Title Page
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Site conducted
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Section
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Auditors:
6 PLANNING
6.1 Actions to address risks & opportunities
6.1.1 General
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1. What process has been developed to identify risks and opportunities?
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Objective Evidence/Notes
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2. Does the organization maintain documented information on its risks and opportunities, and are the processes needed documented to the extent necessary to be sure they are carried out as planned?
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3. Has the organization determined the risks and opportunities that need to be addressed to give assurance that the EMS can achieve its intended outcome(s)?
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4. Has the organization determined the risks and opportunities that need to be addressed to prevent, or reduce, undesired effects including the potential for external environmental conditions to affect the organization?
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5. Has the organization determined the risks and opportunities that need to be addressed to achieve continual improvement?
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6.1.2 Environmental aspects
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1. Have environmental aspects of activities, products, and services been determined?
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2. Does the organization’s determination of environmental aspects consider a life cycle perspective?
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3. Do the identified aspects take into account change? i.e. <br>• Planned or new developments and<br>• New or modified activities, products and services
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4. Do the identified aspects cover abnormal and potential [foreseeable] emergency situations as well as normal situations?
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5. How is an aspect determined to be significant (those aspects that have or can have a significant impact on the environment)? Is there any established criteria?
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6. Are significant aspects communicated to the various levels and functions within the organization?
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7. Does the organization maintain documented information of its criteria used to determine its significant environmental aspects?
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8. Does the organization maintain documented information of its environmental aspects and associated environmental impacts?
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9. Does the organization maintain documented information of its significant environmental aspects?
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6.1.3 Compliance obligations
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1. Is there an appropriate plan to address the significant aspects, compliance obligations, risk & opportunities?
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2. Does the organization determine how its compliance obligations apply to the organization?
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3. Does the organization take its compliance obligations into account when establishing, implementing, maintaining and continually improving its environmental management system?
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4. Does the organization maintain documented information of its compliance obligations?
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Objective Evidence/Notes
6.1.4 Planning actions
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1. Has the organization planned actions to address significant aspects, compliance obligations, risks & opportunities?
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2. Has the organization planned actions to integrate and implement the actions into its EMS processes or other business processes?
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3. Has the organization planned actions to evaluate the effectiveness of these actions?
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4. Does the organization maintain documented information of its compliance obligations?
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6.2 Environmental objectives and planning to achieve them
6.2.1 Environmental objectives
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1. Have environmental objectives been established taking into account the significant aspects, compliance obligations and considering its risks?
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2. Are these objectives consistent with its environmental policy?
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3. Are these objectives measurable (if practicable)?
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4. Does the organization monitor the environmental objectives?
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5. Are these objectives communicated?
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6. Does the organization update the environmental objectives as appropriate?
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7. Does the organization retain documented information on the environmental objectives?
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6.2.2 Planning actions to achieve environmental objectives
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1. What will be done in regards to the environmental objectives?
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2. What are the required resources for those activities?
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3. Are the responsibilities assigned to persons involved?
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4. Are there time frames established for these activities to be completed?
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5. Identify how progress toward the objectives and targets are tracked and communicated to upper management. Ensure that monthly operating reports (or similar method) include status of objectives and targets.
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Is this audit complete?