Measuring and Improving the Leadership and Planning Criteria According to the ISO 14001:2026 Environmental Management System Standard: A Case Study at Imam Ali (AS) Hospital in Baghdad

• Hakeem Abdul Wahid Mohammed

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This study aims to assess and improve the "Leadership" and "Planning" criteria in accordance with the ISO 14001:2026 Environmental Management System (EMS), standard at Imam Ali Hospital in Baghdad. It seeks to evaluate the extent to which the requirements for these criteria are met, determine implementation rates and the magnitude of gaps for each criterion, and propose mechanisms and operational procedures to enhance the hospital's current state and facilitate the successful implementation of leadership and planning indicators under the environmental management system. The study addresses the problem of inadequate implementation of the "EMS" and a lack of compliance with the requirements for the leadership and planning components of the standard, as well as a lack of knowledge regarding the appropriate mechanisms and procedures needed for successful implementation. To collect the required data, checklists were developed to measure the documentation and implementation of the indicators for the two standards. Data analysis involved the use of statistical methods to calculate the weighted arithmetic mean, the implementation percentage, and the magnitude of the gap. The results revealed significant gaps between the hospital's current status and the standard requirements; the gap magnitude was 55.5% for the Leadership standard and 51.5% for the Planning standard. The study recommends implementing operational mechanisms and procedures to narrow these gaps, improve implementation rates, and meet the requirements necessary to achieve an environmental management system.

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