ISO 14001:2015 Audit Guide and Checklist
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The ISO 14001:2015 Audit Guide and Checklist is designed as a theoretical journey through your organization following a Turtle Diagram methodology. The evidence-based questions start with management and flow through the path of a generic product through an organization. The questions have one objective – to provide you with a tool to achieve the value-added and sustainable EMS that you want.
Following 10 insightful chapters that will be sure to inspire creative ideas for your organization, you can dive into the evidence-based questions. Part One uses the Turtle Diagram Audit approach to examine the complete system. This includes questions about the conformity of the system to the standard along with dozens of Best Practice questions to help you better evaluate the effectiveness of the system. Audit Process questions are designed to help an internal auditor gather data that can improve the audit process itself.
Part Two covers questions based on individual process assessments. An EMS that is simply an overlay on the business is ineffective. If an Environmental Coordinator manages the environmental aspects of the business and everyone else is a bystander or barrier the objectives of the EMS will never be met. Therefore this checklist is designed by process to ensure that environmental aspects and impacts are identified and managed within the department where they exist.
The ISO 14001:2015 Audit Guide and Checklist offers:
1. A by process design that ensures Environmental Aspects and Impacts are identified and managed within the organization where they actually exist. 2. Help in planning and organizing process audits for your EMS effectively and documenting the results in a meaningful way. 3. A proven method to implement a sustainable and value-added EMS based on best practice.
Patrick Ambrose
Pat is the founder of SystemsThinking.Works and has been auditing, consulting on and teaching management systems for over 25 years. At SystemsThinking.Works he is supported by a small team with experience in quality management, project management, and six sigma in several industries including automotive, healthcare, consumer goods, and government.Pat wants to share not only ideas from his experiences in quality, auditing and management systems, but also what he’s most passionate about – critical thinking and systems thinking and how these can be applied to make organizations effective. It’s not just about getting ISO certification. It’s about thinking critically about what an organization needs and what the people responsible for making that happen need in order to make it happen.As a semi-retired grandfather of seven, SystemsThinking.Works and his ebooks are Pat’s way of putting everything he’s learned and experienced together in one place. It is there for the taking. Learn what you can and what you want. The outcomes from what you learn are up to you.
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ISO 14001:2015 Audit Guide and Checklist - Patrick Ambrose
ISO 14001:2015 AUDIT GUIDE AND CHECKLIST
Copyright 2016
Patrick Ambrose
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Second Edition
January 2016
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Table of Contents
An Introduction to ISO 14001:2015
Introduction to Process Based Auditing
The Audit Report
Documenting Evidence
Identification of Actions Required
The Word Process
As Used by ISO
Risk Based Approach
Customer Oriented Process
Introduction to This Checklist
Part 1: System Overview Assessment
Part 2: Individual Process Checklists
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Forward
Creation of this new guidebook and checklist was a result of many, many discussions with internal auditors, would be internal auditors and those responsible for the outcomes and value of internal audits. A common problem was the conflict between a desire to do process audits that are not driven by meaningless checklist questions, and the needs of auditors who often spend only a very small fraction of their time doing management system audits. It seemed that there was no getting away from some kind of resource that auditors could use to help them through their audits. Yet checklists had proven to be non-value added. The result is this book. The questions listed in this book are by definition a checklist, however the intent is that the questions will be used by the auditor, not asked of the auditee. The questions are those that the auditor must answer through the process of finding evidence. Then, based on the evidence they must determine the effectiveness of the system being audited. Many of the questions listed are ones that can be answered through observation. Many will be answered in conjunction with other information gathered during the audit. Other questions ask the auditor to make a value judgment. In this way it is hoped that auditors will have a guide, while enabling them to use a process approach when auditing. This book could not have been written without help, and I received a great deal of help from some very special people. My wife Patricia was my editor, proof reader, cheerleader and motivator. Without her constant support, I probably would not have finished this book. And, my son Devon reviewed it and provided editing and design. Devon is also knowledgeable and experienced in auditing environmental systems. He has a very sharp mind and I respect and appreciate his opinions.
And finally I would like to thank you, the user of this book. I sincerely hope you will use this book to provide your management with the information to achieve their goals and objectives, to effectively satisfy their customer’s expectations, and to provide their employees with a stable, interesting and exciting place to work.
Sincerely
Pat Ambrose
INTRODUCTION
There is an important consideration to make before choosing to use this checklist, and that is to determine your objective with regard to your ISO 14001 Environmental Management System. If you are looking for the easiest way to get ISO 14001 registered, or if your aim is to do the very minimum needed for conformance, this IS NOT the checklist for you. Every question included in this checklist is designed to promote best practice. The checklist is designed to provide value to organizations that have a desire to get their money’s worth and more out of their systems. The questions strive to help you develop and maintain a value added, effective and efficient Environmental Management System. This checklist will help your organization to satisfy your compliance requirements, stakeholder’s expectations and your organisation’s objectives. At no time does it dwell on the minimum. The interpretations of the requirements and the questions it drives are designed at all times to help create a best-in-class system. Certainly you have the right and I would expect that you will skip questions that you believe have no value to your organization. I would also expect that you will modify questions or even add additional questions of your own. I welcome your participation in this regard.
1.0 AN INTRODUCTION TO ISO 14001:2015
With this new International Standard, some of the clause structure and terminology in ISO 14001:2008, has been changed to improve alignment with other management systems standards. What in the language of ISO is (HLS) or common High-Level Structure?