Environmental management - Guidelines for environmental due diligence assessment

CSA Group
Standards Development Organisation:
Canadian Standards Association (operating as CSA Group)
Working Program:
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Designation Number:
CSA ISO 14015
Standard Type:
National Standard of Canada - Adoption of International Standard
Standard Development Activity:
New Edition
ICS code(s):
13.020.10
Status:
Proceeding to development
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SDO Comment Period End Date:
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Scope:

This document provides guidance on how to conduct an EASO through a systematic process of identifying environmental aspects and environmental issues and determining, if appropriate, their business consequences.

This document does not provide guidance on how to conduct other types of environmental assessment, such as:

a) environmental audits;
b) environmental impact assessments:
c) environmentl performance, efficiency, or reliability assessment;
d) intrusive environmental investigations and remediation.

 

Project need:

To update the current standard due to user experience/feedback/new technology (new edition). This proposed New Edition is being developed at the request of ISO/MC/TC207/SC2. It will provide the industry guidance on how to conduct an environmental due diligence (EDD) assessment through a systematic process of identifying environmental aspects, issues and conditions as well as determining, if appropriate, their business consequences.

Note: The information provided above was obtained by the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) and is provided as part of a centralized, transparent notification system for new standards development. The system allows SCC-accredited Standards Development Organizations (SDOs), and members of the public, to be informed of new work in Canadian standards development, and allows SCC-accredited SDOs to identify and resolve potential duplication of standards and effort.

Individual SDOs are responsible for the content and accuracy of the information presented here. The text is presented in the language in which it was provided to SCC.