1 Scope

This international Standard specifies requirements for an environmental management system1 to enable an organization to formulate a policy and objectives taking into account legislative requirements and information about significant environmental impacts. it applies to those environmental aspects which the organization can control and over which it can be expected to have an influence. It does not itself state specific environmental performance criteria.

This international Standard is applicable to any organization that wishes to

a) implement, maintain and improve an environmental management system;

b) assure itself of its conformance with its stated environmental policy;

c) demonstrate such conformance to others;

d) seek certification/registration of its environmental management system by an external organization;

e) make a self-determination and self-declaration of conformance with this international Standard.

All the requirements in this International Standard are intended to be incorporated into any environmental management system. The extent of the application will depend on such factors as the environmental policy of the organization1 the nature of its activities and the conditions in which it operates. This International Standard also provides, in annex A, informative guidance on the use of the specification.

The scope of any application of this International Standard must be clearly identified.

NOTE - For ease of use, the subclause of the specification and annex A have related numbers; thus, for example, 4.3.3 and A.3.3 both deal with environmental objectives and targets, and 4.5.4 and A.5.4 both deal with environmental management system audit.

2 Normative references

There are no normative references at present.

3 Definitions

For the purposes of this International Standard. the following definitions apply.

3.1 continual improvement

process of enhancing the environmental management system to achieve improvements in overall environmental performance in line with the organization's environmental policy.

NOTE - The process need not take place in all areas of activity simultaneously.

3.2 environment

surroundings in which an organization operates, including air, water, land, natural resources, flora. fauna, humans, and their interrelation.

NOTE -Surroundings in this context extend from within an organization to the global system.

3.3 environmental aspect

element of an organization's activities, products or services that can interact with the environment

NOTE - A significant environmental aspect is an environmental aspect that has or can have a significant environmental impact.

1.范圍

本標(biāo)準(zhǔn)規(guī)定了對環(huán)境管理體系的要求，使一個(gè)組織能夠根據(jù)法律要求和重大環(huán)境影響信息，制定環(huán)境方針與目標(biāo)。它適用于那些可為組織所控制，以及可能希望組織對其施加影響的環(huán)境因素。但它本身并未提出具體的環(huán)境表現(xiàn)（行為）準(zhǔn)則。

本標(biāo)準(zhǔn)適用于任何有下列愿望的組織：

a）實(shí)施、保持并改進(jìn)環(huán)境管理體系；

b）使自己確信能符合所聲明的環(huán)境方針；

c）向外界展示符合性；

d）尋求外部組織對其環(huán)境管理體系的認(rèn)證/注冊；

e）對符合本標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的情況進(jìn)行自我鑒定和自我聲明。

本標(biāo)準(zhǔn)中所有的要求都適用于任何一個(gè)環(huán)境管理體系。其應(yīng)用程度取決于組織的環(huán)境方針、活動性質(zhì)、運(yùn)行條件等因素。本標(biāo)準(zhǔn)還在附錄A中對如何使用本規(guī)范提供了提示性的指南。

對于本標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的任何應(yīng)用，都應(yīng)明確界定其范圍。

注:為使用方便起見，“規(guī)范”部分和附錄A中的條目采用了互相對應(yīng)的序號，例如，4.3.3和A3.3的內(nèi)容都是關(guān)于環(huán)境目標(biāo)和指標(biāo)的敘述，4.5.4和A5.4的內(nèi)容都是關(guān)于環(huán)境管理體系審核等。

2. 引用標(biāo)準(zhǔn)

目前尚無引用標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。

3. 定義

下列定義適用于本標(biāo)準(zhǔn)：

3.1 持續(xù)改進(jìn)

強(qiáng)化環(huán)境管理體系的過程，目的是根據(jù)組織的環(huán)境方針，實(shí)現(xiàn)對整體環(huán)境表現(xiàn)（行為）的改進(jìn)。

注:該過程不必同時(shí)發(fā)生于活動的所有方面。

3.2 環(huán)境

組織運(yùn)行活動的外部存在，包括空氣、水、土地、自然資源、植物、動物、人，以及它們之間的相互關(guān)系。

注:從這一意義上,外部存在從組織內(nèi)延伸到全球系統(tǒng)。

3.3 環(huán)境因素

一個(gè)組織的活動、產(chǎn)品或服務(wù)中能與環(huán)境發(fā)生相互作用的要素。

注:重要環(huán)境因素是指具有或能夠產(chǎn)生重大環(huán)境影響的環(huán)境因素。