ISO 14001 2004

INTERNAL AUDIT PROGRAM

Introduction to our Environmental Management Audit Program

ISO 14001 Environmental Management Audit

Introduction to ISO 14001 Audit Program

Our Audit Program is made up of four programs:

  1. ISO 14001 Compliance Audit Program
  2. ISO 14001 Policy Audit Program
  3. ISO 14001 Procedures Audit Program
  4. ISO 14001 Records Audit Program

Each of these four programs will be discussed below.

We begin with a table of contents. It shows how we've organized our ISO 14001 Internal Audit Program. While the content of each program
is different, the following material shows that each one of our four audit programs is organized in the same way.

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ISO 14001 2004 INTERNAL AUDIT PROGRAM
TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
PART INTRODUCTION PAGE
1 Introduction to ISO 14001 4
2 Introduction to Audit Program 5
A ISO 14001 COMPLIANCE AUDIT PROGRAM 11
1 Compliance Audit Procedure 11
2 Compliance Audit Profile 12
3 Compliance Audit Questions SAMPLE
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4 Compliance Audit Scores 49
5 Compliance Audit Summary 50
6 Compliance Audit Conclusions 51
7 Compliance Audit Recommendations 52
8 Compliance Audit Implementation Record 53
B ISO 14001 POLICY AUDIT PROGRAM 54
1 Policy Audit Procedure 54
2 Policy Audit Profile 55
3 Policy Audit Questions 56
4 Policy Audit Scores 59
5 Policy Audit Summary 61
6 Policy Audit Conclusions 62
7 Policy Audit Recommendations 63
8 Policy Audit Implementation Record 64
C ISO 14001 PROCEDURES AUDIT PROGRAM 65
1 Procedures Audit Procedure 65
2 Procedures Audit Profile 66
3 Procedures Audit Questions 67
4 Procedures Audit Scores 73
5 Procedures Audit Summary 75
6 Procedures Audit Conclusions 76
7 Procedures Audit Recommendations 77
8 Procedures Audit Implementation Record 78
D ISO 14001 RECORDS AUDIT PROGRAM 79
1 Records Audit Procedure 79
2 Records Audit Profile 80
3 Records Audit Questions 81
4 Records Audit Scores 89
5 Records Audit Summary 91
6 Records Audit Conclusions 92
7 Records Audit Recommendations 93
8 Records Audit Implementation Record 94
E LICENSE AGREEMENT AND CONTACT INFORMATION 95
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ISO 14001 Compliance Audit Program

Overview of ISO 14001 Compliance Audit Program
Our Compliance Audit Program uses questions to list the ISO 14001 environmental management system requirements. Like ISO’s six sets of requirements, our Audit Program consists of six questionnaires:

4.1  Systemic Audit Questionnaire
4.2  Policy Audit Questionnaire
4.3  Planning Audit Questionnaire
4.4  Operational Audit Questionnaire
4.5  Checking Audit Questionnaire
4.6  Review Audit Questionnaire

Our audit starts with section 4.1 because ISO's requirements start there.

Two answers are possible for each question: YES or NO. YES answers mean you’re in compliance with the standard and NO answers mean you’re not in compliance. NO answers point to compliance problems (also known as nonconformities or noncompliances).

Once you’ve answered all the compliance audit questions, you’re ready to summarize your audit, calculate compliance scores, draw general audit conclusions, and make and implement recommendations to address your compliance problems.
 

ISO 14001 Policy Audit Program

Overview of ISO 14001 Policy Audit Program
Our ISO 14001 Policy Audit covers the following topics:
  1. Management
  2. Documentation
  3. Usability
  4. Training
  5. Implementation
  6. Changes

Start by selecting a policy that you want to audit. Then prepare your Policy Audit Profile. Before you begin answering policy audit questions, please record the name of this policy at the top of the Policy Audit questionnaire. This will help to maintain the focus of your audit.

Three response options are provided: YES, NO, and N/A. NO answers point to policy performance problems, YES answers identify positive areas, while
N/A responses identify questions that are not applicable in your situation.

Once you’ve answered all the audit questions, you’re ready to summarize your internal audit, calculate policy performance scores, draw general audit conclusions, and make and implement recommendations to address your policy performance problems.

ISO 14001 Procedures Audit Program

Overview of ISO 14001 Procedures Audit Program
Our ISO 14001 Procedures Audit covers the following topics:
  1. Management
  2. Documentation
  3. Content
  4. Compliance
  5. Usability
  6. Training
  7. Control
  8. Records
  9. Changes

Start by selecting a procedure that you want to audit. Then prepare your Procedures Audit Profile. Define the scope of your audit, identify the participants, and prepare a brief audit plan.

