EMS Auditing, SelfCertification and Management Review

EMS Audit Overview

EMS Audit Procedures

Plan
Complete Prepare Report

Conduct

Planning
Set audit objectives Determine audit scope ID audit team members

Audit Plan
Should be designed to be flexible to allow changes based on information collected during the audit and to ensure efficient use of resources.

Preparing the Audit

Audit team assignments Working documents Preliminary document review

Conducting the Audit

Hold opening meeting Collect audit evidence Develop audit findings Conduct closing meeting

Reporting
Preparation Content Distribution Document Retention

Completion
The audit is completed once all the activities defined in the audit plan have been concluded.
Management is responsible for reviewing audit results to assess the need for change. Then the process starts again...

Continual Improvement
Management must regularly review the EMS and audit results to ensure sustained improvement in environmental performance and compliance with changing regulations.

An organization must be committed to continual improvement of environmental performance so that its EMS continues to be effective and environmental aspects are always factored into business decisions.

Exercise 1A
Read candidate descriptions Group into teams, discuss candidates (each wants to be chosen) Choose Audit Team, identify lead auditor