document each relevant interested party's climate expectations.
  3. 3Link leadership's climate commitment to the existing environmental policy.

The climate context analysis connects to the emissions inventory you already manage for ISO 14064.

See the ISO 14064 learning path

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.

  1. ISO 14001:2015 — Environmental management systems. Requirements ISO · 2015 ed., with Amd 1:2024
  2. Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 (EMAS) EUR-Lex · 25 November 2009