SELF-CHECK YOUR ISO 14000

Self-Assessment Questionaire
The following are common grey areas found in most ISO 14000 certified organization.

a) Documented information on environmental aspects and impacts evaluation

b) Records of identified applicable environmental legal requirements and document(s) showing applicability t
o its environmental aspects
c) Documented policy, objectives, and targets and programmes
d) Documented roles, responsibilities and authorities
e) Records on competence and performed training of own employees and of relevant personnel working on i
ts behalf, e.g. contractors. Records of emergency preparedness training and tests (if applicable)
f) Documented communications from and with external interested parties, at least complaint records.
g) Documented procedures for operations and activities that may cause significant environmental impacts.
h) Documenting of information to monitor performance, applicable operational controls and conformity with o
bjectives and targets. Records to track calibration and maintenance of monitoring and measurement equipm
ent.
i) Documented changes resulting from corrective and preventive action (including incident reports)
j) Documenting evaluation of compliance with environmental legal requirements and other applicable environ
mental requirements to which your organization subscribes
k) Documented internal audit programmes and records from audits
l) Records from management review

What improvements you would like to see based on the abovementioned questionnaires? You may suggest
additional details apart from the questionnaires. Use extra paper if necessary.
What improvements you would like to see based on the following questionnaires? You may sugg
est additional details apart from the following. Use separate sheets of paper to give your proposal
and counter-refer to the element(s) and/or any other reference such as procedure or work instruct
ion and/or quoting an example of your company’s current implementation, where necessary.

1. Are you satisfied with the current EMS?

2. The scope of EMS? Has it proven to be suitable or more actions need to be taken? Do you see
a need to amend the current EMS Policy?

3. Is there a problem in communicating them with the employees or external parties (like sub-cont
ractor/supplier) at all levels?

4. What are the amendments required and what are the causes of communication breakdown?
What do you suggest the company do?

5. Is there R & D or implementation of new and modified activities happening in your company? Is
there a need for new work instructions, checklists and SOPs needed to be developed for suc
h new process(es)? What are the Environmental aspects needed for the new activities?

6. Do you think the legal requirements applicable to your company require more internal enforce
ment to minimize external enforcement? What do you suggest?

7. Are you satisfied with the current EMS Objectives? Do you see these Objectives genuinely me
asurable and achievable? Do you think you should increase or decrease the measurement?
How commited the company is towards this objectives?

8. Is the internal training/workshop/induction or TBM effective?

9. Do you find your production workers or line leaders/supervisors are working effectively? Are th
ey competent?

10. Do you think, the company should adopt an open door policy by inviting the sub-contractors/s
uppliers as well to attend your training as well?

11. Is your schedule for machine calibration, downtime, maintenance requires improvement?

12. Apart from EMS Internal Audit and regular inspections, do you think that mock-assessments fr
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om third party is required? Do you think that you need 2 opinion?

13. Do you find that the current investigation of non-conformities effective? Is there a trend of rec
urrence of similar NC? Is there any NC that is beyond your control and they keep repeating al
l the time? (e.g. receiving new order from new customer – does history repeats despite there
are references and experience from the past?)

14. Are the corrective & preventive actions effective? If not, which part do you think require impro
vement?

15.Do you think your management review has adopted a proactive and effective action plan for i
mprovements as a result of data analysis – level of meeting objectives, customer comments,
susceptibility of the company towards changes around them? Is there an interlink from last M
RM to the latest one? Do you think that resources issues should also be discussed such as b
udget etc.