The standard specifies requirements for an environmental management system to enable an organization to develop and implement (or enforce) a policy and objectives that take into account legal and other requirements to which the organization subscribes, as well as information about significant environmental aspects. The standard applies to those environmental aspects that the organization identifies that it can control itself and to those aspects that it can influence. It is applicable to any organization that wishes to establish, implement, maintain and improve an environmental management system to ensure that it complies with its stated environmental policy and to demonstrate compliance with the standard EN ISO 14001:2015.