ISO 14001:2015 (Environmental Management) Controls Checklist

An environmental policy including commitments to protection of the environment, compliance obligations and continual improvement is established and communicated.

Evidence: Policy Hub policy version with acknowledgment completion report.

Environmental aspects of activities, products and services, and their impacts, are determined and the significant ones identified.

Evidence: Compliance Hub risk register entries in the environmental category with impact ratings.

Compliance obligations related to environmental aspects are determined, accessed, and taken into account.

Evidence: Compliance Hub legal register entries in the environmental category.

Environmental objectives are established at relevant functions and levels, with plans and indicators.

Evidence: Objectives document; monitoring data against targets.

Persons whose work affects environmental performance are competent, and competence is evidenced.

Evidence: Training completion and certification records per role.

Internal and external environmental communications are planned and reliable, including reporting required by compliance obligations.

Evidence: Communication plan; submitted regulatory reports.

Documented information required by the standard is controlled and retained.

Evidence: SOP Hub / Policy Hub version histories with approvals.

Processes needed to meet environmental requirements are established, controlled and maintained, including for outsourced processes.

Evidence: SOPs for significant aspects; Inspections environmental-check records.

Processes to prepare for and respond to potential environmental emergencies are established, tested and reviewed.

Evidence: Drill reports; Safety Hub environmental-incident records and investigations.

Environmental performance is monitored and measured with calibrated equipment against defined indicators.

Evidence: Inspections completion and score reports; monitoring data.

Fulfilment of compliance obligations is evaluated at planned intervals and action taken where needed.

Evidence: Legal register review stamps and compliance statuses; linked CAPA actions.

Internal audits at planned intervals determine whether the EMS conforms and is effectively implemented.

Evidence: Inspections audit records with scoring and corrective actions.

Top management reviews the EMS at planned intervals — compliance evaluation, audit results, objectives, significant aspects, risks and opportunities.

Evidence: Management review minutes and the dashboards / exports presented.

Nonconformities are reacted to, causes evaluated, corrective action taken, and effectiveness reviewed.

Evidence: Safety Hub environmental incidents; the unified CAPA register with verification stamps.