Before you begin answering procedures audit questions, please record the name of this procedure at the top of the Audit questionnaire. This will help auditors to maintain the focus of their audit.

Three response options are provided: YES, NO, and N/A. NO answers point to procedural performance problems, YES answers identify positive areas, while N/A responses identify questions that are not applicable in your situation.

Once you’ve answered all the audit questions, you’re ready to summarize your audit, calculate procedural performance scores, draw general audit conclusions, and make and implement recommendations to address your procedural performance problems.

ISO 14001 Records Audit Program

Overview of ISO 14001 Records Audit Program
Our Records Audit Program is partly based on the ISO 15489-1 records management standard and covers the following topics:
  1. Management
  2. Initiation
  3. Recording
  4. Revisions
  5. Access
  6. Maintenance
  7. Retention
  8. Destruction
  9. Reporting
  10. Usability
  11. Authenticity
  12. Protection
  13. Continuity
  14. Training
  15. Auditing
  16. Compliance

Start by selecting a set of records. Our Audit Program can be used to audit virtually any type of record keeping system. Examples that you may wish to consider include the following: training records, planning records, production records, measurement records, audit records, manufacturing records, management review records, and process records.

Once you’ve chosen which records to audit, you’re ready to prepare your Records Audit Profile. Specify the scope of your audit, its location, the participants, and prepare a brief audit plan.

Before you begin answering record keeping audit questions, please enter the name of the records being audited at the top of the audit questionnaire. This will help to ensure that the focus of the internal audit is maintained. Three response options are provided: YES, NO, and N/A. NO answers point to record keeping performance problems, YES answers identify positive areas, while N/A responses identify questions that are not applicable.

Once you’ve answered all the audit questions, you’re ready to summarize your audit, calculate record keeping performance scores, draw general audit conclusions, and make and implement recommendations to address your record keeping performance problems.

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ISO 14001 2004 Internal Audit Program looks like.
This example is taken from our Compliance Audit Program.

SAMPLE AUDIT QUESTIONS

A. COMPLIANCE AUDIT PROGRAM

3. COMPLIANCE AUDIT QUESTIONS

PART 4.6 REVIEW AUDIT QUESTIONNAIRE
1 Do you perform environmental management
reviews at planned intervals?		 YES NO    
2   Do you review the suitability of your
environmental management system?		 YES NO    
3   Do you review the adequacy of your
environmental management system?		 YES NO    
4   Do you review the effectiveness of your environmental management system? YES NO    
5 Do you assess opportunities for improvement? YES NO    
6   Do you assess whether or not your environmental management system should be changed? YES NO    
7   Do you assess whether or not your organization’s environmental policy should be changed? YES NO    
8   Do you assess whether or not your organization’s environmental objectives should be changed? YES NO    
9   Do you assess whether or not your organization’s environmental targets should be changed? YES NO    
10 Do you keep a record of your management reviews? YES NO    
11 Do you carry out environmental management
reviews by examining your inputs?		 YES NO    
12   Do you examine internal audit results (inputs)? YES NO    
13   Do you examine your compliance with legal
and other environmental requirements?		 YES NO    
14   Do you examine changes in the legal and
other requirements and circumstances that
apply to your environmental aspects?		 YES NO    
15   Do you examine communications received
from external interested parties?		 YES NO    
16   Do you examine complaints received
from external interested parties?		 YES NO    
17   Do you examine the overall environmental
performance of your organization?		 YES NO    
18   Do you examine how well your environmental
objectives and targets are being achieved?		 YES NO    
19   Do you examine the status of
previous corrective actions?		 YES NO    
20   Do you examine the status of
previous preventive actions?		 YES NO    
21   Do you examine the status of
previous management reviews?		 YES NO    
22   Do you examine the status of
previous follow up actions?		 YES NO    
23   Do you examine changes in
your environmental aspects?		 YES NO    
24   Do you examine recommendations for
improving environmental performance?		 YES NO    
25 Do you generate management review outputs? YES NO    
26   Do you generate decisions and actions (outputs) that support your organization’s commitment to continual improvement? YES NO    
27   Do you generate decisions and actions to change or improve the elements of your environmental management system? YES NO    
28   Do you generate decisions and actions
to change your environmental policy?		 YES NO    
29   Do you generate decisions and actions
to change your environmental objectives?		 YES NO    
30   Do you generate decisions and actions
to change your environmental targets?		 YES NO    
  Etcetera ...        

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