DIS 14001:2015, “Environmental Management Systems” is expected – momentarily.

This standard, if it is new to you, specifies requirements for an environmental management system – defines what a company must consider to develop and implement a policy and objectives which take into account requirements to which the organization subscribes.

While the standard doesn’t specify any legal requirements, impacts or environmental aspects, it does define a framework where a company must determine and comply with or manage them.

Currently, we’re at a CD (Committee Draft) stage for a new revision – and this DIS is the next step along the road to ISO 14001:2015.

The Schedule for DIS 14001:2015

Last May in Panama City there was a meeting of ISO Technical Committee ISO/TC207/SC1/WG5, – the TC responsible for the standard.  At that time, they set a date for the publication of DIS 14001:2015 for July 1st, 2014.  It will come out first in English, then translated into other languages to prepare for the formal balloting period set to begin in September.

That balloting stage will go on for three months, closing in November.

While we wait for DIS 14001:2015, I’ve found this video, originally released a shade over a year ago by LRQA (Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance) .

It is an interview with Steve Williams, LRQA’s Deputy Technical Director, where he discussed the upcoming revision. Steve, who is also a member of TC 207 discusses where they were at that time and reviews the overall revision process – again, this is back in June of 2013.

LRQA ISO 14001 Revision Series: Where we are in the revision process for the ISO 14001 update from LRQA on Vimeo.

My hope is that this is shareable, as it appears on a public site and I’ve credited LRQA as the originator and author (and why not, it’s basically a commercial).

Hopefully I’ll be able to grab a copy of DIS 14001:2015 today, as promised – then I can report on what changes appear in this newest draft.

Thanks for stopping by – cross your fingers!

Sal