Integration of Climate Change into Management Systems
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) management system standards are being developed to support the London Declaration on Climate Change. Climate Change related clauses have been added to all the following standards. All revisions should be made to the following management systems.
ISO 9001:2015/Amd 1:2024
ISO 14001:2015/Amd 1:2024
ISO 45001:2018/Amd 1:2024
ISO 22000:2018/Amd 1:2024
ISO 50001:2018/Amd 1:2024
ISO 27001:2022/Amd 1:2024
standards have been published.
Changed clauses;
4.1 The organization shall determine whether climate change is a relevant issue.
This regulation requires organizations to actively assess the impacts of climate change on their operations and ensure that their quality management systems are resilient and adaptive to environmental challenges.
4.2 Note: Interested parties may have requirements related to climate change.
This note highlights the need for organizations to be aware of and respond to any climate change-related requirements or expectations from stakeholders, and to further integrate environmental considerations into the quality management process.
Implications for Organizations
Certified organizations should ensure that they consider Climate Change aspects and risks in the development, maintenance and effectiveness of their management systems.
Climate Change, along with other issues, should be determined to be relevant, and if relevant, management systems standards should be assessed within the scope of the risk assessment.
Where an organization operates more than one management system, it should ensure that Climate Change is assessed within the scope of each management system standard, if it is determined to be relevant.
When considering climate change issues and risks, the organization should determine whether climate change is relevant to the company and, if relevant, should be addressed in a risk assessment under the management systems standards.
Attention should be paid to specific sectors (e.g. energy production, agriculture and fisheries) and characteristics of the organization (e.g. geographical location, supply chain structure or workforce dynamics).
As such, certified organizations are required to address climate change considerations as per clauses 4 and 6 of the management system standards.