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    List of External and Internal Issues - ISO 14001 - Version 1

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    This document lists external and internal issues that could impact an organization's ability to achieve ISO 14001 certification. Externally, it identifies technological, legal, economic, competition, cultural, and political issues such as increasing costs, stringent environmental laws, currency fluctuations, lack of public awareness, and changing government policies. Internally, it notes performance, knowledge, people, and culture issues within the organization like insufficient staffing, lack of top management support, budget constraints, and inadequate training.

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    This document lists external and internal issues that could impact an organization's ability to achieve ISO 14001 certification. Externally, it identifies technological, legal, economic, competition, cultural, and political issues such as increasing costs, stringent environmental laws, currency fluctuations, lack of public awareness, and changing government policies. Internally, it notes performance, knowledge, people, and culture issues within the organization like insufficient staffing, lack of top management support, budget constraints, and inadequate training.

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    This document lists external and internal issues that could impact an organization's ability to achieve ISO 14001 certification. Externally, it identifies technological, legal, economic, competition, cultural, and political issues such as increasing costs, stringent environmental laws, currency fluctuations, lack of public awareness, and changing government policies. Internally, it notes performance, knowledge, people, and culture issues within the organization like insufficient staffing, lack of top management support, budget constraints, and inadequate training.

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    List of External and Internal Issues - ISO 14001 - Version 1

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    DOCUMENT TITLE: LIST OF EXTERNAL AND ISSUES- ISO 14001

    External Issues
    Technological Issues Increasing cost of equipment due to
    weakening of the local currency against the
    dollar (Negative)
    High cost of new technologies related to
    environmental management (Negative)
    Rapid improvements in equipment
    technologies with respect to environmental
    management (Positive)
    Improvement in environmental technologies
    (Positive)

    Legal Issues Lawsuit from clients, neighbouring


    communities and NGOs (Negative)
    Increasing stringent environmental laws and
    regulation (Negative)
    High pollution fines (Negative)

    Economic Issues Shifting focus of customers and


    shareholders from fossil fuel (Negative)
    Weakening of the local currency(Positive/
    Negative)
    Increased tariff on the imports including
    equipment (Negative)
    High inflation rate (Negative)
    High unemployment leading increased
    crime rate (Negative)

    Competition Issues High barrier for new entrants (Positive)


    Ongoing price wars putting pressures in our
    resources (Negative)
    Increasing number of mergers within
    industry which is squeezing our profit
    margins (Negative)

    Cultural Issues Lack of awareness of the importance of


    energy management within the community
    we are operating (Negative)
    Difficulty in raising public awareness and
    understanding of our energy management
    efforts (Negative)
    Multi-language workforce (Negative)
    Poor culture of environmental management
    within the society (Negative)
    Low literacy levels within the society

    Political Issues Frequent changes in government policy


    positions (Negative)
    No coherent political will to tackle
    environmental issues due to economic and
    political considerations by government
    (Negative)
    Poor governmental structure for managing
    the environment (Negative)
    Conflicting government agencies
    responsible for environmental management
    (Negative)

    Internal Issues
    Performance/Knowledge/People/Culture Lack of awareness of people to ensure
    Issues successful implementation and
    maintenance of the standard. (Negative)
    Good number of staff with the required
    competence (Positive)
    Large number of young adults in the
    workforce (Negative)
    Aging Staff (Negative)
    Increasing incidence of fraud (Negative)
    Lack of understanding and support by top
    management (Negative)
    Lack of understanding and cooperation of
    process owners and staff (Negative)
    Lack of capability of the staff due to lack of
    training (Negative)
    Insufficient number of staff to manage
    energy management (Negative)
    Budgetary constraints due to the financial
    situation of the company (Negative)
    Inadequate provision of the latest
    technology due to lack of information
    (Negative)
    Increasing automation of the company’s
    processes (Positive)

    © Adeoye Soluade 01/08/2020

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