ENMS Audit Checklist

Use this ENMS Audit Checklist to evaluate Environmental Management Systems, ensure compliance with ISO 50001:2018, and identify areas for improvement.

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A1: Understanding The Organization And Its Context

A2: Understanding The Needs And Expectations Of Interested Parties

A3: Determining The Scope Of The Energy Management System

B1: Leadership And Commitment

B2: Energy Policy

B3: Organizational Roles, Responsibilities, And Authorities

C1: Actions To Address Risks And Opportunities

C2: Objectives, Energy Targets, And Planning To Achieve Them

C3: Energy Review

C4: Energy Performance Indicators (EnPIs)

C5: Energy Baseline

C6: Planning For Collection Of Energy Data

D1: Resources

D2: Competence

D3: Awareness

D4: Communication

D5.1: General

D5.2: Creating And Updating

D5.3: Control Of Documented Information

E1: Operational Planning And Control

E2: Design

E3: Procurement

F1: Monitoring, Measurement, Analysis, And Evaluation Of Energy Performance And The EnMS

F1.1: Evaluation Of Compliance With Legal Requirements And Other Requirements

F2: Internal Audit

F3: Management Review

G1: Nonconformity And Corrective Actions

G2: Continual Improvement

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ENMS Audit Checklist

Use this ENMS Audit Checklist to evaluate Environmental Management Systems, ensure compliance with ISO 50001:2018, and identify areas for improvement.

1. Are the external and internal issues relevant to achieving the outcomes of the Energy Management System (EnMS) and improving energy performance identified?

1. Are the relevant interested parties identified?

2. Are the needs of interested parties identified, and is there a plan for how these needs should be addressed in the EnMS?

1. Is the scope and boundaries of the EnMS determined and documented?

1. Is the strategic direction of the organization taken into account when defining the energy policy, objectives, and energy targets?

2. Are the requirements of the EnMS integrated into the business processes of the company?

3. Does top management ensure that action plans are approved and implemented?

4. Does top management ensure that the resources required for the implementation and maintenance of the EnMS are provided?

5. Is the importance of effective energy management and the EnMS requirements communicated within the organization?

6. Does top management promote continual improvement of energy performance and the EnMS?

7. Are relevant persons directed and supported to contribute to the effectiveness of the EnMS and the improvement of energy performance?

8. Are other relevant management roles supported to demonstrate their leadership in their areas of responsibility?

9. Has an energy management team been established?

10. Is it ensured that energy performance is adequately represented by suitable Energy Performance Indicators (EnPIs)?

1. Is the energy policy appropriate to the purpose of the organization?

2. Does the energy policy provide a framework for setting and reviewing objectives and energy targets?

3. Does the energy policy include a commitment to ensure the availability of information and resources required to achieve objectives and energy targets?

4. Does the energy policy include a commitment to comply with applicable legal and other requirements?

5. Does the energy policy include a commitment to continually improve energy performance and the EnMS?

6. Does the energy policy support the procurement of energy-efficient products and services, as well as design-related activities that consider the improvement of energy performance?

7. Has the energy policy been communicated within the organization, and has it been made available to employees and interested parties as documented information?

8. Is the energy policy regularly reviewed and updated?

1. Has top management established relevant responsibilities and authorities and communicated these within the organization?

2. Has top management assigned responsibilities and authorities to the energy management team to ensure that the EnMS meets the requirements of ISO 50001, and is being developed, implemented, maintained, and continually improved?

3. Is the energy management team entitled to implement action plans for the continual improvement of energy performance?

4. Does the energy management team issue reports on the performance of the EnMS and the improvement of energy performance to management at determined intervals?

5. Is the energy management team responsible for and entitled to establish criteria, methods, and processes for the effective operation and control of the EnMS?

1. Are activities and processes that impact energy performance reviewed, considering internal and external issues as well as the needs and expectations of interested parties?

2. Are risks and opportunities identified that need to be addressed to achieve the intended outcomes, prevent or reduce undesirable effects, and achieve continual improvement of the EnMS and energy performance?

3. Has the company planned actions to address these risks and opportunities? Does the planning include how the actions can be integrated into company processes and how their effectiveness can be evaluated?

1. Are objectives and energy targets formulated and documented that are consistent with the energy policy, measurable, consider Significant Energy Uses (SEUs), and take other requirements into account?

2. Are objectives and energy targets monitored, communicated, and updated if necessary?

3. Are action plans introduced and documented?

4. Is consideration given to how the actions to achieve the objectives and energy targets can be integrated into the organization’s business processes?

