I have undertaken many environmental audits over the years of varying types such as environmental management system audits, legal compliance audits and due diligence audits to name but a few! Going back to when I first started auditing, I remember how daunting it was to … [Read more...] about Tips for Environmental Auditors
ISO 14001
The GRI Sustainability Reporting Standard Update
In this post I thought we could look at the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards. If you have never heard of these before then let me fill you in. The GRI is an organisation that aims to promote sustainability reporting. It does this by developing a set of guidelines that … [Read more...] about The GRI Sustainability Reporting Standard Update
Effective support for Environmental Management
In this post I thought that we could take a look at the often forgotten art of how an environmental management system (EMS) can be supported. This ‘dark art’ covers the ways in which an EMS generally operates. In this part of EMS there are a lot of good management practices … [Read more...] about Effective support for Environmental Management
Tools to assess environmental performance
Assessing environmental performance is an important task that every environmental practitioner will need to complete at some point. Some more than others. In this post I thought we could take a brief look at the various tools that are available. There are quite a few, so coverage … [Read more...] about Tools to assess environmental performance
Considerations of management system integration
Have you ever noticed that there are many similarities between quality, health & safety, and environmental (QHSE)? I have a fair bit of experience of the first two of those and there is not much difference in their overall strategic management in an organisation. Sure, … [Read more...] about Considerations of management system integration