This review gives climate change its own short table, recording how each impact affects your management system and your interested parties, and what is already in place.

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Further Reading

Further guidance on climate change and context:

• Climate Change in ISO Management Systems
• ISO 9001 Clause 4.1 - Understanding the Organisation and Its Context
• ISO 9001 Clause 4.2 - Understanding the Needs and Expectations of Interested Parties
• Environmental Management knowledge base

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Climate Change Review Template

The Climate Change Review is a Word template for reviewing whether climate change is a relevant issue for your organisation and how it affects your management system. Each climate change impact or risk is recorded with its relevance to the management system, its relevance to interested parties, and the controls in place or actions required.

The IMS1 manual covers climate change in section 1.3 Context of the Organisation and refers to this review where a more detailed record is wanted.

What's Included in this Review

• Reviewed By and Date Reviewed - a header row to record who completed the review and when
• Climate Change Impact / Risk - each impact or risk climate change could bring to the business
• Impact / Relevance to Management System - how it could affect your operations and management system
• Impact / Relevance to Interested Parties - how it could affect customers, suppliers, workers and others
• Current Controls in Place / Any Actions Required - what you already have in place and anything still to do
• Notes - any other considerations not covered above

Built for Clauses 4.1 and 4.2 of the ISO Standards

• Records whether climate change is a relevant issue, as added to clauses 4.1 and 4.2 by the 2024 amendments to the ISO management system standards
• Considers the effect on interested parties as well as on the organisation
• Links each impact to the controls in place or the actions required
• Gives a dated record that can be reviewed alongside your context and risks

Who Needs a Climate Change Review?

Organisations working towards or maintaining ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 or another ISO management system standard need to determine whether climate change is relevant to them. Climate change can be covered within the SWOT and PESTLE review, and this template suits organisations that want a separate, more detailed record.

Sample Data Version for Subscribers

Completed examples are available with an alphaZ subscription including: a review covering impacts such as extreme weather, rising temperatures, water and material resources, energy sources, emissions, climate-related regulations and changing demand for products and services.

Pairs with the Opportunities and Risks Register

Climate change is also considered in the SWOT and PESTLE review on the F-IMS23 Opportunities and Risks Register, with the relevant requirements of interested parties recorded on the F-IMS22 Interested Parties Register. Environmental impacts in detail are assessed on the F-IMS60 Environmental Aspects and Impacts Register, and the F-IMS62 Carbon Management Plan sets out your carbon position and reduction plan.

Included in the ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, ISO 22301 and ISO 37001 Toolkits

This review is part of the ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, ISO 22301 and ISO 37001 toolkits, including the integrated toolkits that combine them.

Using the Review

Start with the impacts most likely to reach your business, such as severe weather affecting premises, deliveries and travel, or changing energy and material costs. For each, note how it could affect your operations and the people you work with, then record the controls already in place, such as continuity arrangements or temperature controls, and any action still needed. Review it alongside your context and risks at management review, and record the reviewer and date each time.