ISO 14001-2004 Audit Checklist
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Organization/Location___Audit Type__ Auditor _ Date __ EMS DOCUMENTATION REVIEW & ON-SITE ASSESSMENT/AUDIT CHECKLIST ISO14001 REQUIREMENT/ELEMENT
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4.1 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS Has the organization established, documented, implemented, maintained and continually improved an EMS in accordance with requirements of ISO 14001:2004? Has it determined how it will fulfill these requirements?
Has the organization determined defined and documented the scope of its EMS? Annex: Has the organization: a) established an appropriate environmental policy? b) identified the environmental aspects arising from its past, existing or planned activities, products and services, in order to determine the environmental impacts of significance? c) Identified applicable legal requirements and other requirements to which it subscribes? d) identified priorities and set appropriate environmental objectives and targets?
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e) established a structure and program(s) to implement the policy and achieve objectives and meet targets?
f) facilitated planning, control, monitoring preventive and corrective actions, auditing and review activities to ensure both that the policy is complied with and that the environmental management system remains appropriate? g) is capable of adaptin adapting g to changes in circumstances?
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4.2 ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY Has the organization's top management defined the organization's environmental environmental policy to ensure this policy: a) Is appropriate to the nature, scale and environmental environme ntal impacts of its activities, products or services? b) Includes a commitment to continual improvement and prevention of pollution? c) Includes a commitment c ommitment to comply with relevant environmental environme ntal legislation and regulations, and with other requirements to which the organizatio organization n subscribes?
d) Provides the framework for setting and reviewing reviewin g environmental environmental objectives and targets?
e) Is documented, implemente implemented d and maintained and communicated to all employees? f) Is available to the public?
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Is the environmental policy defined and approved by the organization's top management?
Is the environmental policy sufficiently clear to be capable of being understood by internal and external interested parties?
Has the environmental policy been periodically reviewed and revised to reflect changing c hanging conditions and information? Is the area of application clearly identifiable?
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4.3 PLANNING 4.3.1 Environmental Aspects Has the organization established and maintained (a) procedure(s) that:
a) identified the "environmental aspects" of its activities, products, or services within the defined scope of the EMS that it can control and tho those se that it can influence, taking into account planned or new developments, or new or modified activities, products and services?
b) Determined those aspects that have or can have significant impact(s) on the environment (i.e., significant environmental aspects). Has the organization documented this information and kept it up to date?
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Has the organization ensured that the significant environmental aspects are taken into account in establishing, implementing and maintaining its EMS?
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Annex: Does the organization consider such environmental aspects as: a) emissions to air b) releases to water c) releases to land d) use of raw materials and natural resources e) use of energy
f) energy emitted e.g. heat, radiation, vibrations,
g) waste and by-products h) physical attributes, e.g. size, shape, color, appearance
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Has the organization established, implemented an maintained a procedure(s) to:
a) identify and have access to the applicable legal requirements and other requirements to which the organization subscribes related to its environmental aspects
b) determine how these requirements apply to its environmental aspects?
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Has the organization ensured that these applicable legal requirements and other requirements to which it subscribes are taken into account in establishing, implementing and maintaining its EMS?
Annex: Has the organization identified the legal requirements that are applicable to its environmentall aspects, including: environmenta a) national and in international ternational requ requirements? irements? b)state/provincial/departmental b)state/provincial/de partmental legal requirements? c) local govern government ment legal re requirements. quirements. During Contract Review, have the customer environmentall requirements been established and environmenta communicated to the Safety Director?
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4.3.3 Objectives, Targets and Programs
Has the organization established, implemented and maintained documented environmental objectives and targets at relevant functions and levels within the organization?
Are objectives and targets measurable, where practical, and consistent with the environmental policy, including commitments to prevention of pollution, compliance with applicable legal requirements and other requirements to which the organization subscribes, and continual improvement?
Has the organization taken into account the legal requirements and other requirements to which it subscribes and its significant environmental aspects? Has it also considered its technological options, its financial, operational and business requirements, and the views of interested parties? Has the organization established, implemented and maintained a program(s) for achieving its objectives and targets, including: EF5.5-01 Rev 8/29/05
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a) designation of responsibility for achieving objectives and targets at relevant functions and levels of the organization? b) The means and time-frame by which which they are to be achieved?
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Annex: Are objectives and targets specific and measurable where practical? Do they cov cover er short and long term issues? Does the program(s) include, where appropriate and practical, consideration of planning, design, production, marketing and disposal stages?
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4.4 IMPLEMENTATION & OPERATION 4.4.1 Resources, Roles, Responsibility and Authority Has the organization ensured the availability of resources essential to establish, implement, maintain and improve the EMS? Resources include human resources and specialized skills, organizational infrastructure, technology and financial resources?
Are roles, responsibilities and authorities been defined, documented and communicated in order to facilitate effective environment management?
