<p>This document gives guidelines for a phased approach to establish, implement, maintain and improve an environmental management system (EMS) that organizations, including small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), can adopt to enhance their environmental performance.</p>
<p>The phased approach provides flexibility that allows organizations to develop their EMS at their own pace, over a number of phases, according to their own circumstances. Each phase consists of six consecutive stages. The system's maturity at the end of each phase can be characterized using the five-level maturity matrix provided in Annex A.</p>
<p>This document is applicable to any organization regardless of their current environmental performance, the nature of the activities undertaken or the locations at which they occur.</p>
<p>The phased approach enables an organization to develop a system that ultimately satisfies the requirements of ISO 14001.</p>
<p>The guidance does not cover those elements of specific systems that go beyond ISO 14001 and it is not intended to provide interpretations of the requirements of ISO 14001.</p>
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Scope
<p>This document gives guidelines for a phased approach to establish, implement, maintain and improve an environmental management system (EMS) that organizations, including small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), can adopt to enhance their environmental performance.</p>
<p>The phased approach provides flexibility that allows organizations to develop their EMS at their own pace, over a number of phases, according to their own circumstances. Each phase consists of six consecutive stages. The system's maturity at the end of each phase can be characterized using the five-level maturity matrix provided in Annex A.</p>
<p>This document is applicable to any organization regardless of their current environmental performance, the nature of the activities undertaken or the locations at which they occur.</p>
<p>The phased approach enables an organization to develop a system that ultimately satisfies the requirements of ISO 14001.</p>
<p>The guidance does not cover those elements of specific systems that go beyond ISO 14001 and it is not intended to provide interpretations of the requirements of ISO 14001.</p>
