The International Organization for Standardization released the 2004 version of ISO 14001 on Nov. 15, 2004. Companies currently registered to the ISO 14001:1996 standard will need to upgrade their systems and have them re-certified to the 2004 standard by May 15, 2006. Beyond this date, the International Accreditation Forum will only recognize certificates for 2004 version. The ISO and IAF have jointly developed a transition policy document with technical details of the transition requirement, which was published by IAF on Dec. 20, 2004.
Outputs from the review include:
- Management review and decisions about the EMS appropriateness (suitability), sufficiency (adequacy) and success (effectiveness)
- Changes to resources that include: financial, human and physical
- Decisions and Actions associated with:
1. Environmental policy
2. Objectives
3. Targets
4. Any element of the EMS as deemed from management review
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