The main goal of an environmental management system is to connuously improve the environmental aspects arising from a company’s acvies and to guarantee legal compliance. The system is documented in an environmental management system manual, which includes the environmental policy, the environmental objecves and the planning process. Furthermore it defines responsibilies and procedures for environmental protecon.

This chapter deals with the cornerstone of ISO 14001:2014, the environmental management system and focuses on the following aspects:
· Internal organizaon of an environmental management system, e.g.
· definion of responsibilies and tasks at all management levels as well as control of processes with environmental impacts;
· Control, correcve and prevenve measures;
· Environmental management system documentaon.

I Course contents
II General requirements
1 Environmental policy
2 Planning
2.1 Environmental aspects
2.2 Legal requirements and other requirements
2.3 Objecves, targets and programme(s)
3 Implementaon and operaon
3.1 Resources, roles, responsibility and authority
3.2 Competence, training and awareness
3.3 Communicaon
3.4 Documentaon
3.5 Control of documents
3.6 Operaonal control
3.7 Emergency preparedness and response

Practical implementation

The structure of an EMS manual according to ISO 14001:2004 ideally follows the Plan-Do-Check Act cycle. This cycle reflects the structure, and also theoretically reflects the course of achieves during the implementation of an environmental management system. Only chapter II (General
requirements) which summarizes the basic structure of the company and the content of the manual does not have a direct correspondence to this Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle.