graph TD
SIG["⭐ Significant<br/>Aspects"]
WHY["🎯 Drives Controls<br/>and Objectives"]
CTRL["🎛️ Operational<br/>Controls"]
OBJ["📈 Environmental<br/>Objectives"]
CRIT["📋 Common<br/>Criteria"]
SEV["⚠️ Severity and<br/>Frequency"]
REG["🏛️ Regulatory and<br/>Stakeholder Concern"]
METHOD["📊 Scoring<br/>Matrices"]
LIFE["♻️ Lifecycle<br/>Leverage"]
AUD["✅ Transparent and<br/>Documented"]
SIG --> WHY
WHY --> CTRL
WHY --> OBJ
SIG --> CRIT
CRIT --> SEV
CRIT --> REG
SIG --> METHOD
METHOD --> LIFE
SIG --> AUD
style SIG fill:#4A90E2,color:#fff,stroke:#333,stroke-width:2px
style WHY fill:#7ED321,color:#000,stroke:#333,stroke-width:2px
style CRIT fill:#F5A623,color:#000,stroke:#333
style METHOD fill:#BD10E0,color:#fff
style AUD fill:#50E3C2,color:#000
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Key takeaways
- Determining significant aspects drives controls, monitoring, training, and objectives.
- ISO 14001 prescribes no specific methodology, so organizations define their own criteria.
- Common criteria include severity, frequency, regulatory exposure, stakeholder concern, reversibility, and scale.
- Lifecycle leverage means upstream choices can outweigh downstream controls in significance.
- Significance determination must be transparent, repeatable, and documented to satisfy auditors.
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