ISO 14001 BVQI NA Common Areas of Nonconformance

ISO 14001 BVQI (NA) Common Areas of Nonconformance - A Registrars Perspective

Topics F BVQI Overview F Common Nonconformances

BVQI F Worldwide organization with offices in 60 countries service 31, 000 clients F Parent company Bureau Veritas is a value added business service provider of quality, environment, and health & safety testing, certifications, classifications and more. F BVQI is the most widely accredited Registrar in the world today.

Some EMS clients: IBM F Ford F Hewlett-Packard F Akzo Nobel F Sony F International Paper F Du. Pont F Goodyear F Kodak F Rolls-Royce F Lockheed Martin F Cisco Systems F Osram Sylvania F Mark IV F UPS F Minolta F

Common Nonconformances F Categorized as either major or minor F Internal Audit program F Aspects/Impacts analysis F Legal and Other requirements F Objectives/Targets/Programs

Internal Audit Program F Schedule on each element of the standard once a year. – Schedule should be based on environmental importance of activities and results of previous audits.

Aspects/Impacts Analysis F Aspects/Impacts analysis is based on production processes and does not include products or services. F Aspects/Impacts analysis only looks for negative impacts. F Significance criteria only works for negative impacts.

Legal and Other Requirements F Legal requirements include federal and state but overlook local requirements. – Examples include u Noise u Planning u Visual u Odors F Access method will not work for local requirements.

Objectives/Targets/Programs F Objectives/Targets are set but there is no evidence of progress toward meeting them. F Objectives/Targets do not have correlating EMS Program.

Miscellaneous F The decision to communicate significant aspects to the public has not been recorded. F Training and awareness program does not include provisions for new employees, temporary employees or transfers between departments. F Records have retention times identified but no disposal method.