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CompareISO9001toISO14001
HowdoesISO14001comparetoISO9001?
ISO9001isaQualityManagementSystem(QMS)whichgivesorganizationsasystematic
approachformeetingcustomerobjectives(providingconsistentquality).FREEISO9001
Tutorialon18000store.com
ISO14001isanEnvironmentalManagementSystem(EMS)whichgivesorganizationsa
systematicapproachformeasuringandimprovingtheirenvironmentalimpact.FREEISO
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ISO14001andISO9001shareasimilarPlanDoCheckActstructureandhave
manysimilarities,buttheydonotdirectlyalignclauseforclause.Theproductsareavailablefor
allstagesofQMSand/orEMSdevelopment,including:
AcompleteISO14001EMSforthosecompanies
whodoNOTwantacombinedEMSQMS
AspeciallyconfiguredEMSforthosewithan

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existingISO9001basedQMS(ISO9001,ISO
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ISO9001ISO14001CommonRequirements
ISO14001andISO9001similaritiesarehighlightedinredinthecomparisonchart(below):
DocumentedSystems(manualandprocedures)onhowyouplantoachieveimprovement
ControlDocumentsandRecords,etc.
Training
InternalAuditing
Corrective/Preventiveaction
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ISO9001toISO14001shareseveralrequirementsandthegoalofcontinualimprovement,
butalsodifferintheirapproachanddegreeofprescription.ReviewCombineISO9001
14001toviewthecommonclauses.

DifferencesbetweenISO9001ISO14001
ClauseStructure(see900114001comparison
chartbelow)

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ISO9001:Sections18(seecompleteISO
9001requirements)

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ISO14001:Sections4.14.6(seecomplete
ISO14001requirements)
Environmentalplanningismoreentailedthan
qualityplanning
Compliancetolocal/state/provincial/federal
requirements(EPAintheUS)
Objectives&Targetsaspartofenvironmental
management
Emergencypreparednessandresponse.

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Managementsresponsibilitiesaremoreextensive
underISO14001
Environmentalpolicy
Environmentalaspects
Establishmentofanexternalcommunicationprocedure
ISO14001islessprescriptive:Thereisnosetbenchmarktoratetheperformanceofyour
organizationagainstothers.
Customershavespecificrequirementsforyourproductorservice,soISO9001helpsyou
improveresultsagainsttheirexpectations.
However,everyorganizationimpactstheenvironmentdifferently,soISO14001doesnot
havealevelyoumustmeet.Youcanonlymeasureyourenvironmentalimpactasa
snapshotonagivenday,thenimproveitfromthere.

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OneimportantdifferencebetweenISO14001andotherISOstandardsisthatanorganization
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Red=Shared
Requirement

ISO14001:2004

OHSAS18001:2007

ISO9001:2008

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.2

4.2

5.3

4.3.1

4.3.1

4.3.2

4.3.2

4.3.3

4.3.3

5.4.1,5.4.2

4.4.1

4.4.1

5.5.1,5.5.2,6.1

General
Requirements
Policy
Environmental
Aspects
Hazard
Identification,
RiskAssessment
andDetermining
Controls
Legalandother
Requirements
Objectives,
Targetsand
Programs
Resources,
Roles,
Responsibility,
(Accountability)
andAuthority

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Competence,
Trainingand

4.4.2

4.4.2

6.2.1,6.2.2

4.4.3

4.4.3.1

5.5.3

4.4.3.2

4.4.4

4.4.4

4.2.1,4.2.2

4.4.5

4.4.5

4.2.3

4.4.6

4.4.6

4.4.7

4.4.7

4.5.1

4.5.1

7.6,8.2.3,8.2.4

4.5.2

4.5.2

4.5.3.1

4.5.3

4.5.3.2

8.5.2,8.5.3

4.5.4

4.5.4

4.2.4

Awareness
Communication
Participationand
consultation
Documentation
Controlof
Documents
Operational
Control
Emergency
Preparednessand
Response
Monitoringand
Measurement
Evaluationof
Compliance
Incident
Investigation
Nonconformity,
Corrective
Actionand
Preventive
Action
Controlof
Records

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4.5.5

8.2.2

4.6

4.6

5.6

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