【正文】 s environmental management system so that it can maintain and potentially improve its environmental performance. This policy should therefore reflect the mitment of top management to ply with applicable legal requirements and other requirements, to prevent pollution and to continually improve. The environmental policy forms the basis upon which the organization sets its objectives and targets. The environmental policy should be sufficiently clear to be able to be understood by internal and external interested parties, and should be periodically reviewed and revised to reflect changing conditions and information. Its area of application (. scope) should be clearly identifiable and should reflect the unique nature, scale and environmental impacts of the activities, products and services within the defined scope of the environmental management system.The environmental policy should be municated to all persons who work for, or on behalf of, the organization, including contractors working at an organization39。s environmental policy and ensure that. within the defined scope of its environmental management system. ita) is appropriate to the nature. scale and environmental impacts of its activities. products and services.b) includes a mitment to continual improvement and prevention of pollution.c) includes a mitment to ply with applicable legal requirements and with other requirements to which the organization subscribes which relate to its environmental aspects.d) provides the framework for setting and reviewing environmental objectives and targets.e) is documented. implemented and maintained.f) is municated to all persons working for or on behalf of the organization. andg) is available to the public. Planning Environmental aspectsThe organization shall establish. implement and maintain a procedure(s)a) to identify the environmental aspects of its activities. products and services within the defined scope of the environmental management system that it can control and those that it can influence taking into account planned or new developments. or new or modified activities. products and services. andb) to determine those aspects that have or can have significant impact(s) on the environment (. significant environmental aspects).The organization shall document this information and keep it up to date.The organization shall ensure that the significant environmental aspects are taken into account in establishing. implementing and maintaining its environmental management system. Legal and other requirementsThe organization shah establish. implement and maintain a procedure(s)a} to identify and have access to the applicable legal requirements and other requirements to which the organization subscribes related to its environmental aspects. andb) to determine how these requirements apply to its environmental aspects.The organization shall ensure that these applicable legal requirements and other requirements to which the organization subscribes are taken into account in establishing. implementing and maintaining its environmental management system. Objectives. targets and programme(s)The organization shall establish. implement and maintain documented environmental objectives and targets. atrelevant functions and levels within the organization.The objectives and targets shall be measurable. where practicable. and consistent with the environmental policy. including the mitments to prevention of pollution. to pliance with applicable legal requirements and with other requirements to which the organization subscribes. and to continual improvement.When establishing and reviewing its objectives and targets. an organization shall take into account the legal requirements and other requirements to which the organization subscribes. and its significant environmental aspects. It shall also consider its technological options. its financial. operational and business requirements. and the views of interested parties.The organization shall establish. implement and maintain a programme(s) for achieving its objectives and targets. Programme(s) shall includea) designation of responsibility for achieving objectives and targets at relevant functions and levels of the organization. and b) the means and timeframe by which they are to be achieved. Implementation and operation Resources. roles. responsibility and authorityManagement shall ensure the availability of resoumes essential to establish. implement. maintain and improvethe environmental management system. Resources include human resources and specialized skills. organizational infrastructure. technology and financial resources.Roles. responsibilities and authorities shall be defined. documented and municated in order to facilitate effective environmental management.The organization39。 INTERNATIONAL STANDARDEnvironmental management systemsRequirements with guidance for use1 ScopeThis International Standard specifies requirements for an environmental management system to enable an organization to develop and implement a policy and objectives which take into account legal requirements and other requirements to which the organization subscribes. and information about significant environmental aspects. It applies to those environmental aspects that the organization identifies as those which it can control and those which it can influence. It does not itself state specific environmental performance criteria. This International Standard is applicable to any organization that wishes toa) establish. implement. maintain and improve an environmental management system.b) assure itself of conformity with its stated environmental policy.c) demonstrate conformity with this International Standard by 1) making a selfdetermination and selfdeclaration. or 2) seeking confirmation of its conformance by parties having an interest in the organization.