ISO/IEC INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 17021-2 First edition 2016-12-01 Conformity assessment - Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems - Part 2: Competence requirements for auditing and certification of environmental management systems Evaluation de la conformité - Exigences pour les organismes procédant a I'audit et a la certification des systemes de management Partie 2: Exigences de compétence pour I'audit et la certification des systemes de management environnemental Reference number IS0/IEC 17021-2:2016(E) TE( @ IS0/IEC 2016 International Organization for Standardization IS0/IEC 17021-2:2016(E) COPYRIGHT PROTECTED DOCUMENT @ IS0/IEC 2016, Published in Switzerland All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or posting on the internet or an intranet, without prior written permission. Permission can be requested from either IsO at the address below or IsO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Ch. de Blandonnet 8 · CP 401 CH-1214 Vernier, Geneva, Switzerland Tel. +41 22 749 01 11 Fax +41 22 749 09 47 [email protected] www.iso.org ted without license from IHS IS0/IEC 17021-2:2016(E) Contents Page Foreword ..V Introduction ..vi 1 Scope. .1 2 Normative references 3 Terms and definitions 4 Generic competence requirements ..1 5 Competence requirements for EMS auditors. .2 5.1 .2 General, .2 5.2 Environmental terminology 5.3 .2 Environmental metrics .2 5.4 Environmental monitoring and measuring techniques. 5.5 Environmental aspects and impacts 2 .2 5.6 Life cycle perspective. 5.7 Environmental performance evaluation. 2 .2 5.8 Compliance obligations 5.9 Emergency preparedness and response. .3 5.10 Operational control. .3 5.11 Factors related to site. .3 5.12 Scope. 3 5.13 Communicated information. 5.14 Context of the organization .3 5.15 Risks and opportunities. Aspect-specific competence requirements for EMS auditing ..4 6 6.1 General. 4 6.2 Emissions to air. 6.2.1 General. .4 6.2.2 Gases, aerosols and particulate matter ..4 6.2.3 Operational control.. 4 6.2.4 Monitoring and measurement ..4 6.3 Releases to land . 4 6.3.1 General 4 6.3.2 Liquid or solid releases .4 6.3.3 Operational control. .5 6.3.4 Monitoring and measurement 6.4 Releases to water 5 6.4.1 General. 6.4.2 Surface and ground water 5 Operational control. .5 6.4.3 6.4.4 Monitoring and measurement 5 6.5 Uses of raw materials, energy and natural resources .5 6.5.1 Upstream management .5 6.5.2 Downstream management .6 Operational control. 6.5.3 .6 Monitoring and measurement 6.5.4 .6 6.6 Energy emitted.. 6.6.1 Sources of energy emissions. .6 6.6.2 Operational control ..6 6.6.3 Monitoring and measurement .6 6.7 Waste. 6.7.1 Sources of waste. .6 6.7.2 Operational control. .6 6.7.3 Monitoring and measurement ..7 iii Provided by IHS under license with ISO cense from IHS