AUDITING ISO 14001

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AUDITING ISO 14001

• Siarhei Darozhka
• Belarusan National Technical University, Minsk
• Lead Environmental Auditor
• Borki-Molo, BUP EM Course Teachers Conference,
• 29.06.2006

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ISO 14001 Standard of the Environmental
Management

• Based on Deming's management cycle
• Origin British standard BS 7750
• The international applied standard
• ISO 14001 only standard is audited
• ISO 14001 development versions1996/2004
• Connected with other ISO 14000 group standards

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Which issues must be audited?

• All standard requirements (17 clauses)
• Scope of audit (site location and full/separate
  processes)
• All types of organizations can be audited
• Discussed issue Integration with ISO 9001 and
  ISO 18001

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Schedule of Auditing

• Certification audit process
• - the period of certificate validity - 3
  years
• - surveillance audit must be done every year
• - corrective actions request
• - reporting (incl. non-conformances,
  opportunities for improvement, observation,
  repeat findings)
• Certification can be done by accredited body and
  must be registered (e.g. DAR, UKAS)

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Internal Audit

• Required by ISO 140012004 standard (4.5.5)
• Done by internal qualificated group or
  contractual organisation
• Evaluation of compliance with legislation and
  standard requirements
• Corrective actions requests
• Reporting to top-management

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Points to Pay Attention

• Compliance with legislation (confirmation of
  legal status of activity e.g. having positive
  conclusion of environmental expertise)
• Confirmation of wide implementation of Pollution
  Prevention principle
• Having real positive results from EMS Continual
  Improvement

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How to indicate improvement?

• Environmental Performance Indicators (water,
  energy consumption, emissions to the air,
  discharged water conditions, etc.)
• IMPORTANT Organisation must establish its own
  list of indicators and quantitive levels for them
  for demonstration compliance with improvement

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Example The Coca-Cola Environmental Key
Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Materials (sugar, metal, paper, cardboard, wood,
  ton/unit)
• Energy direct and indirect (electricity, fuel,
  natural gas, MJ/unit)
• Water (used, recycled, liters/unit)
• Emissions, effluents and waste
• Compliance (incident and fines, cases)
• Transport (fuel consumption, l/unit)

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Example The Coca- Cola KPIs
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The Main Issues During Auditing Process

• Environmental Policy
• Compliance with legislation (Laws) and evaluation
  of compliance (incl. own requirements)
• Correct recognizing of environmental aspects and
  its significance
• Establishing objectives, targets and
  environmental programmes based on significant
  aspects
• EMS documentation, work documentation,
  operational procedures
• Emergency situations preparedness
• Internal audit, preventive and corrective actions
• Management review

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Some auditing methods

• Plant tour
• Observation and evaluation of existing
  environmental performance
• Interviewing (studying of practice and mindset)
• Documentation revision (clarifying of common
  understanding of procedures)
• Job records
• Questionnaires, matrix

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Example Coca-Cola Bottlers audit questionnaire
TCCQS Ev 3 - The Environmental Management System
Requirements Global Audit Program
3.2 Management Responsibility
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Some requirements for Auditors

• Audits must be done by qualificated group of
  auditors (in the field of audit)
• Professionally (knowledge and skills in the
  branch)
• Correctly (auditor auditee relations)
• Ability to achieve the aims of audit
• Remember Our students are going to get both
  position as auditor or as auditee
  

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Thank you for attention!