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ISO 14001:2015 Internal Audit

Client / Site

Conducted on 

Prepared by

Location 

Personnel

Summary

4 Context of the organization

4.1 Understanding the organization and its context

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Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

The EMS scopes considers the following:

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

External and internal issues that are relevant to the organizations

purpose and its ability to achieve intended outcomes

Compliance obligations

Organizational units, functions and physical boundaries

Activities, products and services

Authority and ability to exercise control and influence

Determine relevant needs and expectations of interested parties

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

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N/A

4.3 Determining the scope of the environmental management system

EMS scope is documented and available to interested parties

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

4.4 Environmental management system

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5.1 Leadership and commitment

Top management is identified

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

Top management demonstrates leadership and commitment

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

Taking accountability for EMS effectiveness

Ensure EMS policy and objectives are established and are

compatible with strategic direction and context of organization

Ensures EMS is integrated into organization's business processes

Ensures resources are available

Communicates importance of effective EMS and of conforming to

its requirements

Ensures intended outcomes

Directing and supporting persons to contribute to the

effectiveness of the EMS

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Supports other relevant management roles to demonstrate their

leadership as it applies to their areas of respsonsibility

5.2 Environmental policy

Establish, implement and maintain an EMS policy

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

Appropriate to the purpose and context of the organization,

including the nature, scale and environmental impacts of its
activities, products and services.

Provides a framework for setting environmental objectives

Includes a commitment to the protection of the environment,

including the prevention of pollution and other specific
commitment(s) relevant to the context of the organization

Includes a commitment to fulfill its compliance obligations

Includes a commitment to continual improvement of the EMS to

enhance environmental performance

EMS Policy shall be maintained as documented information

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

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N/A

EMS Policy is available to interested parties

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

5.3 Organizational roles, responsibilities and authorities

Responsibilities and authorities for relevant roles are assigned and communicated
within the organization

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

Assign responsibility and authority to ensure EMS conforms to the ISO 14001:2015
standard

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

Assign responsibility and authority for reporting to top management the performance
of the EMS, including environmental performance

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

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6.1 Actions to address risks and opportunities

6.1.1 General

Determine if organization has established, implemented and maintains a process

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

Has the organization determined risks and opportunities related to its environmental
aspects

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

Has the organization determined risks and opportunities related to its compliance
obligations

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

Has the organization determined risks and opportunities related to other issues and
requirements such as interested parties and their relevant needs and expectations and
external and internal issues that are relevant to its purposes and its ability to achieve
the intended outcomes of the EMS

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

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Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

Verify documented information:

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

Risks and opportunities that need to be addressed

Processed needed in 6.1.1 to 6.1.4 to the extent necessary to have

confidence they are carried out as planned

6.1.2 Environmental Aspects

Determine environmental aspects

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

Determine significant environmental aspects (threats or opportunities) using

established criteria that have or can have significant environmental impact

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

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Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

Verify documented information:

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

Environmental aspects and associated environmental impacts

Criteria used to determine its significant environment aspects

Significant environmental aspects

6.1.3 Compliance obligations

Determine and have access to the compliance obligations to the organization related to
its environmental aspects

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

Determine how these compliance obligations apply to the organization

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

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Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

Verify documented information

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

6.1.4 Planning action

Organization shall plan to take action to address its significant environmental aspects,
compliance obligations and identified risks and opportunities

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

Organization shall plan how to integrate and implement the actions into its EMS
processes and evaluate the effectiveness of these actions

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

Were the organizations technological, financial, operational and financial

options/requirements considered

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

6.2 Environmental objectives and planning to achieve them

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organization's significant environmental aspects and associated compliance obligations

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

Environmental objectives shall be:

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

Consistent with the environmental policy

Measurable (if practicable)

Monitored

Communicated

Updated as appropriate

Verify documented information

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

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Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

What will be done

What resources will be required

Who will be responsible

When it will be completed

How the results will be evaluated, including indicators for

monitoring progress toward achievement of its measurable
environmental objectives

Organization shall consider how actions to achieve its environmental objectives can be
integrated into the organization's business processes

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

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7.1 Resources

Organization determined and provide needed resources

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

7.2 Competence

Organization shall determine necessary competence of person(s) doing work under its
control that affects its environmental performance and its ability to fulfill its compliance
obligations

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

Organization shall ensure that person(s) are competent on the basis of education,
training or experience