Has the organization’s top management appointed a specific management representative who irrespective of other responsibilities shall have defined roles, responsibilities and authority for:
a) ensuring that EMS is established, implemented and maintained in accordance with the requirements of ISO 14001:2004? b) reporting to top management on the performance of the EMS for review, including recommendations for improvement?
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4.4.2 Competence, Training and Awareness Has the organization ensured that any person(s) performing tasks for it or on its behalf that have the potential to cause a significant environmental impact(s) identified by the organization is (are) competent on the basis of appropriate education, training or experience, and has it retained associated records?
Has the organization identified training needs, associated with its environmental aspects and its environmental management system? Has it provided training or taken other actions to meet these needs and retain associated records?
Has the organization established, implemented and maintained a procedure(s) to make persons working for it or on its behalf aware of:
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a) the importance of conformity wit the environmental policy and procedures and with the requirements of the EMS?
b) the significant environmental aspects and related actual or potential impacts associated with their work, and the environmental benefits of improved personal performance? c) their roles and responsibilities in achieving conformity with the requirements of the EMS? d) the potential consequences of departure from specified procedures? the environmental benefits of improved personal performance; c) their roles and responsibilities in achieving conformance with the environmental policy and procedures and with the requirements of the environmental management system including emergency preparedness and response requirements; d) the potential consequences of departure from specified operating procedures? Annex: EF5.5-01 Rev 8/29/05
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Are those persons whose work could cause significant environmental impact(s) identified by the organization competent to perform the tasks to which they are assigned?
Are training needs identified and actions taken to ensure the provision of training? Are all persons aware of the organization's environmental policy and EMS and the environmental aspects of the organization's activities, products and services that could be affected by their work?
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4.4.3 Communication With regard to its environmen environmental tal aspects and environmental environmen tal management system, has the organization established, implemented and maintained a procedure(s) for:
a) internal communication among the various levels and functions of the t he organization? b) receiving, documenting and responding to relevant communication from external interested parties? Has the organization organization decided whether to communicate externally about its significant environmental environmen tal aspects, and has decision been documented? If the decision is to communicate, has the organizatio organization n established and implemented a method(s) for this extern external al communication?
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Has the organization implemented a procedure for receiving, documenting and responding to relevant communications from interested parties? When considering external communication about environmental aspects, has the organization taken into consideration the views and information needs of all interested parties? parties? If the organizatio organization n decides to communicate externally on its environmental aspects, the organization may establish a procedure to do so.
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4.4.4 Documentation 1 Does the EMS documentation include: a) the environmental policy, objectives and targets? b) description of the scope of the EMS? c) description of the main elements of the EMS and their interaction and reference to related documents? d) documents, including records, required by this International Standard? e) documents, including records, determined by the organization to be necessary to ensure the effective planning, operation and control of processes that relate to its significant environmental aspects?
Annex Is the level of detail of the documentation sufficient to describe the EMS and how its parts work together, and to provide direction on where to obtain more detailed information on the operation of specific parts of the EMS?
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4.4.5 Control of Documents Are documents required by the EMS and by this International Standard controlled? Has the organization established, implemented and maintained a procedure(s) to: a) approve documents for adequacy prior to issue? b) review and update as necessary and reapprove documents?
c) ensure that changes the current revision status of documents areand identified? d) ensure that relevant versions of applicable documents are available at points of use? e) ensure that documents remain legible and readily identifiable? f) ensure that documents of external origin determined theoperation organization to environmental be necessary for the planningby and of the management system are identified and their distribution controlled? g) prevent the unintended use of obsolete documents and apply suitable identification to them if they are retained for any purpose?
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4.4.6 Operational Control
Has the organization identifiedwith andthe planned those operations that are associated identified significant environmental aspects consistent with its environmental policy, objectives and targets, in order to ensure that they are carried out under specified conditions, by
a) establishing, implementing and maintaining a documented procedure(s) to control situations where their absence could lead to deviation from the environmental policy, objectives and targets?
b) stipulating the operating criteria in the procedure(s)?
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c) establishing, implementing and maintaining procedures related to the identified significant environmental aspects of goods and services used by the organization and communicating applicable procedures and requirements to suppliers, including contractors?
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Annex: Has the organization evaluated those of its operations that are associated with its identified significant environmental aspects and ensure that they are conducted in a way that will control or reduce the adverse impacts associated with them, in order to fulfill the requirements of its environmental policy and meet its objectives and targets? This should include all parts of its operations, including maintenance activities.
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4.4.7 Emergency Preparedness and Response Has the organization established, implemented and maintained a procedure(s) to identify potential emergency situations and potential accidents that can have an impact(s) on the environment and how it will respond to them? Has the organization responded to actual emergency situations and accidents and prevented or mitigated associated adverse environmental impacts? Has the organization periodically reviewed and, where necessary, revised its emergency preparedness and response procedures, in particular, after the occurrence of accidents or emergency situations?
