Environmental manual templates
Manage environmental risks, impacts and responsibilities
What is an environmental management system?
An environmental management system (EMS) is a structured framework that helps organizations manage their environmental impact in a systematic and sustainable way.
The goal of any EMS is to minimize negative effects on the environment while improving operational efficiency and ensuring compliance with environmental regulations.
Our environmental management system templates are designed to help your organization identify its environmental impacts, set objectives and targets for improvement, and take actions to reduce adverse environmental effects.
Whether you want to inspire trust in your business or comply with regulatory requirements, the environmental manual template and procedure documents provide a structured approach to achieving compliance with ISO 14001:2015, and the 2024 climate change amendments.
By implementing the key principles of ISO 14001:2015 and the 2024 climate change amendments, the environmental manual template and procedures define the processes, practices and documented information required by your organization to help reduce wastage, prevent pollution and save resources.
Whilst we prepare for the release of ISO 14001:2026 next January, businesses can still implement and be certified to ISO 14001:2015 until at least June 2027. After the final version is released in Q1 2026, during the early-phase transition period; we will update our customers with the documentation they need to revise their environmental management system.
What is an environmental manual?
The environmental manual template adopts the key concepts, principles and structure of ISO 14001:2015 and is fully editable (in .docx format) to allow you to amend the text, and tailor the documents to your requirements.
By providing a systematic approach to setting environmental objectives and targets, the environmental manual and procedure templates provide the tools to enable your organization to identify and control the environmental impact of its activities, products or services, and to continually improve its environmental performance.
If you're looking for an integrated manual with procedure templates for ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, and ISO 45001:2018, please click here
An environmental management system is a vital tool for organizations that want to manage their environmental impacts in a structured and proactive way. By adopting an EMS, your organization can reduce its environmental footprint, comply with regulations, save costs, improve their reputation, and engage employees in sustainability efforts.
What are the main elements of the environmental management system?
The documents of an environmental management system are essential for ensuring that the system functions effectively and that environmental goals are achieved. These documents support your organization in complying with regulations, monitoring performance, and continuously improving environmental outcomes.
The EMS documents also help ensure that all employees are aware of their environmental responsibilities for managing environmental aspects within your organization and are provided with the necessary training to understand the environmental policy, objectives, and how to fulfill their roles in the EMS.
The environmental management system templates include a fully compliant ISO 14001:2015 EMS manual with an editable sequence and interaction process map, internal audit checklist, internal audit programme, and 15 documented procedures; with 40 report and form templates.
An optional 58-page clause-by-clause interpretation document describes each ISO 14001:2015 requirement and the essential elements that must be addressed in order to become certified.
What's included in the ISO 14001 environmental management system?
The ISO 14001:2015 management system templates are fully editable, (supplied in .docx format), to allow you to amend the text, and tailor the documents to suit your requirements. For examples of the environmental management system manual and procedures, click the links below.
ISO 14001:2015 Environmental Management System Templates |
EMS1 Environmental Manual & Policy Template |
EMS2 Environmental Manual, Forms & Procedures |
EMS3 Environmental Templates & Internal Audit Workbooks |
EMS4 Management System Templates & Guidance |
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| 40 Essential report and form templates in .docx format will help document your EMS and demonstrate effective operation: | ||||
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| 3 Excel-based integrated internal audit checklist workbooks combine multiple requirements to help ensure each individual clause is effectively implemented [.xlsx format] : | ||||
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| With plenty of practical examples, the 3 separate guidance documents describe the essential environmental management system (EMS) elements that must be addressed and implemented [.pdf]: | ||||
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EMS1 Environmental Manual & Policy Template |
EMS2 Environmental Manual, Forms & Procedures |
EMS3 Environmental Templates & Internal Audit Workbooks |
EMS4 Management System Templates & Guidance |
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Also available are individual elements from our ISO 14001:2015 environmental management system templates to suit your needs.
EMS5 - 3 Environmental Internal Auditing Workbooks |
EMS6 - 40 Environmental Form, Report, and Log Templates |
EMS7 - 15 Environmental Management System Procedures |
EMS8 - 3 Environmental Management Guidance Documents |
EMS9 - 15 Environmental Management Procedures and 40 Forms |
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