Internal audit before certification according to new version

Answer:

The ISO 14001:2015 does not explicitly requires that you must perform internal audit before certification, but a lot of certification bodies expect you to conduct both internal audit and management review before certification in order to demonstrate that you applied all requirements of the standard.

The second reason for conducting internal audit before certification is to make sure that your organization is really compliant with the standard and avoid some nonconformities during certification audit. Once the internal audit is done you can meet certification audit without any stress.

For more inf ormation, see:
- What will the ISO 14001 auditor ask you during the certification? https://advisera.com/14001academy/blog/2019/08/27/key-iso-14001-benefits-to-customers/nowledgebase/what-will-the-iso-14001-auditor-ask-you-during-the-certification/