ISO 27001 and Climate Change: Understanding the Connection As part of the updating that took place to ISO27001, two sentence were added to clause 4. These sentences are "The organization shall determine whether climate change is a relevant issue" and "Relevant interested parties can have requirements related to climate change". Organisations are increasingly recognising the importance of addressing climate change as part of their overall risk management strategy and the inclusion in the standard reflects the growing understanding that environmental factors can have on an organisation's [...]