| File Reference : | A-C_P20 Environmental Assessment |
| Date File Updated | 28-09-26 |
| File Format | MS Word |
| No. of files | 1 |
| Category | Process Audit Checklists | Tags: ISO 14001, 9.2. IMS1 5.3 |
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This checklist checks environmental aspects have been identified and reviewed, with controls on the significant ones and a life cycle perspective.
Prepared using the F-Q2A Audit Checklist form template.
The file is supplied in fully editable MS Word format and can be easily customised, with all text in Calibri font for improved readability.
The following document labelling is included in the footer:
- Checklist number and title
- Information-classification
- Version
- Page number / total pages
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This file is included in the alphaZ subscription. This checklist is also included in the ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, ISO 27001 and ISO 22301 toolkits, including the integrated toolkits that combine them, so the toolkit route gives you this file plus everything else you need in one download.
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Environmental Assessment Audit Checklist Template
A process audit checklist for auditing environmental assessment: the identification and review of environmental aspects, the controls on the most significant ones, and whether a life cycle perspective has been taken. It is set out on the F-Q2A Audit Checklist format, with the scope, criteria, site, participants, auditor and date recorded at the top, and each question alongside the auditee and the evidence viewed, response and findings.
Questions Covered
- Whether environmental aspects have been identified, and when they were last reviewed
- Which aspects are the most significant, and what controls are in place for the risks identified
- Whether a life cycle perspective was considered when determining aspects, including upstream and downstream activities that could affect the potential impact
Carrying Out the Audit
Compare the aspects register with what is seen on a walk round the site, looking for activities, materials or waste streams that are not on it. For the significant aspects, ask to see the controls working in practice rather than only described. The life cycle question looks beyond the organisation's own activities, at the materials bought in and the use and disposal of what it supplies. Ask when the register was last reviewed and what prompted that review, as a new process, product, material or site should lead to the aspects being looked at again.
Planning the Audit
Have the environmental aspects and impacts register and the record of its last review to hand, and plan a walk round the site that takes in the main activities, storage areas and waste areas.
Who Should Carry Out the Audit?
Anyone trained in internal auditing who is independent of the area being audited. The questions are written in plain language, so the checklist also works well for training new internal auditors.
Included in the ISO Toolkits
This checklist is part of the ISO 9001 Toolkit and is also included in the ISO 14001, ISO 45001, ISO 27001 and ISO 22301 toolkits, including the integrated toolkits that combine them.
Related Documents
Documents that work alongside this checklist:
- F-IMS60 Environmental Aspects and Impacts Register
- F-ENV3 Environmental Aspect Assessment Form
- F-ENV6 Environmental Life Cycle Form
- F-ENV4 Environmental Aspects Register
Part of the Process Audit Checklists
This is one of the alphaZ process audit checklists, each covering a single area of the management system, so audits can be spread across the year using the ER11 Audit Schedule. The completed checklist becomes the record of the audit, and the results can be written up using the F-Q31 Audit Report.
Adapting the Checklist
The questions can be edited, added to or removed to suit the way the organisation works, and the scope and criteria at the top changed to match the area being audited. Because every alphaZ audit checklist uses the same F-Q2A layout, audit records look the same whichever area was audited, which makes them easier to review and compare.
Using the Findings
Aspects missing from the register, or significant aspects without working controls, are raised as actions and the register is updated.
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