ISO 14001 Certification Audit vs. Surveillance Audit

ISO 14001 defines the requirements for any organization’s environmental management system which can be used to enhance its environmental target performance iso 14001. ISO 14001:2015 can be applied for the organization who are trying to manage its environmental responsibilities in a correct manner. ISO 14001 can be applied to all organization, regardless of size and type, and applies to the environmental activities, products and services of that organization. ISO 14001 can be used as a whole or in part of it to periodically improve environmental management.

What Is ISO Certification Audit?

When a company gets ISO 14001 certification, then we will be aware of the ISO certification audit and its preparatory work that needs to be completed. Also the auditor will explain about the future ISO 14001 Certification process which we can be used recertify our ISO certification audit in 3 year time. A surveillance audit is usually performed once per year.The surveillance audit will be performed as an external audit for the organization.

ISO 14001 surveillance audit :

ISO Surveillance audit can be performed once in a year for smaller companies and twice a year for larger companies with the help of ISO 14001 consultant in UAE where the environment risk factor is more. The main purpose of this surveillance audit is to make sure the EMS is still effective, successfully applied in the organization. Surveillance audit is conducted by auditors. During ISO 14001 surveillance audit, the auditor will check for evidences that we are managing the EMS as per standard.

When the surveillance audit is performed, it will help us to get the below details.

• It will provide recommendations for continuous improvement.
• If there are minor issues found in the audit where the organization EMS is found to deviate from the ISO standard which needs to be rectified.
• Every organization must maintain an ISO 14001 surveillance audit checklist.
• If any major deviation is found we need to rectify it soon and arrange for another visit by auditor.

ISO 14001 Certification audit :

To achieve the ISO 14001 certification audit, our ISO 14001 consultant in Dubai will make sure all the ISO 14001 surveillance audit checklist and standards are implemented correctly. We need to perform some audit and learn from the results of those audits. We need to schedule the key activities well planned so that the project is completed correctly without any delay. We need to review all the documentations prepared and all employees has to follow the process mentioned in it. Ensure that all procedures and processes are followed in the organization as planned for the certification audit. For all the deviations found in the audit, make sure corrective actions are performed correctly before the certification. All employees need to understand the environment policy in their organization so that they can help in achieving it. The working environment should be well organized which will help the audit completely more easily.