ISO 50001 is designed to help organisations establish the systems and processes necessary to improve energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions. It specifies the requirements for an energy management system to develop and implement policy and objectives, while taking into account significant energy aspects and legal requirements.

ISO 50001 is ideal for organisations that already have ISO 9001 – the world’s most established Quality Management standard – or the environmental management system (EMS) standard ISO 14001. This is because those systems are fully compatible and use the same methodology. Therefore, new documentation can be added to existing systems, and internal auditors can be up-skilled accordingly.

While, in theory, the environmental management system standard ISO 14001 can be used to manage energy in parallel with all other environmental impacts, its methodologies are not sufficient to deal adequately with the complexities of energy and carbon reduction – hence the need for ISO 50001. Organisations with ISO 9001 that have a top priority of improving energy management to reduce carbon emissions and/or minimal other environmental impacts may opt for ISO 50001, and may not need ISO 14001.

ISO 50001 enables you to drive down energy consumption and carbon emissions in a systematic way with greater management focus and commitment, establish, implement, maintain and improve an energy management system, train, raise awareness and provide continuity through changes of personnel, obtain certification of the EnMS or make a self-evaluation and self-declaration of conformance with the standard (see certification options below), demonstrate energy and carbon performance to key stakeholders such as staff, customers, suppliers and shareholders

We provide services:

• Carry out a gap analysis to identify what needs to be done to meet ISO 50001
• Help build an EnMS or upgrade an existing one to ISO 50001
• Train or mentor staff and internal auditors to ISO 50001
• Up-skill ISO 9001 or ISO 14001 internal auditors to ISO 50001
• Carry out an Investment Grade Energy Efficiency Audit to identify energy and carbon reduction opportunities.
• Help bring about the behavioural change needed to embed energy efficiency in your organisation.