1. Is an energy review developed and conducted? Have the associated results, as well as the method and criteria, been documented?

2. Have time periods been established for updating the energy review? Are actions in place to ensure that the energy review is updated when major changes are made to installations, sites, facilities, systems, or processes?

3. Is the analysis of energy use and consumption considered in the development of the energy review?

4. Is the identification of Significant Energy Uses (SEUs), including relevant variables for each SEU, current energy performance, and relevant persons who influence the SEU considered in the development of the energy review?

5. Is the identification and prioritization of opportunities to improve energy performance considered in the development of the energy review?

6. Is the assessment of future energy use and energy consumption considered in the development of the energy review?

1. Have suitable energy performance indicators been defined for the measurement and monitoring of energy performance, and are these indicators capable of demonstrating improvement in energy performance?

2. Has the procedure for determining and updating EnPIs been selected to ensure all relevant variables and static factors are taken into account?

1. Has an energy baseline been developed based on the initial energy review, and will it be refined as needed?

1. Has a plan for the collection of energy-related data, appropriate to the size and complexity of the organization, been defined and implemented?

2. Does the energy-related data collection plan include the main features relevant to the assessment of energy performance (including data not directly related to energy, such as production volumes)?

3. Has it been ensured that the measuring instruments used allow for accurate and repeatable measurements?

1. Is the required resource for building, implementing, maintaining, and ensuring the continual improvement of the EnMS and energy performance identified and provided?

1. Is the required competence of internal and external persons whose activities could influence energy performance and the EnMS defined and determined?

2. Can the company provide verification of people's competencies, such as proof of vocational training, training sessions, skills, and experience?

1. Are all employees and other relevant persons aware of the energy policy?

2. Are all employees and other relevant persons aware of their contribution to the effectiveness of the EnMS, including achieving objectives and energy targets and the benefits of improved energy performance?

3. Are all employees and other relevant persons aware of the impact of their activities and behavior on energy performance?

4. Are all employees and other relevant persons aware of the implications of not conforming with the EnMS requirements?

1. Has the company defined who will communicate what, when, with whom, and how regarding internal and external communication of the EnMS?

2. Can anyone working under the supervision of the organization submit suggestions on how to improve the EnMS and energy performance?

1. Is all the documented information required in ISO 50001 provided?

2. Has the company determined what other documented information is necessary to ensure the effectiveness of the EnMS and verify the improvement of energy performance, and can this information be presented?

1. When creating and updating documented information, has the company ensured that labeling, descriptions, and formats are adequate, and has a review and approval been performed?

1. Is the documented information available when needed, suitable for use, and adequately protected?

1. Is the definition of criteria that could lead to significant deviations from anticipated energy performance, if not conformed with, fulfilled when planning, implementing, and controlling the processes related to SEUs?

2. Is the communication of criteria to all relevant persons fulfilled when planning, implementing, and controlling the processes related to SEUs?

3. Is the control of processes in accordance with the established criteria fulfilled when planning, implementing, and controlling the processes related to SEUs?

4. Is the assurance of the correct execution of processes by providing documented information fulfilled when planning, implementing, and controlling the processes related to SEUs?

1. Have options for the improvement of energy performance been considered and documented when designing new installations or changing the design of existing installations and processes?

1. Have criteria been defined for the evaluation of energy performance in procurement?

2. Will suppliers who have an impact on the SEUs be informed that energy performance is one of the procurement criteria?

1. Are the main characteristics of company activities that determine energy performance conducted at scheduled intervals?

2. Has it been determined what needs to be monitored and measured for the assessment of energy performance and the EnMS?

3. Have the methods for monitoring, measurement, analysis, and evaluation been determined for the assessment of energy performance and the EnMS?

4. Has it been determined when monitoring and measurement are to be conducted for the assessment of energy performance and the EnMS?

5. Has it been determined when to analyze and evaluate the results of monitoring and measurement for the assessment of energy performance and the EnMS?

6. Have improvements in energy performance been assessed by comparing the corresponding Energy Performance Indicator (EnPI) values with the corresponding Energy Baselines (EnBs)?

1. Is compliance with legal regulations and other relevant obligations regularly reviewed and documented?

1. Have internal EnMS audits been performed at scheduled intervals?

2. Is a documented audit plan in place?

3. Have audit criteria and scope been defined for each audit?

4. When selecting personnel for the audits, does the company ensure that audit objectivity can be maintained?

5. Are the results of the audit documented and reported to the responsible members of management?