ISO 14001:2015 - Continuous Improvement Process

Why Should You Attend:

Does your site currently have the ISO 14001 Certification? Or, are you thinking of getting your facility ISO 14001 Certified? If the answer to either of these questions is a “yes”, you will not want to miss out on this webinar discussing the Continuous Improvement Process for ISO 14001.

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) published the revised ISO 14001:2015 environmental management systems (EMS) standard on September 15, 2015, replacing the 2004 version. Organizations that are currently registered to ISO 14001:2004 will have until September 2018 to transition to the 2015 standard.

This training webinar will discuss the changes that are required to be implemented by the organizations to be compliant under the revised ISO 14001:2015.

Learning Objective:

• Identify how the environment impacts your organization under the new standard and to document continuous improvement.
• Explain the significant changes of the 2015 standard and how it effects your organization and to document continuous improvement.
• Describe the next steps of getting into compliance with the new standard and how to document continuous improvement.
• Identify the new terminology and definitions of the new standard that related to continuous improvement.

Areas Covered in the Webinar:

• In case you are currently an ISO 14001:2004 certified facility, then when and where should you begin to adopt the new standard and how to show continuous improvement?
• In depth insight on the revised areas of the standard and how to show that your organization is improving to reduce their environmental footprint.
• “Upstream” aspects/impact matrix.
• Risk focus: Risk and Opportunities.
• Key definitions of continuous improvement.

Who Will Benefit:

• Attorneys
• Plant Managers
• Plant Foremen
• Environmental Committee Members
• Engineers
• Operations Managers
• Construction Foreman
• Occupational Environmental Consultants
• HR Managers
• General Industry Business Owners
• Construction Business Owners
• Plant Supervisors
• Subcontractors
• Project Managers
• Environmental Managers
• Management Representatives of ISO 14001

Michael Aust
President and Lead Consultant, OneZeroThreeZero Communications

Michael Aust, CECM, MS, is the president and owner of 1030 Communications, LLC. Mr. Aust has a Master of Science in Occupational Safety, Health and Environmental Management degree and is a certified environmental compliance manager #5678. He has been an authorized OSHA outreach instructor since 2000.

He has provided safety management expertise since 1995. He has developed and implemented safety management systems for organizations without such processes and helped mature management systems for Fortune 50 and Fortune 100 companies.

Some highlights of his involvement in professional organizations include: Security Committee Louisiana Chemical Association (LCA), Safety Committee Louisiana Chemical Association (LCA), American Society of Safety Engineers, South Louisiana S.T.E.P.S. AdHoc Committee Member, Greater Baton Rouge Industrial Alliance (GBRIA) Owner Entry Requirements Committee, and American Society of Safety Engineers Grapevine Chapter Section Chairperson.

Mr. Aust has provided safety auditing and training services for companies such as US Fusion, The TopCor Companies, BP North America, Honeywell, Gulf South Safety Consultants, The Commodore Corporation – Indiana Division, JE Spear Consulting, and Ivy Tech Corporate College only to name a few. He is also a content contributor for various safety newsletters and blogs.

Topic Background:

ISO 14001:2015 incorporates more business management terminology and concepts and will ensure that systems will be integrated into the organizations overall business processes rather than being separate entities.

The structure of ISO 14001:2015 follows the high level structure being applied to all new and revised ISO management system standards:

1. Scope
2. Normative References
3. Terms and Definitions
4. Context of the Organization
5. Leadership
6. Planning
7. Support
8. Operations
9. Performance Evaluation
10. Improvement

This revision includes significant changes, most of which are real improvements, helping users derive more value from their EMS. Organizations without a formal environmental (or EHS) management system should consider it now, with the new ISO 14001 as a model.

ISO 14001 is the world's best-known environmental management system standard, and it provides a systematic framework to help organizations protect the environment through balanced socio-economic means.

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