Context of the organization is defined by ISO 9000:2015 as “combination of internal and external issues that can have an effect on an organization’s approach to developing and achieving its objectives”. In the context of QMS, issues that affect quality objectives.
Clause 4.1 of ISO 9001:2015 specifies “external and internal issues that are relevant to its purpose and its strategic direction and that affect its ability to achieve the intended result(s) of its quality management system”. The intent of the statements of both standards pertains to “issues affecting quality” – not the issues affecting the environment.
Auditors who relate climate change to the environmental aspects of organizations that can affect the environment have taken the intent of the QMS standards out of context
