4.5.4 Environmental Management System Audit

Standards and Overview

Purpose

To detail the programs and procedures for periodic audits of the environmental management system to determine whether the system conforms with the International Standard and provide information to management on performance.

Procedure

[enter-your-company-name-here] has established and maintains a program and procedures for the periodic auditing of the environmental management system. Each element of the environmental management system will be audited at least once every 12 months.

The purpose of the audit is to determine whether or not the environmental management system;

conforms to [enter-your-company-name-here]’s intentions for environmental management including the requirements of the International Standard AS/NZS14001, and
is properly implemented and maintained

The audit program and schedule have been developed to take into account the scale of the actual or potential environmental impact for any given activity.

Whenever an audit reveals an unexpected result or the measured impact has changed, the audit schedule is adjusted to changed to reflect the need for less or greater surveillance.

Changes to the audit schedule are approved by the Environmental Manager and top management before they are implemented.

The audit results are reviewed by the Environmental Management Committee and the Environmental Manager. The results of the audit and any proposed changes to objectives, targets, policy or procedures are presented to top management for further review.

Audit schedule

To ensure that sufficient resources are available in order to conduct thorough and accurate audits,the audit schedule is spread across the year. Each element is audited individually and may be scheduled with varying frequency.

The audit schedule is drawn up following the annual review of the management system and will reflect any changes, nonconformance or other concerns raised during the review process.

Click here to download a copy of the Internal Audit Schedule Form

Audit procedure

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4.5.4 Environmental Management System Audit