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

Organization shall determine training needs associated with its environmental aspects
and its EMS

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

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Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

Verify organization retains appropriate documented information as evidence of

competence

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

7.3 Awareness

People doing work under the organization's control are aware of

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

the environmental policy

the significant environmental aspects and related actual or

potential environmental impacts associated with their work

their contribution to the effectiveness of the EMS

the implications of not conforming with the EMS requirements,

including not fulfilling the organization's compliance obligations

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to communicate)

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

Verify how organization responds to relevant communications on its EMS

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

Verify retained documented information, as appropriate

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

7.5 Documented information

Verify documented information is identified and described

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

Verify appropriate format (i.e language, software version, graphics) and media (i.e.
paper, electronic)

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

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N/A

Verify documented information is available, suitable for use and is adequately protected

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

Verify documented information's distribution, access, retrieval and use

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

Verify documented information's storage and preservation

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

Verify retention and disposition

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

Verify control of changes

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

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N/A

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8.1 Operational planning and control

Determine organization has established operating criteria for the process(es)

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

Determine process controls that have been implemented

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

Verify the organization controls planned changes and reviews the consequences of
unintended changes, taking actions as needed

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

Verify outsourced processes are controlled or influenced

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

Verify controls are established in the design and development process

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

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Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

Communicate its relevant environmental requirement(s) to external providers, including

contractors

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

Verify the organization's consideration of the need to provide information about

potential significant environmental impacts associated with the transportation or
delivery, use, end-of-life treatment and final disposition of its products and services

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

Verify documented information

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

8.2 Emergency preparedness and response

Verify the organization has established, implemented and maintained a process(es) for
potential emergency situations

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

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N/A

prepares to respond to prevent or mitigate adverse

environmental impacts from emergency situations

responds to actual emergency situations

takes action to prevent or mitigate the consequences of

emergency situations

periodically tests the planned response actions, where practicable

periodically reviews and revises the process(es) and planned

response actions, in particular after the occurrence of an
emergency situation or test

provided relevant information and training to relevant interested

parties, including persons working under its control

Verify documented information

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

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9.1 Monitoring, measurement, analysis and evaluation

Verify organization is monitoring, measuring, analyzing and evaluating its

environmental performance

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

Verify that calibrated or verified monitoring and measurement equipment is used and
maintained, as appropriate

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

Determine how the organization evaluates its environmental performance and the
effectiveness of the EMS

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

Verify how the organization communicates relevant environmental performance

information both internally and externally as identified by its communication
process(es) and as required by its compliance obligations

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

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Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

Verify organization has:

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

determined the frequency that compliance will be evaluated

evaluated compliance and take action if needed

maintained knowledge and understanding of its compliance

status

Review retained appropriate documented information

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

9.2 Internal audit

Verify audits are conducted at planned intervals

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

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Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

Verify the importance of the environmental process, changes affecting the organization
and the results of previous audits are considered

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

Verify audit criteria and scope are created for each audit

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

Auditors are objective and impartial

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

Audit results reported to relevant management

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

Review retained documented information

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

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Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

Verify management review includes:

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

status of actions from previous management reviews

changes in external and internal issues relevant to the EMS

changes in the needs and expectations of interested parties,

including compliance obligations

changes in its significant environmental aspects

changes in risks and opportunities

the extent to which environmental objectives have been achieved

information on the organization's environmental performance,

including trends in

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monitoring and measurement results

fulfilment of its compliance obligations

audit results

adequacy of resources

relevant communication(s) from interested parties, including

complaints

opportunities for continual improvement

Outputs of management review shall include:

conclusions on the continuing suitability, adequacy and

effectiveness of the EMS

decisions related to continual improvement opportunities

decisions related to any need for changes to the EMS, including

resources

actions, if needed, when environmental objectives have not been

achieved

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any implications for the strategic direction of the organization

Verify retained documented information

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

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10.1 General

10.2 Nonconformity and corrective action

Verify how organization reacts to nonconformity by evaluating actions taken to control

and correct it and how the organization deals with the consequences

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

Determine what actions are taken to prevent nonconformity from recurring

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

Verify implemented actions and their effectiveness

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

Verify retained documented information that provides evidence of the nature of the
nonconformity and any subsequent actions taken and the results of any corrective
actions

Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

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Meets requirement Non-conformance Improvement Opportunity

N/A

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