EN ISO 14015:2022

Environmental management - Guidelines for environmental due diligence assessment (ISO 14015:2022)

This document gives guidance on how to conduct an environmental due diligence (EDD) assessment through a systematic process of identifying environmental aspects, issues and conditions as well as determining, if appropriate, their business consequences.
This document does not provide guidance on how to conduct other types of environmental assessment, such as:
a) environmental audits;
b) environmental impact assessments;
c) environmental performance, efficiency, or reliability assessment;
d) intrusive environmental investigations and remediation.

Umweltmanagement - Umweltbezogene Due Diligence Bewertung (ISO 14015:2022)

Dieses Dokument gibt eine Anleitung zur Durchführung einer umweltbezogenen Due-Dili¬gence (EDD) Bewertung durch einen systematischen Prozess der Erfassung von Umweltaspekten,  themen und  zuständen sowie gegebenenfalls der Bestimmung ihrer wirtschaftlichen Auswirkungen.
Dieses Dokument gibt keine Anleitung zur Durchführung von Umweltbewer¬tungen anderer Art, wie z. B.
a)   Umweltaudits,
b)   Umweltverträglichkeitsprüfungen,
c)   Bewertungen der Umweltleistung,  effizienz und -verträglichkeit, und
d)   umwelttechnische Untersuchungen und Sanierung.

Management environnemental - Lignes directrices relatives à l’évaluation du devoir de vigilance environnementale (ISO 14015:2022)

Le présent document fournit des recommandations relatives à la manière de réaliser une évaluation du devoir de vigilance environnementale (DVE) par l’application d’un processus systématique d’identification des aspects environnementaux, des enjeux environnementaux et des conditions environnementales et, le cas échéant, par la détermination de leurs conséquences économiques et commerciales.
Le présent document ne donne pas de recommandations sur la façon de réaliser d’autres types d’évaluations environnementales, telles que:
a) les audits environnementaux;
b) les études d’impacts environnementaux;
c) l’évaluation de la performance environnementale, de l’efficacité ou de la fiabilité;
d) les études environnementales intrusives et la remédiation.

Ravnanje z okoljem - Smernice za natančno okoljsko ocenjevanje (ISO 14015:2022)

Ta dokument podaja smernice za izvajanje natančnega okoljskega ocenjevanja (EDD)
s sistematičnim procesom določanja okoljskih vidikov, vprašanj in pogojev ter za
določanje, kjer je to ustrezno, njihovih gospodarskih posledic.
Ta dokument ne podaja smernic za izvajanje drugih vrst okoljskega ocenjevanja,
kot so:
a) okoljske presoje;
b) ocenjevanje vplivov na okolje;
c) ocenjevanje okoljskih učinkov, učinkovitosti in zanesljivosti;
d) terenske okoljske preiskave in sanacija.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 21-Jun-2022
• Withdrawal Date: 30-Dec-2022
• ICS: 13.020.10 - Environmental management
• Technical Committee: CEN/SS S26 - Environmental Management
• Drafting Committee: CEN/SS S26 - Environmental Management
• Current Stage: 6060 - Definitive text made available (DAV) - Publishing
• Start Date: 22-Jun-2022
• Completion Date: 22-Jun-2022
• Directive: 765/2008 - REGULATION (EC) No 765/2008 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 9 July 2008 setting out the requirements for accreditation and market surveillance relating to the marketing of products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 339/93
• Mandate: M/580 - Standardisation request to the European Committee for Standardisation and the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation in the area of accreditation and conformity assessment
• Ref Project: SIST EN ISO 14015:2022 - Environmental management - Guidelines for Environmental Due Diligence Assessment (ISO 14015:2022)

Relations

• Replaces: EN ISO 14015:2010 - Environmental management - Environmental assessment of sites and organizations (EASO) (ISO 14015:2001)
• Effective Date: 26-Jun-2019

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-september-2022
Nadomešča:
SIST EN ISO 14015:2010
Ravnanje z okoljem - Smernice za natančno okoljsko ocenjevanje (ISO 14015:2022)
Environmental management - Guidelines for Environmental Due Diligence Assessment
(ISO 14015:2022)
Umweltmanagement - Umweltbezogene Due Diligence Bewertung (ISO 14015:2022)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN ISO 14015:2022
ICS:
13.020.10 Ravnanje z okoljem Environmental management
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EN ISO 14015
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
June 2022
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 13.020.10 Supersedes EN ISO 14015:2010
English Version
Environmental management - Guidelines for
environmental due diligence assessment (ISO
14015:2022)
Management environnemental - Lignes directrices Umweltmanagement - Umweltbezogene Due Diligence
relatives à l'évaluation du devoir de vigilance Bewertung (ISO 14015:2022)
environnementale (ISO 14015:2022)
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 11 June 2022.

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European foreword . 3

European foreword
This document (EN ISO 14015:2022) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 207
"Environmental management" in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/SS S26 “Environmental
management” the secretariat of which is held by CCMC.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an
identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by December 2022, and conflicting national standards
shall be withdrawn at the latest by December 2022.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document supersedes EN ISO 14015:2010.
Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national standards
body/national committee. A complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CEN website.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the
following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland,
Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of
North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the
United Kingdom.
Endorsement notice
The text of ISO 14015:2022 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO 14015:2022 without any modification.

INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 14015
Second edition
2022-06
Environmental management —
Guidelines for environmental due
diligence assessment
Management environnemental — Lignes directrices relatives à
l’évaluation du devoir de vigilance environnementale
Reference number
ISO 14015:2022(E)
ISO 14015:2022(E)
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Contents Page
Foreword .v
Introduction . vi
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
4 Principles . 5
4.1 General . 5
4.2 Principles of assessment . 5
4.2.1 An evidence-based approach . . 5
4.2.2 Risk-based approach . 5
4.2.3 Fair presentation . 5
4.2.4 Confidentiality . 5
4.3 Principles for assessors . 5
4.3.1 Integrity and ethical conduct . 5
4.3.2 Competence and due professional care . . 6
5 Planning and conducting the assessment . 6
5.1 General . 6
5.2 Roles and responsibilities . 6
5.2.1 General . 6
5.2.2 Client . 6
5.2.3 Representative of the assessee . 7
5.2.4 Assessor . 7
5.2.5 Assessment provider . 8
5.3 Planning the assessment . 8
5.3.1 General . 8
5.3.2 Agreeing on terms and objectives for the assessment . 8
5.3.3 Scope of the assessment. 9
5.3.4 Assessment criteria . 10
5.3.5 Assessment feasibility . 10
5.3.6 Information gathering methods and techniques . 11
5.3.7 Assessment plan . 11
5.4 Information gathering, verification and validation .12
5.4.1 General .12
5.4.2 Examining existing documents and records .12
5.4.3 Observing activities and physical conditions .12
5.4.4 Interviewing .13
5.4.5 Information verification and validation .13
5.5 Evaluation . 14
5.5.1 General . 14
5.5.2 Identifying environmental issues . 14
5.5.3 Determining business consequences . 14
6 Reporting .15
6.1 Report content . 15
6.2 Report distribution . 16
7 Competence and evaluation of assessors .16
7.1 General considerations. 16
7.2 Determination and application of competence . 17
7.3 Evaluation of competence .
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