The revision of the ISO 14001 standard on environmental management systems, published in September 2015 by the International Standardisation for Organisation, contains several structural innovations compared with the past edition (2004). The most important improvements are connected with the introduction of three new concepts: the organisational context, the life-cycle perspective, and the risk assessment. The concept of risk is defined as the condition of uncertainty in reaching the environmental objectives, and it can be divided into two main categories: risks for the environment and risks for the organisation. Consequently, in the planning phase of an environmental system, consideration should be given to both the classical aspects of the EMSs (identification of the environmental aspects, compliance with the environmental legal requirements, and identification of environmental objectives and targets) and the risks from which potential damage in terms of reputation, business continuity, and legal liability can derive. From this point of view, the collection and analysis of the organisation’s environmental data play a fundamental role, on the one hand, in order to achieve the environmental objectives and goals and, on the other hand, for planning the risk analysis for both the environment and the company.
SCATOL8®: a remote sensing network for risk assessment in the environmental management system
BELTRAMO, Riccardo;DUGLIO, STEFANO;CANTORE, Paolo
2016-01-01
Abstract
The revision of the ISO 14001 standard on environmental management systems, published in September 2015 by the International Standardisation for Organisation, contains several structural innovations compared with the past edition (2004). The most important improvements are connected with the introduction of three new concepts: the organisational context, the life-cycle perspective, and the risk assessment. The concept of risk is defined as the condition of uncertainty in reaching the environmental objectives, and it can be divided into two main categories: risks for the environment and risks for the organisation. Consequently, in the planning phase of an environmental system, consideration should be given to both the classical aspects of the EMSs (identification of the environmental aspects, compliance with the environmental legal requirements, and identification of environmental objectives and targets) and the risks from which potential damage in terms of reputation, business continuity, and legal liability can derive. From this point of view, the collection and analysis of the organisation’s environmental data play a fundamental role, on the one hand, in order to achieve the environmental objectives and goals and, on the other hand, for planning the risk analysis for both the environment and the company.
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