Standards Development

Scope

This document provides guidance for organizations seeking to address resource and waste-related environmental aspects, environmental impacts, environmental conditions, and the associated risks and opportunities within an environmental management system in accordance with ISO 14001.

In line with the life cycle perspective set out by ISO 14001, the document addresses environmental aspects and associated impacts across the life cycle including the extraction, processing, use, recovery and other forms of treatment of resources.

The document considers approaches for long-term resource conservation and managing resource dependencies. It also addresses the interconnections of resources with the ecosystems from which they are derived and takes a systems approach to mitigate environmental impacts of resource use on ecosystems, ecosystem services, and biodiversity, as well as human life and well-being.

This document addresses all types of physical resources, such as biotic and abiotic raw materials, chemical substances and secondary materials and all types of waste. For the purposes of this document waste is considered as a recoverable resource.

NOTE Further guidance on addressing environmental aspects and conditions related to water is provided in ISO 14002-2[1] . Guidance on addressing environmental aspects and conditions related to climate change mitigation and adaptation is provided in ISO/DIS 14002-3[2]

This document is applicable to organizations irrespective of their type, size, financial resources, location and sector, position(s) within the life cycle or the types of resources used in their operations.