Prior to the 2026 revision, climate change was addressed through an amendment issued in 2024, which required organizations to consider whether climate change was a relevant external issue in their organizational context analysis. In the latest revision, this has been fully incorporated into the standard's core content.
Two Dimensions Organizations Must Consider
The standard requires organizations to consider both mitigation — such as reducing greenhouse gas emissions from production processes — and adaptation — such as assessing the risk that intensifying natural disasters pose to the supply chain and facilities. Both dimensions must appear explicitly in the stakeholder and organizational-context analysis.
Impact on Setting Environmental Objectives
Organizations with mature environmental practices are beginning to embed measurable emissions-reduction targets — such as Science Based Targets-aligned goals — as concrete environmental objectives under clause 6.2, rather than as vague policy commitments with no indicators.
Recommendations for Thai Organizations
We recommend organizations start by compiling a Carbon Footprint for Organization inventory, following the guidelines of Thailand's Greenhouse Gas Management Organization (TGO), as a baseline, before integrating that data into the ISO 14001 planning process — positioning the organization for both international standards and upcoming government measures related to carbon credits.