Auditing Environmental Compliance
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First, a clarification: ISO 14001:2015 does not ask for an internal compliance audit. ISO 14001:2015 asks for a complete verification and several actions if needed (clause 9.1.2).
In my country auditors want to check the actual Environmental Compliance Register. Certification auditors are bounded by confidentiality. Some organizations prepare a kind of legal document for the auditor(s) to reinforce that confidentiality. If an organization has any non-compliance that will appear, for example, in the management review record, a basic document for any certification audit.
The following material will provide you more information about legislation in an environmental management system:
Compliance requirements according to ISO 14001:2015 – What has changed? - https://advi sera.com/14001academy/blog/2015/09/14/compliance-requirements-according-to-iso-140012015-what-has-changed/
How to achieve regulatory compliance in ISO 14001 - https://advisera.com/14001academy/blog/2015/06/15/how-to-achieve-regulatory-compliance-in-iso-14001/
Enroll for free in this course – ISO 14001:2015 Internal Auditor Course - https://advisera.com/training/iso-14001-internal-auditor-course/
Book – The ISO 14001:2015 Companion - https://advisera.com/books/the-iso-14001-2015-companion/
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Aug 15, 2019