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ISO 14001: 2015 Internal Auditor -Environmental Management Systems    

Learn the Internal Auditor of ISO 14001:2015. Understand Environmental Management Systems, compliance, sustainability and business benefits.

  • Online – Microsoft Teams
  • 26 – 27 April 2026
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    2 CPD  Points
  • Price : R 8 999.00
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Introduction to ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems

LEARNING OUTCOMES

After successfully completing this course, you will be able to:

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Define what an Environmental Management System (EMS) is and how it supports compliance and sustainability

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Describe the scope, structure, and intent of ISO 14001:2015

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Identify the key business, legal, and environmental benefits of implementing ISO 14001

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Understand how environmental management aligns with organisational strategy and ESG objectives

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Recognise how ISO 14001 integrates with other management system standards such as ISO 9001 and ISO 45001

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Demonstrate awareness of core ISO 14001 concepts including environmental aspects, impacts, risk-based thinking, life-cycle perspective, and continual improvement

Introduction to ISO 14001 and Environmental Auditing

  • Overview of Environmental Management Systems (EMS)

  • Purpose and benefits of ISO 14001 certification

  • Role of internal audits in EMS effectiveness

  • Introduction to ISO 19011 auditing guidelines

Understanding ISO 14001:2015 Requirements

  • Identifying environmental aspects and impacts

  • Significance evaluation

  • Compliance obligations and legal registers

  • Evaluating regulatory compliance during audits

Internal Audit Principles & Auditor Competence

  • Audit principles: integrity, fairness, due professional care

  • Auditor roles, responsibilities, and ethics

  • Audit types: first-party (internal) audits

  • Managing audit programmes

Audit Planning & Preparation

  • Establishing audit objectives, scope, and criteria

  • Developing audit plans and checklists

  • Document review and preparation

  • Risk-based and process-based audit approaches

Conducting the Audit

  • Opening meetings and communication

  • Interviewing techniques and evidence gathering

  • Sampling methods and on-site observations

  • Identifying conformity, nonconformity, and best practice

Audit Reporting & Corrective Actions

  • Writing clear, objective audit findings

  • Classifying nonconformities and observations

  • Root cause analysis and corrective action processes

  • Verification of corrective actions and closing audits