ISO 14001 environmental management system certification
An audited environmental management system: environmental aspects, legal obligations, objectives, operational control and review; used by data centre operators to manage energy, refrigerants, water, waste and noise.
- 5requirementsin our own words
- 0editions none dated yet
- 0places where it is a duty of 30 assessed
- 18 Oct 2026last checkedat the sources below
Where it applies
It is voluntary in the 30 places assessed. The outcome holds under the conditions shown and says nothing about any one site.
| Where | Outcome | Basis | Conditions | Authority and route |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All 30 places | Applies | Voluntary In force | None stated No law in this country requires it; customers, lenders or tenders decide. | Not stated |
What it asks for
5 requirements, each in our own words with the evidence an assessor would expect and who on a site usually owns it. Read the clause itself on the scheme owner's page.
| Requirement | Evidence expected | Owner | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keep a register of environmental legal obligations and evaluate compliance. | Legal register Record, checked by document review | EHS | Every year Management system, the organisation |
| Identify environmental aspects (energy, refrigerants, water, waste, noise, fuel). | Aspects register Record, checked by document review | EHS | Every year Management system, one site |
| Control refrigerant and fuel handling as significant aspects. | Gas and fuel logs Record, checked by document review | M&E lead | Continuous Management system, one site |
| Audit internally and review the system. | Audit and review records Record, checked by document review | Quality | Every year Management system, the organisation |
| Keep certification through surveillance audits. | Audit reports Certificate, checked by document review | Compliance manager | Each certification cycle Management system, the organisation |
About the programme
- Scheme owner
- ISO (standard); certificates issued by certification bodies
- Assessed by
- An accredited certification body
- Scope
- organisation or defined scope
- Levels
- single certificate (EMAS is a separate EU scheme)
- Certificate cycle
- Certificate valid for 3 years, surveillance every 1 year, recertification every 3 years
- Validity
- IAF MD 5 (hosted by EA) describes an initial three-year certification cycle with surveillance audits in between.
- Accreditation route
- National accreditation body under EA (Regulation (EC) 765/2008: one per Member State; certification bodies request accreditation in their own state)
- Recognised by
- EA MLA / IAF MLA signatories
- Who asks for it
- Public tenders, Wholesale and hyperscale customers, Enterprise and colocation customers, Regulator
- Where it is used
- global; German EnEfG accepts an environmental management system (EMAS or ISO 14001-based) for data centres
Sources
Official bodies behind this page, each with the date we last read it.
No official body publishes a page for this scheme. The scheme owner's own page, linked under About the programme, is where the clauses are published.
Not legal advice. Confirm each duty against the text itself.