EN ISO 14015:2010

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-december-2010
Ravnanje z okoljem - Okoljsko ocenjevanje lokacij in organizacij (ISO 14015:2001)
Environmental management - Environmental assessment of sites and organizations
(EASO) (ISO 14015:2001)
Umweltmanagement - Umweltbewertung von Standorten und Organisationen (UBSO)
(ISO 14015:2001)
Management environnemental - Évaluation environnementale de sites et d'organismes
(EESO) (ISO 14015:2001)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN ISO 14015:2010
ICS:
13.020.10 Ravnanje z okoljem Environmental management
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN ISO 14015
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
May 2010
ICS 13.020.10
English Version
Environmental management - Environmental assessment of
sites and organizations (EASO) (ISO 14015:2001)
Management environnemental - Évaluation Umweltmanagement - Umweltbewertung von Standorten
environnementale de sites et d'organismes (EESO) (ISO und Organisationen (UBSO) (ISO 14015:2001)
14015:2001)
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 23 April 2010.

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Contents Page
Foreword .3

Foreword
The text of ISO 14015:2001 has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 207 “Environmental
management” of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and has been taken over as EN ISO
14015:2010.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical
text or by endorsement, at the latest by November 2010, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn
at the latest by November 2010.
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countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech
Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
Endorsement notice
The text of ISO 14015:2001 has been approved by CEN as a EN ISO 14015:2010 without any modification.

INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 14015
First edition
2001-11-15
Environmental management —
Environmental assessment of sites and
organizations (EASO)
Management environnemental — Évaluation environnementale de sites et
d'organismes (EESO)
Reference number
ISO 14015:2001(E)
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ISO 2001
ISO 14015:2001(E)
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ISO 14015:2001(E)
Contents Page
Foreword.iv
Introduction.v
1 Scope .1
2 Terms and definitions .2
3 Roles and responsibilities .4
3.1 Client.4
3.2 Representative of the assessee .4
3.3 Assessor.5
4 Assessment process.6
4.1 General.6
4.2 Planning.6
4.3 Information gathering and validation .8
4.4 Evaluation.14
5 Reporting.16
5.1 Report content .16
5.2 Report form .17
5.3 Report distribution .18
Bibliography.19

ISO 14015:2001(E)
Foreword
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member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through ISO technical
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patent rights. ISO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
ISO 14015 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 207, Environmental management, Subcommittee SC 2,
Environmental auditing and related environmental investigations.
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ISO 14015:2001(E)
Introduction
Organizations are increasingly interested in understanding the environmental issues associated with their sites and
activities or those of potential acquisitions. These issues and their associated business consequences can be
appraised by means of an Environmental Assessment of the Site and Organization (EASO). Such an assessment
may be carried out during operations or at the time of acquisition or divestiture of assets and may be conducted as
part of a broader business assessment process often referred to as "due diligence".
This International Standard gives guidance on how to conduct an EASO. It provides the basis for harmonization of
the terminology used and for a structured, consistent, transparent and objective approach to conducting such
environmental assessments. It can be used by all organizations, including small- and medium-sized enterprises,
operating anywhere in the world. This International Standard is flexible in its application and may be used for self-
assessments as well as external assessments, with or without the need to employ third parties. The users of this
International Standard are expected to be industry, past, present and possible future users of particular sites, and
organizations with a financial interest in the industry or site (e.g. banks, insurance companies, investors and site
owners). This International Standard is likely to be used in connection with the transfer of responsibilities and
obligations.
The information used during an EASO may be derived from sources that include environmental management
system audits, regulatory compliance audits, environmental impact assessments, environmental performance
evaluations or site investigations. Some of these assessments or investigations may have been conducted using
other relevant ISO standards (e.g. ISO 14001, ISO 14011 or ISO 14031).
Through the process of evaluating both existing and newly acquired information, an EASO seeks to draw
conclusions relating to business consequences associated with environmental aspects and issues.
Conclusions in an EASO should be based on objective information. In the absence of validated information, an
EASO assessor may be required to exercise professional judgement in evaluating the available environmental
information and drawing conclusions.
This International Standard does not provide guidance on intrusive investigations or site remediation. However, if
requested by the client, these may be undertaken in accordance with other standards or procedures.

INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO 14015:2001(E)

Environmental management — Environmental assessment of sites
and organizations (EASO)
1 Scope
This International Standard 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 International Standard covers the roles and responsibilities of the parties to the assessment (the client, the
assessor and the representative of the assessee), and the stages of the assessment process (planning,
information gathering and validation, evaluation and reporting). The process for conducting an EASO is shown in
Figure 1.
This International Standard does not provide guidance on how to conduct other types of environmental
assessment, such as:
a) initial environmental reviews;
b) environmental audits (including environmental management system and regulatory compliance audits);
c) environmental impact assessments;
...