ISO 14001 requires top management to understand and engage with your organisation’s environmental management system.
The role of leadership in ISO Annex SL, the high-level structure and common text for all new and revised management system standards, provides organisations with an opportunity to drive business performance.
With Section 5 of Annex SL emphasising the importance of leadership, the organisations that will reap the greatest rewards from ISO 14001 certification are those with forward-thinking top management, who view this as a way to improve their environmental
performance.