This International Standard requires an organization to

• Establish an appropriate environmental policy.
• Identify the environmental aspects arising from the organizations past, existing or planned activities, products and services, in order to determine the environmental impacts of significance.
• Identify applicable legal requirements and other requirements, to which the organization subscribes.
• Identify priorities and set appropriate environmental objectives and targets.
  Establish a structure and a programme(s) to implement the policy and achieve objectives and meet targets.
• Facilitate planning, control, monitoring, preventive and corrective actions, auditing and review activities to ensure both that the policy is complied with and that the environmental management system remains appropriate.