ISO/DIS 45001:2026
Clause 5: Leadership and worker participation – ISO/DIS 45001:2026

ISO/DIS 45001:2026 5.2: OH&S policy

What does 5.2 require?

Top management sets an OH&S policy that suits the organization's purpose, size and context and the kind of OH&S risks and opportunities it faces, and that gives a framework for objectives. It must commit to meeting applicable requirements, to continual improvement, to encouraging workers below management level, and their representatives, to be consulted and take part, to healthy and safe working conditions that keep work from harming people and that support well-being, and to eliminating hazards and reducing risk. New in the draft, the policy carries a commitment that top management will act as a role model. The policy is kept as documented information, communicated inside the organization and made available to interested parties as appropriate.

Maintained by Gerard Blokdyk

What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 2 controls across 2 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

ISO 14001:2015 · 1 control

  • 5.2 Environmental policy

ISO 45001:2018 · 1 control

  • 5.2 OH&S policy

Every mapping shown was judged rather than inferred from wording similarity, and the ones that failed review are published too. See the coverage reports and what was rejected.

Other controls in Clause 5: Leadership and worker participation – ISO/DIS 45001:2026

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