6. Planning
6.1 General
The organization shall establish, implement and maintain the processes needed to meet the requirements in 6.1.1 to 6.1.4
When planning for the environmental management system, the organization shall consider:
-- the issues referred to in 4.1;
-- the requirements referred to in 4.2;
-- the scope of its environmental management system;
and determine the risks and opportunities, related to its:
-- environmental aspects (see 6.1.2)
-- compliance obligation (see 6.1.3)
-- other issues and requirement, identified in 4.1 and 4.2;
that need to be addressed to:
-- give assurance that the environmental management system can achieve its intended outcomes;
-- prevent, or reduce, undesired effects including the potential for external environmental conditions to affect the organization;
-- achieve continual improvement.
Within the scope of the environmental management system,the organization shall determine potential emergency situations,including those that can have
an environmental impact.
The organization shall maintain documented information of its:
-- risks and opportunities that need to be addressed;
-- processes needed in 6.1.1 to 6.1.4 to the extent necessary to have confidence they are carried out as planned.