ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITING

Who Should Attend?

  • Quality, health & safety and newly appointed environmental managers who need an introduction to environmental management systems and their internal compliance audit requirements
  • All managers and staff needing an insight into environmental legislation and how to establish legal compliance for all environmental aspects of their businesses
  • All managers and staff with responsibility for the planning, performance and reporting of any form of environmental audit ranging from system compliance to full site risk and liability assessment
The Course
  • Introduction to Environmental Auditing
    Definition and glossary of terms
    Environmental audit objectives and benefits
    Role of auditing in an EMS
  • Types of Environmental Audit
    Audit types and methodologies
    Environmental assessments for new projects
  • Auditing for Legal Compliance
    Principal UK environmental legislation
    Framework for legal compliance auditing
  • EMS Internal Audits
    Auditing requirements of ISO14001
    Combined auditing standard ISO19011:2002
    Performance of audits
    Reporting the audit
    Corrective action follow-up and closure
  • Site Environmental Audits and Risk Assessments
    Framework for a site environmental audit
    Performance of site audits
    Contaminated land
  • Environmental Audit Documentation
    EMS documentation hierarchy
    Site environmental audit documentation

 


ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS


Who Should Attend?

  • Quality managers who are already familiar with ISO9000 quality systems but have little or no previous experience of environmental management systems
  • Senior managers who need an appreciation of the growing body of environmental legislation and standards
  • Environmental, health & safety and quality management and staff who are involved in setting up environmental management systems
  • Staff responsible for dealing with the regulators and for communicating environmental performance to stakeholders
The Course
  • Introduction
  • Legislative Background to Environmental Management
    Local environmental legislation
    EU environmental legislation
    Roles of the regulators
  • Development of Environmental Management Standards
    Quality management standard ISO9001
    Environmental management standard ISO14001
    Eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS)
  • ISO14001:1996
    Overview of clause requirements
    Third party certification for ISO14001
    Auditing the system
    Additional requirements of EMAS
  • Managing the Environmental Aspects of Business
    File of key environmental issues
    Selecting environmental performance indicators (ISO14031)
    Reporting and communicating environmental performance
  • EMS Documentation Requirements
    Documentation hierarchy
    Environmental policy statement
    Manuals and procedures
    Environmental registers
 
 


Luc Nijs
Michiel Neven
 
Ing. Lucie Schupkeova
Jean-Pierre Neven