Course Introduction
ISO 14001:2026 Environmental Management System (EMS) Lead Auditor Training is an advanced course conforming to CQI/IRCA standards, aiming to cultivate environmental auditors with highly professional capabilities, enabling them to lead, manage and effectively carry out environmental management system audits. This 5-day intensive training adopts a systematic and practical approach to help learners, based on the latest ISO 14001:2026 standard, deeply understand, implement and audit environmental management systems. This course is not limited to theoretical understanding, but focuses more on practical application, enabling learners to evaluate environmental performance, compliance obligations, lifecycle impacts, and emerging risks such as climate change and ecosystem degradation. Learners will also gain an in-depth understanding of performance-based auditing, thereby going beyond simple checklist-style audits to conduct value-oriented assessments that effectively support the organization's sustainable development, ESG goals and regulatory compliance.
Training Benefits
- Master the core knowledge and understanding of the environmental management system ISO 14001:2026 and the ISO 19011:2018 audit process
- Learn how to interpret environmental aspects and impacts, evaluate compliance obligations, and use a risk-based approach to evaluate operational control measures
- Follow ISO 19011 audit principles to plan-implement-manage-complete environmental management system audits
- Through real case studies and audit simulation exercises, master the ability to collect and verify objective evidence, conduct effective interviews, identify nonconformities and prepare professional audit reports
Target Participants
- Senior management personnel, heads of business departments, heads of functional departments; environmental management personnel and core team members
- Environmental management system and sustainable development consultants
- Environmental management system management representatives
- Anyone who needs to audit the organization's ISO 14001 management system
Course Outline
- Environmental management system concepts and ISO 14001:2026 standard
- Audit concepts
- Role, responsibilities and competence of auditors
- Audit planning
- Audit implementation
- Reporting audit results
- Follow-up measures
- CQI/IRCA certification