ISO-14001-Lead-Auditor Exam Dumps : PECB Certified EMS ISO 14001 Lead Auditor Exam

Which one of the following options describes the main purpose of a Stage 1 audit?

A chain of 10 paint shops in a city has established an EMS following the requirements of ISO 14001, which was third-party certified 10 years ago. You are performing a second-party audit. The audit plan included an interview with the General Manager (GM). The dialogue was as follows:

You: Hi, good evening, I have seen a well-developed environmental risk assessment process. However, I did not find the identification of emergency situations included in the results of this process. The Environmental Manager (EM) could not provide me with an acceptable answer to this question.

GM: The EM joined us 2 months ago, and he may not know some decisions we made some time ago, when we first certified our EMS. During those days, I met with all 10 supervisors and asked them what the emergencies were that they feared most. They unanimously said: fire. That was it. This is the only emergency we care of. As far as I remember we do not test the plan very often because the supervisors of all our 10 shops know it very well. The auditors of our certification body accepted this. We did not have a fire in the last 10 years.

What evidence would you need to review to determine conformity with ISO 14001 in this scenario? Select six.

A multi-level shopping centre is open every day to the public from 09:00–21:00 hours. During an external audit of the centre to ISO 14001, you establish that there are 40 vending machines that are permanently switched on. Thirty of them do not sell perishable foodstuffs. You also note that there are eight escalators in the complex that run constantly during public access. When asked about environmental performance improvement objectives, the Centre Manager says that there are plans to increase the natural daylight by installing more skylights thus saving on lighting costs, but the estimated budget for this has not yet been approved by the board.

You: I note that energy consumption is a significant environmental aspect in the centre. How do you mitigate the impacts of this?

EMS Manager: We try to reduce our energy costs by negotiating a better deal from the energy company. We are considering changing to one that only supplies electricity from renewable sources.

You: What steps have you taken to reduce overall consumption?

EMS Manager: We conducted awareness training for staff. For example, turning off lights in staff areas not being used.

You: I see that the escalators account for the highest usage of energy. Are there any objectives to try and reduce this?

EMS Manager: No, it would be too costly to change them.

You: How do you measure electricity consumption?

EMS Manager: We have meters installed in each floor of the centre. We take readings every hour and we plot the consumption graph for every staff shift.

You continue the interview and find that energy consumption has increased steadily over the past five years. Select the two statements that are true.