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ITEM REF.# CRITERIA COMMENTS EVIDENCE

1 4.1Has an environmental managementsystem been established?

2 4.2aHas top management defined theorganization's environmental policy toensure that it is appropriate to the nature,scale and environmental impacts of

activities, products or services?

3 4.2bHas top management defined theorganization's environmental policy toensure that it includes a commitment tocontinual improvement and prevention ofpollution?

4 4.2cHas top management defined theorganization's environmental policy to

ensure that it includes a commitment tocomply with relevant environmentallegislation and regulations, and with otherrequirements to which the organizationsubscribes?

5 4.2dHas top management defined theorganization's environmental policy toensure that it provides the framework forsetting and reviewing environmentalobjectives and targets?

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6 4.2eHas top management defined theorganization's environmental policy toensure that it is documented, implementedand maintained and communicated to allemployees?

7 4.2f Has top management defined theorganization's environmental policy toensure that it is available to the public?

8 4.3.1Has the organization established andmaintained a procedure to identify theenvironmental aspects of its activities,products and services that it can control,and over which it has an influence?

9 4.3.1Has the organization considered theaspects identified in the previous questionas related to significant impacts in settingits environmental objectives?

10 4.3.1Do documented procedures state that thisidentification will be kept up to date, andhow?

11 4.3.2Have documented procedures beenestablished to identify and have access tolegal and other requirements to which theorganization subscribes directly applicableto the environmental aspects of activities,products or services?

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12 4.3.3Have documented environmentalobjectives and targets been establishedand maintained at each relevant functionand level within the organization?

13 4.3.3When establishing and reviewingobjectives, was consideration given to: thelegal and other requirements; significantenvironmental aspects; technologicaloptions; financial goals; operational &business requirements; the views ofinterested arties?

14 4.3.3Are objectives and targets consistent withthe environmental policy, including thecommitment to the prevention of pollution?

15 4.3.4Do procedures document that a programwill be established and maintained forachieving objectives and targets?

16 4.3.4Does the program specified in the previousquestion include: designation ofresponsibility for achieving objectives andtargets at each relevant function and levelof the organization; the means and time-frame by which they are to be achieved?

17 4.3.4Do procedures provide for amendment ofprograms as new developments ormodified activities occur, to assureapplicability?

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18 4.4.1Have roles, responsibility and authoritiesbeen defined, documented andcommunicated in order to facilitateeffective environmental management?

19 4.4.1Have human resources and specializedskills, technology and financial resources,essential to implementation and control ofthe environmental management system,been provided?

20 4.4.1Has top management appointed a specificmanagement representative who hasdefined roles and responsibilities forensuring the environmental managementsystem requirements are established,

implemented and maintained inaccordance with ISO-14001?

21 4.4.1Do the roles and responsibilities of theappointed management representativeinclude reporting on the performance ofthe environmental management system totop management for review and as a basisfor improvement?

22 4.4.2Have training needs been identified?

23 4.4.2Has training been provided to personnelwhose work may create a significantimpact upon the environment?

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24 4.4.2aAre procedures established andmaintained to make employees at eachrelevant function and level aware of theimportance of conformance with theenvironmental policy, procedures, andsystem?

25 4.4.2bAre procedures established andmaintained to make employees at eachrelevant function and level aware of thesignificant environmental impacts (actualor potential) of their work activities, and theenvironmental benefits of improvedperformance?

26 4.4.2cAre procedures established andmaintained to make employees at eachrelevant function and level aware of theirroles and responsibilities in achieving

conformance with environmental policyand procedures, and with the requirementsof the EMS, including emergencyresponse and preparation?

27 4.4.2dAre procedures established andmaintained to make employees at eachrelevant function and level aware of thepotential consequences of departure fromspecified operating procedures?

28 4.4.2 Are personnel performing tasks that cancause significant impacts competent, onthe basis of appropriate education, trainingand/or experience?

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29 4.4.3aAre procedures established andmaintained for internal communicationbetween the various levels and functionsof the organization?

30 4.4.3bAre procedures established andmaintained for receiving, documenting andresponding to relevant communicationfrom external interested parties?

31 4.4.3Does the organization consider processesfor external communication on significantenvironmental aspects, and record itsdecisions?

32 4.4.4aDoes the organization have and maintaininformation (in paper or electronic form) todescribe the core elements of themanagement system and their interaction?

33 4.4.4bDoes the organization have and maintaininformation (in paper or electronic form) toprovide direction to related

documentation?

34 4.4.5Has the organization established, anddoes the organization maintain proceduresfor controlling all documents required byISO-14001?

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35 4.4.5aDo procedures for control of documentsensure that they can be located?

36 4.4.5bDo procedures for control of documentsensure that they are periodically reviewed,revised as necessary and approved foradequacy by authorized personnel?

