As you may already know, the ISO 14001 environmental management systems (EMS) standard is currently being revised, considering future challenges for EMS and continual improvement.  The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) recently launched an ISO 14001 continual improvement survey to develop an understanding of the needs of current, past and potential users and other knowledgeable interested parties in relation to EMS standards.  The survey takes into account key topics from the ongoing discussions in the working group that is revising ISO 14001, and the results will be used to inform the ongoing revision.

Your views on these key topics and opportunities for improvement are extremely important, in order that the results truly represent the thinking of the users of the standard and other knowledgeable interested parties, including those in the US.  Please follow the link below to participate in the survey.

ISO 14001 continual improvement survey 2013

The survey will take approximately 20 minutes to complete.   All responses will be confidential, and individual respondents will not be identified.  Overall results will be made available to interested parties upon request, as indicated on the final page of the survey.

If you have questions concerning the distribution of the survey or participation in the standards revision process, please contact the American Society for Quality Standards Group at standards@asq.org.  General questions regarding survey participation or distribution of results may be directed to the ISO Central Secretariat at central@iso.org.

Thank you very much for your assistance.

Sincerely,

Lisa Greenwood and Kevin Lehner

US Technical Advisory Group to ISO TC 207 – Environmental Management