[en] Over the past few years, it has become clear that both, the physical consequences of climate change and the transition to a climate-neutral economy pose risks to companies and must be managed accordingly. At the same time, around half a million sites belonging to companies and other organisations have ISO 14001-certified environmental management systems (ISO 2020). A further 12,000 sites also have EMAS certification (Europäische Kommission, 2021a). With this in mind, the study was set up to determine to what extent these and other environmental management standards contribute to the systematic management of climate-related risks. Building on this, it also examined how the question of how environmental management systems can be used in future to support or even safeguard the systematic management of climate-related risks. A number of options were reviewed, including amending the ISO 14001 standard or adding a climate-specific addendum to the ISO 14002 series. One of the purposes of this study is to augment the debate on the review of ISO 14001. The second part of the study focuses on small and medium-sized enterprises and public authorities that have implemented environmental management systems. It investigated whether these systems cover climate-related risks and, as a consequence, are able to influence such issues. A total of 40 EMAS environmental statements were analysed for this purpose.