{"id":4314,"date":"2021-10-21T08:11:58","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T08:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ias-certification.com\/?p=4314"},"modified":"2026-06-13T08:57:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T08:57:10","slug":"iso-14001-audit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ias-certification.com\/ca\/blog\/iso-14001-audit\/","title":{"rendered":"ISO 14001 Audit"},"content":{"rendered":"

ISO 14001 Audit<\/h1>
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About the ISO 14001 audit<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

ISO 14001 is the international standard for an Environmental Management System (EMS), created to help businesses control and reduce their environmental impact and establish an environmental policy. The current edition, ISO 14001:2015<\/strong>, was published in September 2015. An ISO 14001 audit is carried out by a certification body to confirm that your organization complies with the standard. Like all audits, it follows one basic principle: verifying that you are doing what your documented management system says you do, and that the system meets the standard’s requirements.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Purpose of the ISO 14001 audit<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Once you’ve built and implemented your Environmental Management System, it must be audited so that the system – and your organization – can be certified. Obtaining and maintaining certification is a multi-step process: a series of audits and reviews that confirm your organization and its EMS comply with ISO 14001<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Preparing for the audit<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Steps to take before the audit:<\/p>\n