Course Overview

A four-day course for professionals tasked with implementing – or transitioning – an Environmental Management System to ISO 14001:2026. The programme covers scope-setting, life-cycle perspective, environmental aspects evaluation, operational controls, emergency preparedness, and certification readiness. Participants leave with a draft EMS documentation set tailored to their organizational context.

Who Should Attend

• Sustainability leads and EMS coordinators
• EHS managers driving ISO 14001 certification or transition projects
• Project leaders, consultants, and management representatives
• Site managers in regulated industries (manufacturing, energy, infrastructure, hospitality)

What You Will Learn

• Conduct an EMS gap analysis against ISO 14001:2026
• Define organizational context, interested parties, EMS scope, and environmental policy
• Apply life-cycle perspective when identifying environmental aspects and impacts
• Plan a structured transition from ISO 14001:2015 to 2026 ahead of the April 2029 deadline
• Embed environmental performance into business strategy and decision-making
• Prepare documentation and processes for stage 1 and stage 2 certification audits

Course Content

• Project initiation, gap analysis, and transition roadmap
• Context, stakeholders, scope, and environmental policy
• Environmental aspects identification with life-cycle perspective
• Compliance obligations, risk and opportunity planning, planning of changes
• Operational controls and externally provided processes
• Emergency preparedness and response (expanded in 2026)
• Performance evaluation, internal audit, and management review
• Certification readiness, transition planning, and continual improvement

Methodology

A workshop-led course combining trainer presentations, structured group exercises, case-based discussion, and template-driven document development. Participants work through a sample EMS scenario across the four days.

Assessment

Continuous assessment through implementation exercises and a final written assessment.

Certificate

Prerequisites