ISO 14090:2019
ISO 14090 requirements and guidance for adapting an organisation to climate change: pre-planning capability and interested parties, comprehensive impact and opportunity assessment with documented uncertainty, adaptive capacity gaps, an adaptation plan embedded in strategy with lifespan-matched decisions and documented actions, top-management-led implementation, monitoring and evaluation with indicators, and accurate reporting backed by a free public report.
ISO 14090:2019 is a compliance framework from International with 6 domains and 25 controls. The largest domains are Clause 7: Adaptation planning – ISO 14090:2019 (11 controls), Clause 6: Assessing climate change impacts including opportunities – ISO 14090:2019 (6 controls), Clause 10: Reporting and communication – ISO 14090:2019 (2 controls). Every control below carries what it requires and what an assessor expects to see.
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Framework Domains (6)
Clause 10: Reporting and communication – ISO 14090:2019
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| iso-14090-2019::10a | Make adaptation communications accurate, clear in scope, not misleading and updated |
| iso-14090-2019::10b | Back every external communication with a freely accessible adaptation report |
Clause 5: Pre-planning – ISO 14090:2019
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| iso-14090-2019::5a | Assess the organisation's capability to carry out the adaptation process |
| iso-14090-2019::5b | Document capability gaps, programme the work, commit resources and plan engagement with interested parties |
Clause 6: Assessing climate change impacts including opportunities – ISO 14090:2019
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| iso-14090-2019::6.1a | Assess how climate change may affect activities, products and services, comprehensively and by competent people |
| iso-14090-2019::6.1b | Assess climate trends, document sources, identify opportunities and the most important impacts, and keep the assessment current |
| iso-14090-2019::6.2 | Choose impact assessment methods suited to the organisation's needs |
| iso-14090-2019::6.3 | Assess existing adaptive capacity and document the gap to what is required |
| iso-14090-2019::6.4 | Identify the opportunities climate change creates and any trade-offs |
| iso-14090-2019::6.5 | Document uncertainties, the methods and assumptions used to handle them, and their effect on results |
Clause 7: Adaptation planning – ISO 14090:2019
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| iso-14090-2019::7.1a | Assemble an adaptation plan, set priorities and embed adaptation in policies, strategies and plans |
| iso-14090-2019::7.1b | Include timing, prioritised early actions, lifespan trends, updating and impacts of choices when establishing adaptation policy |
| iso-14090-2019::7.2 | Identify the policy, strategy and planning context and systemic interdependencies |
| iso-14090-2019::7.3.1 | Decide at the right level of governance and competence, from reliable information, with feedback and learning |
| iso-14090-2019::7.3.2-3 | Draw on the full range of adaptation actions and decision approaches |
| iso-14090-2019::7.3.4 | Assess options over the lifespan of the decision's consequences and match capability to it |
| iso-14090-2019::7.4.1 | State the required content of the adaptation plan |
| iso-14090-2019::7.4.2-5 | Define the plan's scope, system boundaries, baselines, climate information and impacts |
| iso-14090-2019::7.4.6 | State current and required adaptive capacity in the plan and manage with an approach matched to complexity |
| iso-14090-2019::7.4.7 | Document each adaptation action with objective, description, indicators and timescales |
| iso-14090-2019::7.4.8-9 | Build implementation, monitoring and evaluation, reporting and interested party activities into the plan |
Clause 8: Implementation – ISO 14090:2019
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| iso-14090-2019::8.1 | Top management leads, commits to and is accountable for implementation |
| iso-14090-2019::8.2 | Prepare an implementation plan with processes, contingencies, adjustment and demonstrated capability |
Clause 9: Monitoring and evaluation – ISO 14090:2019
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| iso-14090-2019::9a | Prepare a monitoring and evaluation plan and act on its results |
| iso-14090-2019::9b | Determine and describe indicators covering delivery and long-term outcomes |
What is ISO 14090:2019 and who does it apply to?
ISO 14090:2019 is a compliance framework from International with 6 domains and 25 controls. ISO 14090 requirements and guidance for adapting an organisation to climate change: pre-planning capability and interested parties, comprehensive impact and opportunity assessment with documented uncertainty, adaptive capacity gaps, an adaptation plan embedded in strategy with lifespan-matched decisions and documented actions, top-management-led implementation, monitoring and evaluation with indicators, and accurate reporting backed by a free public report. It is used by organisations to establish and maintain compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.
What does ISO 14090:2019 actually require?
ISO 14090:2019 has 25 controls organised across 6 domains. The largest domains are Clause 7: Adaptation planning – ISO 14090:2019 (11 controls), Clause 6: Assessing climate change impacts including opportunities – ISO 14090:2019 (6 controls), Clause 10: Reporting and communication – ISO 14090:2019 (2 controls). Each control defines specific requirements that organisations must implement to achieve compliance.
If I already comply with another framework, how much of ISO 14090:2019 do I already cover?
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