The transitional change on the implementation of iso 14001: 2015 in Copper Ore Mill - Case study

Abstract

The transition process of implementation standard for environmental management system (EMS) ISO 14001 :2015 lasts for three years, requiring every organization to adopt the latest version by September 2018. The objectives of this research is to describe and analyze the stages done by copper ore mill. This research used a concept analysis method, which focused on and could be basically defined to examine the basic elements of widely used concept to clarify ISO 14001 :2015 standards characteristics and relations. The result of this research provide a conceptual framework based on the standard of ISO 14001:2015 - EMS: Requirements with Guidance for Use, where this framework consists of steps to design the transition change from EMS ISO 14001 :2004 to its 2015 new version. The description of every step is expected to give understanding and model for organizations that must conduct transition and for the ones that will start implementing the EMS.