DOCUMENT TITLE: LIST OF EXTERNAL AND ISSUES- ISO 14001

External Issues
Technological Issues Increasing cost of equipment due to
weakening of the local currency against the
dollar (Negative)
High cost of new technologies related to
environmental management (Negative)
Rapid improvements in equipment
technologies with respect to environmental
management (Positive)
Improvement in environmental technologies
(Positive)

Legal Issues Lawsuit from clients, neighbouring

communities and NGOs (Negative)
Increasing stringent environmental laws and
regulation (Negative)
High pollution fines (Negative)

Economic Issues Shifting focus of customers and

shareholders from fossil fuel (Negative)
Weakening of the local currency(Positive/
Negative)
Increased tariff on the imports including
equipment (Negative)
High inflation rate (Negative)
High unemployment leading increased
crime rate (Negative)

Competition Issues High barrier for new entrants (Positive)

Ongoing price wars putting pressures in our
resources (Negative)
Increasing number of mergers within
industry which is squeezing our profit
margins (Negative)

Cultural Issues Lack of awareness of the importance of

energy management within the community
we are operating (Negative)
Difficulty in raising public awareness and
understanding of our energy management
efforts (Negative)
Multi-language workforce (Negative)
 Poor culture of environmental management
within the society (Negative)
Low literacy levels within the society

Political Issues Frequent changes in government policy

positions (Negative)
No coherent political will to tackle
environmental issues due to economic and
political considerations by government
(Negative)
Poor governmental structure for managing
the environment (Negative)
Conflicting government agencies
responsible for environmental management
(Negative)

Internal Issues
Performance/Knowledge/People/Culture
Issues
Lack of awareness of people to ensure
successful implementation and
maintenance of the standard. (Negative)
Good number of staff with the required
competence (Positive)
Large number of young adults in the
workforce (Negative)
Aging Staff (Negative)
Increasing incidence of fraud (Negative)
Lack of understanding and support by top
management (Negative)
Lack of understanding and cooperation of
process owners and staff (Negative)
Lack of capability of the staff due to lack of
training (Negative)
Insufficient number of staff to manage
energy management (Negative)
Budgetary constraints due to the financial
situation of the company (Negative)
Inadequate provision of the latest
technology due to lack of information
(Negative)
Increasing automation of the company’s
processes (Positive)

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