Updation on ISO 9001 and ISO 14001

1.  ISO 9001 –Quality Management System standard is under revision. The revised standards versioned ISO 9001:2015 is scheduled to be released by end of 2015. Pl check the following link for details- http://www.iso.org/iso/home/standards/management-standards/iso_9000/iso9001_revision.htm
2.      ISO 14001- Environmental Management System standard is also under revision. The revised standards versioned ISO 14001:2015 is scheduled to be released by September 2015. Pl check the following link for details- http://www.iso.org/iso/home/standards/management-standards/iso14000.htm
3.  The major change in ISO 9001 on revision to the 2015 version would be the introduction of risk management. This would mean that the organizations need to evaluate quality, environmental, and health and safety risks. QMS, EMS, and OHSMS require risk evaluation within the organization with controls in place for the highest risk items. The new ISO 9001, scheduled to be released in 2015, will require risk evaluation for quality within the organization
4.  In the revised ISO 9001:2015 standards, there is a much welcomed and long needed focus for the quality policy and business objectives to be in alignment with the overall strategic direction of the organization. A much greater emphasis is placed on managing a business with all its intricacies rather than simply product quality
5.   Karnataka State Pollution Control Board has launched a Software for accepting consent applications for Green category organizations.- Refer http://kspcb.kar.nic.in/OM_04042015.pdf