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Annex: In developing its procedure(s), has the organization considered:
a) the nature of on-site hazards, e.g.,flammable liquids, storage tanks and compressed gases, and measures to be taken in the event of spillages or accidental releases? b) the most likely type and scale of an emergency situation or accident?
c) the most appropriate method(s) for responding to an accident or emergency situation?
d) internal and external comm. plans? e) the action(s) required to minimize environmental damage?
f) mitigation and response action(s) to be taken for different types of accident or emergency situation?
g) the need for a process(es) for post-accident evaluation to establish and implement corrective and preventive actions?
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h) periodic testing of emergency response procedure(s)? i) training of emergency response personnel? j) a list of key personnel and aid agencies, agencies, including contact details (e.g. fire department, spillage clean-up services)? k) evacuation routes and assembly points? I) the potential for an emergency situation(s) or accident(s) at a nearby facility (e.g. plant, road, railway line)? m) the possibility of mutual assistance from neighboring organizations?
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4.5.1 Monitoring and Measuring
Has the organization established, implemented and maintained a procedure(s} to monitor and measure, on a regular basis, the key characteristics of its operations that can have a significant environmental impact.
Does the procedure(s} include the documenting of information to monitor performance, applicable operational controls and conformity with the organization's environmental objectives and targets?
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Has the organization ensured that calibrated or verified monitoring and measurement equipment is used and maintained and are associated records retained?
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4.5.2 Evaluation of Compliance 4.5.2.1 Consistent with its commitment to compliance, has the organization established, implemented and maintained a procedure(s) for periodically evaluating compliance with applicable legal requirements?
4.5.2.2 Has the organization evaluated compliance with other requirements to which it subscribes? The organization may wish to combine this evaluation with the evaluation of legal compliance referred to in 4.5.2.1 or to establish a separate procedure(s). Has the organization kept records of the results of the periodic evaluations? Annex:
Has the organization demonstrated that it has evaluated compliance with the legal requirements identified, including applicable permits or licenses? Has the organization demonstrated that it has evaluated compliance with the other identified requirements to which it has subscribed?
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4.5.3 Nonconformity, Corrective Action and Preventive Action
Has the organization established, and maintained a procedure(s) for implemented dealing with actual and potential nonconformity(ies) and for taking corrective action and preventive action? Has the procedure(s) defined requirements for:
a) identifying and correcting nonconformity(ies) and taking action(s) to mitigate their environmental impacts? b) investigating nonconformity(ies), determining their cause(s) and taking actions in order to avoid their recurrence? c) evaluating the need for action(s) to prevent nonconformity(ies) and implementing appropriate actions designed to avoid their occurrence? d) recordingaction(s) the results of corrective action(s) and preventive taken? e) reviewing the effectiveness of corrective action(s) and preventive action(s) taken? Are actions taken appropriate to the magnitude of the problems and the environmental impacts encountered?
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Has the organization ensured that any necessary changes are made to EMS documentation?
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4.5.4 Control of Records
Has the organization established and maintained records as necessary to demonstrate conformity to the requirements of its EMS and of this International Standard, and the results achieved? Has the organization established, implemented and maintained a procedure(s) for the identification, storage, protection, retrieval, retention and disposal of records? Has records remained legible, identifiable and traceable?
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4.5.5 Internal Audit Has the organization ensured that internal audits of the EMS are conducted at planned intervals to: a) determine whether the EMS conforms to planned arrangements for environmental management including the requirements of this International Standard, and has been properly implemented and is maintained?
b) provide information on the results of audits to management? Have audit program(s) been planned, established, implemented and maintained by the organization, taking into consideration the environmental importance of the operation(s) concerned and the results of previous audits?
Have audit procedure(s) been established, implemented and maintained that address: a) the responsibilities and requirements for planning and conducting audits, reporting results and retaining associated records? b) the determination of audit criteria, scope, frequency and methods? Has the selection of auditors and conduct of audits ensured objectivity and the impartiality of the audit process?
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4.6 Management Review Has top management reviewed the organization's EMS at planned intervals to ensure its continuing suitability, adequacy and effectiveness? Have reviews included assessing opportunities for improvement and the need for changes to the environmental management system, including the environmental policy and environmental objectives and targets? Have records of the management reviews been retained? Does input to management reviews include: a) results of internal audits and evaluations of compliance with legal requirements and with the requirements to which the organization subscribes? b) communication(s) from external interested parties, including complaints? c) the environmental performance of the organization? d) the extent to which objectives and targets have been met? e) status of corrective and preventive actions?
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f) follow-up actions from previous management reviews?
g) changing circumstances, including developments developme nts in legal and other requiremen requirements ts related to its environme environmental ntal aspects? h) recommendations for improvemen improvement? t? Have the outputs from management reviews included any decisions and actions related to possible changes to environmental policy, objectives, targets and other elements of the environmental environme ntal management system, s ystem, consistent with the commitment to continual improvement?
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Annex Has the management review covered the scope of the EMS, although not all elements of the EMS need to be reviewed at once and the review process may take place over a period of time?
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