User Survey for ISO 14001 and ISO 14004

There are more than 440.000 organizations certified worldwide according to ISO 14001, with numbers increasing every year. In Austria the ISO 14001 certifications amount to over 2.200.

The aim of the survey is to develop an understanding of the needs of users and other interested target groups with regard to standards for environmental management systems in order to support the revisions of ISO 14001 and ISO 14004 as well as other related ISO standards. The survey considers key issues and perceived future challenges for environmental management, with the goal of continuous improvement.

Axel Dick, Executive Vice President Business Development Environment and Energy, CSR, Quality Austria, represents Austria in ISO/TC 207 SC1 and Head of Committee K226 at Austrian Standards Institute. The ISO User Survey ISO 14001 for the revision process ISO 14001:2015 has started. The survey will close on November 13^th 2021. Please use the following link:

The questionnaire is intended to be completed by individuals in organizations that have implemented ISO 14001 and/or ISO 14004 (users) as well as other individuals with other working knowledge or interest in ISO 14001 (e.g., certification bodies, regulatory agencies, academia, research institutions, trade associations, industry groups, and learned societies).

On average, the questionnaire should take no more than 20 minutes to complete and responses can be saved to return to at a later time. All responses will be confidential, and individual respondents will not be identified.

Thank you for your participation.