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On 16 April 2026 the 4th edition of ISO 14001:2026 «Environmental management systems» was published. In addition, this autumn the 6th edition of the flagship standard ISO 9001:2026 «Quality management systems» is expected to be published. This update is not just a formality
The main driver of the changes is the introduction of mandatory requirements to take climate factors (Climate Change) into account in all management systems. This is now a strict requirement: ignoring climate risks when defining the organisation's context is guaranteed to lead to significant nonconformities at the very first external audit.
To ensure your Company adapts to the changes in good time, minimises the risks of the transition and retains its competitive advantage, we invite you to take part in practical training:
1) the full text of the ISO 14001:2026 standard in Russian and the draft (DIS) of the ISO 9001:2026 standard in Russian (electronic version);
2) A toolkit: «Transition checklist» (a step-by-step system adaptation plan).
3) A digital assistant: a «Prompt engineering package» — a set of tested queries for AI (ChatGPT/Gemini) to automate risk assessment and report writing.
Module 1: Strategy and Context 2026
Getting acquainted / introduction / course overview / participants introduce themselves.
Introduction to ISO.
Overview of key changes in the new versions of the ISO standards:
— ISO 14001:2026 «Environmental management systems»;
— DIS / ISO 9001:2026 «Quality management systems».
The «Guidance for auditing ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 on climate change issues» — what external auditors will check during re-certification and how should organisations prepare for it?
Understanding the organisation and its context in relation to risks and the company's strategy.
New factors when defining context under ISO 14001:2026: the level of pollution, availability of natural resources, climate change, biodiversity and ecosystem health.
How to link this to the ESG context?
The relationship between context, the Environmental Policy and the Objectives — what should change in them?
Understanding interested parties. The link between interested parties and context.
Examples of interested parties and their requirements.
New IFRS requirements (S1 & S2) and their relationship to ISO 14001:2026.
Compliance obligations and their link to the company's context.
Assessing the degree of fulfilment of compliance obligations.
Examples of methods for assessing fulfilment of compliance obligations.
Defining the scope of the IMS and its link to context.
The process approach.
The link between context and processes.
The procedure for identifying processes — best practices.
Options for describing processes.
Types of criteria: input KPI and output KPI.
The link between criteria and the company's strategy.
Module 2: Leadership and Risk management.
A new requirement in ISO 9001:2026: developing a culture of quality and ethical behaviour.
Risk and uncertainty — definitions of terms
Using the MECE method (Mutually Exclusive & Collectively Exhaustive) to identify the risks of achieving Objectives.
The relationship between the Policy and context.
The importance of establishing all three components: duties, responsibility and authority.
Recommendations: how to build and break down duties, responsibility and authority in an organisation.
Module 3: Operational management and the Life cycle.
— risk identification;
— risk analysis and evaluation: the «bow-tie» and «5 Whys» methods.
— risk treatment: 6 ways of treating risk.
What an environmental aspect (EA) is — examples.
What is the difference between EAs the organisation can control and those it can influence — examples.
New requirements of ISO 14001:2026 on identifying environmental aspects taking the life cycle into account.
Determining significant environmental aspects (SEAs) — examples.
What is the difference in determining SEAs under abnormal conditions and potential emergency situations — examples and the link to clause 8.2 «Emergency preparedness and response».
Day 2
Common mistakes in formulating IMS Objectives and ways of eliminating them.
The relationship: Strategy — Context — Policy — Objectives.
How to formulate Objectives based on the new requirements of ISO 14001:2026 and DIS / ISO 9001:2026.
Additional requirements of ISO 14001:2026 when developing actions for Objectives.
What constitutes a «change» in a QMS under DIS / ISO 9001:2026 and an EMS under ISO 14001:2026 — examples.
New requirements for change management in ISO 14001:2026 and DIS / ISO 9001:2026.
Staff competence.
Staff awareness — new requirements in DIS / ISO 9001:2026.
Communication: differences between the QMS and the EMS in communication.
Documented information — analysis and explanation of the requirements.
The in-house knowledge base.
Overview of the requirements of DIS / ISO 9001:2026.
Detailed review of the requirements of ISO 14001:2026:
— establishing operational criteria;
— managing processes in accordance with those operational criteria.
Controlling and influencing external processes (a new requirement of ISO 14001:2026) — what is the difference: examples.
The importance of defining criteria at all stages of the product/ service life cycle.
Developing an Emergency Response Plan (ERP).
Module 4: Evaluation, Audit and Improvement.
What is the difference between monitoring, measurement, analysis and evaluation — examples.
The PDCA cycle in internal audit.
The 7 principles of conducting internal audit in accordance with ISO 19011.
The main problems in conducting internal audit: requirements; their fulfilment; the level of nonconformity; a recommendation or a nonconformity? — and ways of resolving them.
The internal audit programme and new requirements in ISO 14001:2026 and DIS / ISO 9001:2026.
How to draw up the internal audit Programme based on the importance of the processes selected for audit, the results of previous internal audits, and changes affecting the organisation.
Setting the Objective for the internal audit.
The difference in input and output data in the EMS and QMS.
The difference in managing nonconformities and developing corrective actions (CA) in the EMS and QMS.
Suitability, adequacy and effectiveness of the EMS and QMS — explanations and examples.
Answers to questions.
Course completion.
