AS ISO 14004:2018 pdf free.Environmental management systems- General guidelines on implementation.
4.2.4 Determining compliance obligations
An organization should determine which of the relevant interested parties’ needs and expectations it has to comply with, and then which of the remaining needs and expectations it chooses to adopt, which become its compliance obligations. This broad-level knowledge can contribute to an understanding of its compliance obligations as further detailed in 6.1.3.
There is no single approach to determining needs and expectations. The organization should use an approach that is appropriate to its scope, nature and scale, and is suitable in terms of detail, complexity, time, cost and availability of reliable data.
The organization can determine the needs and expectations of its relevant interested parties through other processes or for other purposes.
Where requirements are set by a regulatory body, the organization should gain knowledge of those broad areas of legislation that are applicable, such as air quality standards, discharge limits, waste disposal regulations, licensing requirements for operating the facility, etc.
In the case of voluntary commitments, the organization should gain broad knowledge of the relevant needs and expectations, such as customer requirements, voluntary codes and agreements with community groups or public authorities. This knowledge enables the organization to understand the implications these can have on the achievement of the intended outcomes of its environmental management system.
4.2.5 Use and application of the needs and expectations of interested parties
The outputs from 4.2.1 to 4.2.4 can assist in setting the scope of the organization’s environmental management system, establishing its environmental policy, determining its environmental aspects, compliance obligations and risks and opportunities that need to be addressed by the organization. These are considerations when establishing its environmental performance objectives. The organization can find it useful to document this information to facilitate its use to meet other elements in this International Standard.AS ISO 14004 pdf download.