ISO 14001:2015 iyindlela yamahhala ethandwa kakhulu ekwenzeni ukuthi kube nokufanele kwezidingo zemvelo zokuphatha okuphelele (EMS). Iyathuthukisa indlela yokuthi izifundo zibhekwe kanye nokuphatha izimpilo zezemvelo zabo, zithuthukise izimpilo zezemvelo zabo, futhi ziqinisekise ukuthi zihlale phambili nezinye izigaba zemvelo.
Isiqondiso siyisisekelo kusukela ku-Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle, okuyinto kubonisa ukusetshenziswa kwezinhlelo zokulungisa okwenziwe, ukwenza izinto zokufinyelela ezifana nazo, ukubheka nokuphakamisa isenzo, futhi ukwakha okwenziwe kahle kwe-EMS.
I-ISO 14001:2015 iyatholakala kwezinhlangano zonke ezimbonini kanye nezinhlangano, futhi kungaba yinto enikezwe abasebenzi abasha kanye nabasha. Ukutholakala kwesimo kuyathembisa ukuthuthukiswa kwesimo sokulawula okulula, kanye nokusiza ukulungisa imvelo yakho, ukulahlekelwa kwamakhulu, futhi ukukhuthaza ekuphatheni emakethe.