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A new Environmental Statement must be presented every third year, according to EMAS True

Interviews and observation tour are the two most important activities when performing an audit on-site True (not document checking)

A third party audit could be an internal audit performed by consultants False

External audits are all audits performed by external personnel FALSE, “external audit” is a specific term for accredited certifiers

Opinions from interested parties could lead to a compliance obligation True

A management review must be performed before an external audit can be carried out True

A life-cycle perspective is advocated in ISO 14001 True

A life-cycle perspective is advocated in EMAS, but not in ISO 14001 False

Control approach (financial and operational) and equity share approach are the two main “rules” when distributing the emissions of GHG between the involved actors True

Instructions about how to perform an audit can be found in the EMAS regulation True

Instructions about how to perform an environmental review can be found in the EMAS regulation True

Env Product declarations (EPDs) are based on detailed Life Cycle Assessments True

A certificate for an organisation can only be withdrawn each third year at the larger external audit False

Reports from external audits are available only for the environmental authorities, not for the citizens False

The scope of the environmental system must be public in the ISO 14001 system True for ISO 14001, not talked about in EMAS (policy and statement-->public)

All compliance obligations are legislation paragraphs False

The new version of ISO 14001 standard state mandatory procedures in four different paragraphs FALSE; in the new version, there are no procedures (only processes)

Risk and opportunities is a concept in the new ISO 14001 True, mandatory

Risk and opportunities is a concept in EMAS True, mandatory

There are three levels of non-conformities; Major, Minor and Observation (improvement suggestion) True

The correct term when an environmental statement is checked and approved of is that it has been validated True

Accredited certification body in the ISO 14001 system in Sweden Lloyds, DNV (det norske veritas), RISE, Bureau Veritas sweden, Svensk Certifiering Norden AB

Who accredits environmental certification bodies in Sweden? And who accredits environmental verifiers in Sweden? certification bodies SWEDAC (ISO 14001), verifiers SWEDAC (EMAS)

Name of system: EMS - requirements ISO 14001

Name of system: general guidelines ISO 14004

Name of system: Environmental assesment of sites and organisations (due diligence) ISO 14015

What is ISO 14015 ISO 14015 is an international standard that provides guidelines for conducting an Environmental Due Diligence (EDD) assessment. It helps organizations systematically identify, evaluate, and document environmental aspects and impacts related to activities, products, services, or assets.

What is ISO 19011? international standard that provides guidelines for auditing management systems, including quality, environmental, and other types of management systems. It is designed to help organizations conduct effective internal and external audits to evaluate compliance with management system requirements.

ISO 26000 Social responisbility, MS for social issues (not work environment or corruption)

ISO 45001 Occupational health and safety management systems (requirements with guidance for use)

Energy management system ISO 50001

Quality management system ISO 9001

5 major differences between ISO 14001 and EMAS - Environmental statement is mandatory in EMAS, not in ISO 14001 - Environmental review is mandatory in EMAS, not in ISO 14001 - EMAS includes how a review should be done, not included in ISO 14001 - EMAS includes instructions on how to perform an audit, not included in ISO 14001 - EMAS is an EU system, ISO 14001 is used globally - In EMAS, companies get verified and registered, in ISO14001 they only get certified -

How often does a new environmental statement need to be presented according to EMAS? Once per year

FSC-certification is a labelling system that can be used for both wood products and copy machine paper True

The GRI Standard system also embraces corruption issues True

It could be possible, according to the EMAS regulation, that a small uncomplicated company could have a time interval of 5 years between the external audits True

External audit is a concept described in the ISO14001 standard, in chapter 10 False (chapter 9)

practices. Name assessments that need to be carried out when performing an initial environmental review! 1. Assessment of existing environmental management practices 2. Assessment of applicable env laws 3. Assessment of env aspects 4. Assessment of needs and expectations of interested parties 5. Assessment of risk and opportunities 6. internal and external issues

Mention one additional checking mechanisms, included in ISO 14001, in addition to the internal audit Management review

There are a concept called ELIS (Environmental labelling and information schemes). Describe three different types of ELIS, each of them supported by an ISO 14000-standard. Ecolabels, Self-declared environmental claims, Environmental declaration (e.g. EPD)

Who should you interview for a certification audit (mandatory) Environmental Manager, CEO, Purchasing manager

Flaws in ISO 14001 1. Limited legal requirements for the env performance 2. Emphasis on documentation, more than performance of the system 3. The standard has a volontary nature and lacks enforcement (could lead to lack of uniformity in env work)

Mandatory documents according to ISO 14001 Scope, Environmental Policy, Procedure for Identification and Evaluation of environmental aspects, Environmental objectives and plans for achieving them, Operational Control procedures, Procedure for Emergency Preparedness and Response

Flaws in ISO 14001 Limited legal requirement for env performance, Emphasis on documentation rather than the performance, Volontary nature and lacks enforcement

3 things you should think of when planning and carrying out interviews for an external audit Find people to interview, Time schedule, read relevant documents in advance

Who is leading the management review, presenting the information about the EMS etc.? Environmental Manager

Auditor preparing for an audit. What documents are good to prepare in advance and bring to the audit on site? Time schedule, Plan for observation tour, interview guides, Template for e.g. non-compliance, start writing the report (names, date, scope, headlines etc)

Reporting principles of GRI: accuracy, balance (unbiased), clarity, comparability (changes over time, other companies), completeness, sustainability context, timeliness (regular schedule, available), verifiability (quality information)

3 categories of Standards included in the GRI Standards package (1) 3 Universal standards (apply all 3 Universal Standards to your reporting) (2) 32 Topic Standards (select topic standards to report specific information on your material topics) (3) 40 Sector Standards (use those that apply to your sector)

How to find out if a report is written according to GRI standards: find an explicit sentence saying “In accordance to the GRI standards...”

What types of Environmenral labelling and information schemes are there? 1. Ecolabels (ISO 14024): third body certification, logo-based, EU ecolabel, Nordic swan etc. 2. Self-declared env claims (ISO 14021): claims made by companies describing a product based on general guiding principles, biodegradable and recyclable content in the products etc. 3. Environmental declaration (ISO 14025): Quantitative indicators, based on LCA, eco-leaf, EPD

Scope Chapter1, Chapter6, Chapter 8

Context of the organisation Chapter4, Chapter5, Chapter9

Leadership Chapter5, Chapter7, Chapter2

Planning Chapter6, Chapter8, Chapter3

Support Chapter7, Chapter3, Chapter10

Operation Chapter8, Chapter4, Chapter7

Performance evaluation Chapter9, Chapter5, Chapter7

Improvement Chapter10, Chapter6, Chapter2

Scope 1 Emissions from activities that is owned or controlled by the company

Scope 2 GHG emissions from the production of the electricity, district heating and cooling

Scope 3 Other indirect GHG emissions, e.g. extraction and production of purchased materials, travelling, etc

Examples of scope 3 Business travel, Purchased goods and services, Waste generated in operations, Use of sold products

What are the reporting principles in GRI Accuracy, Balance, Clarity, Completeness, Sustainabiliy Context, Timeliness, Verifiability

How can you structure a procedure Name of routine, date, who wrote it, page number. Purpose (brief description of the routine), Scope (who should it apply, which part of the business)

Some of the GRI-principles Comparability, Completeness, Timeliness, Verifiability, Accuracy

GHG five principles Relevance, Completeness, Consistency, Transparency, Accuracy

What are the activities on an audit? Open meeting, Interviews, Obs tour, Doc Check, Make Audit conclusions, Closing meeting

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