37 4.4.5cDo procedures for control of documentsensure that the current versions of relevantdocuments are available at all locationswhere operations essential to the effectivefunctioning of the environmental

management system are performed?

38 4.4.5dDo procedures for control of documentsensure that obsolete documents arepromptly removed from all points of issueand points of use, or otherwise assuredagainst unintended use?

39 4.4.5eDo procedures for control of documentsensure that any obsolete documentsretained for legal and/or knowledge

preservation purposes are suitablyidentified?

40 4.4.5Is documentation legible, dated (with datesof revision) and readily identifiable,maintained in an orderly manner andretained for a specified period?

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41 4.4.5Are procedures and responsibilitiesestablished and maintained concerning thecreation and modification of the varioustypes of documents?

42 4.4.6Has the organization identified thoseoperations and activities that areassociated with the identified significantenvironmental aspects in line with itspolicy, objectives and targets?

43 4.4.6Does the organization plan activities,including maintenance, in order to ensurethat they are carried out under specifiedconditions?

44 4.4.6aAre documented procedures establishedand maintained to cover situations wheretheir absence could lead to deviations fromthe environmental policy and theobjectives and targets?

45 4.4.6bDoes the organization stipulate operatingcriteria in the procedures?

46 4.4.6cDoes the organization have proceduresrelated to the identifiable significantenvironmental aspects of goods andservices that the organization uses?

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47 4.4.7Does the organization have proceduresdescribing how the organizationcommunicates relevant procedures andrequirements to suppliers and contractors?

48 4.4.7Does the organization have procedures toidentify potential for, and responding toaccidents and emergency situations, andfor preventing and mitigating theenvironmental impacts that may beassociated with them?

49 4.4.7Does the organization review and revise,where necessary, our emergencypreparedness and response procedures,in particular, after the occurrence ofaccidents or emergency situations?

50 4.5.1Where practicable, does the organizationperiodically test its emergencypreparedness and response procedures?

51 4.5.1Does the organization have documentedprocedures to monitor and measure, on aregular basis, the key characteristics of its

operations and activities that can have asignificant impact on the environment?

52 4.5.1Does the organizations procedures includethe recording of information to trackperformance, relevant operational controlsand conformance with its environmentalobjectives and targets?

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53 4.5.1Is monitoring equipment calibrated andmaintained, and are records of thisprocess retained in accordance with theorganizations procedures?

54 4.5.2Does the organization have a documentedprocedure for periodically evaluatingcompliance with relevant environmentallegislation and regulations?

55 4.5.2Does the organization have procedures fordefining responsibility and authority forhandling and investigatingnonconformance, taking action to mitigateany impacts caused and for initiating and

completing corrective and preventiveaction?

56 4.5.2Are corrective and preventive actionstaken to eliminate the causes of actual andpotential non-conformances appropriate tothe magnitude of problems andcommensurate with the environmentalimpact encountered?

57 4.5.2Does the organization implement andrecord any changes in documentedprocedures resulting from corrective andpreventive action?

58 4.5.3Does the organization have procedures forthe identification, maintenance anddisposition of environmental records,including training records and results ofaudits and reviews?

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59 4.5.3Are environmental records legible,identifiable and traceable to the activity,product or service involved?

60 4.5.3Are environmental records stored andmaintained in such a way that they arereadily retrievable and protected againstdamage, deterioration or loss?

61 4.5.3Are retention times for environmentalrecords established and recorded?

62 4.5.3Are environmental records maintained, asappropriate to the system and theorganization, to demonstrate conformanceto the requirements of ISO-14001?

63 4.5.4Does the organization have a program andprocedures for periodic environmentalmanagement system audits to be carried

out?

64 4.5.4a(1)

Does the organizations audit programdetermine whether or not its environmentalmanagement system conforms to plannedarrangements for environmentalmanagement including the requirements ofISO-14001?

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65 4.5.4a(2)

Does the organizations audit programdetermine whether or not its environmentalmanagement system has been properlyimplemented and maintained?

66 4.5.4bDoes the organizations audit programprovide information on the results of auditsto management?

67 4.5.4Is the audit program, including anyschedule, based on the environmentalimportance of the activity concerned andthe results of previous audits?

68 4.5.4Does the organizations audit procedurescover the audit scope, frequency andmethodologies, as well as theresponsibilities and requirements forconducting audits and reporting results?

69 4.6At determined intervals, does topmanagement review the environmentalmanagement system to ensure its

continuing suitability, adequacy andeffectiveness?

70 4.6Does the management review ensure thatthe necessary information is collected toallow management to carry out thisevaluation?

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71 4.6Is the management review documented?

72 4.6Does the management review address thepossible need for changes to policy,objectives and other elements of theenvironmental management system, inlight of audit results, changingcircumstances and the commitment tocontinual improvement?

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