What is a Five Star Group Audit
Independent assessment of occupational health and safety management performance across multi-site organisations.
The Five Star Group Audit provides multi-site organisations with a structured approach to assessing their occupational health and safety management systems against best-practice standards.
Through independent verification, quantified outcomes and detailed recommendations, the audit helps organisations understand their current performance and identify opportunities for continual improvement across their operations.
Enquire now ↗WHO IS IT FOR?
Designed for multi-site organisations
The Five Star Group Audit is intended for multi-site organisations across sectors seeking an independent assessment of their occupational health and safety management arrangements.
The audit supports organisations that need to:
Assess their current OHSMS against best-practice requirements.
Establish a structured route towards achieving best-practice performance.
AUDIT PREREQUISITE
Minimum organisational scope
20+
More than 20 sites or locations
The organisation must have more than 20 sites or locations within the scope of the audit.
The audit at a glance
The Five Star Group Audit uses a structured specification to evaluate occupational health and safety management performance and provide quantified findings.
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Best-practice indicators
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Audit sections
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Assessment elements
Why the Five Star Group Audit is right for your organisation
For multi-site organisations, an independent assessment can provide a clearer understanding of occupational health and safety management performance and support a consistent approach to improvement.
RECOGNITION
Independent recognition
External assessment of occupational health and safety management systems against best-practice standards.
COMMITMENT
Stakeholder confidence
Demonstrate organisational commitment to health and safety to employees, regulators and other interested parties.
IMPROVEMENT
Structured improvement
Establish a route towards continual improvement and progressive achievement of best-practice standards.
How does the Group Audit work?
The audit draws on documented evidence, stakeholder engagement and operational sampling to assess the organisation's health and safety management arrangements.
DOCUMENTATION
On-site documentation review
Review relevant health and safety management system documentation and supporting records.
ENGAGEMENT
Stakeholder interviews
Interviews and discussions with relevant stakeholders, including top management.
VERIFICATION
Operational sampling
Sampling of relevant operational activities to understand how management arrangements are implemented in practice.
AUDIT DELIVERABLES
What will your organisation receive?
The Group Audit provides a quantified assessment and documented findings to support improvement planning, benchmarking and recognition of achievement.
Detailed audit report
A comprehensive report documenting the audit findings.
Detailed recommendations and action planning
Recommendations to help prioritise improvements to health and safety management arrangements.
Quantified outcomes across 59 elements
Element-level assessment results based on the Group Audit specification.
Performance benchmarking
Benchmarking across different aspects of the audit specification.
Certification of achievement
Certification reflecting the audit outcome, subject to the applicable scheme requirements.
Potential Sword of Honour eligibility
Organisations achieving a Five Star rating may be eligible to apply for the Sword of Honour, subject to the award scheme's criteria.
BEST OF THE BEST
Eligibility for the Honour Awards
Achieving a Five Star Audit rating can provide an opportunity to apply for the prestigious Sword of Honour, subject to the relevant eligibility requirements and award criteria.
The Honour Awards recognise organisations demonstrating excellence in health, safety and environmental management.
Explore the Honour Awards ↗Why choose British Safety Council?
Our internationally recognised audit and consultancy services support organisations in evaluating the effectiveness of their health, safety and environmental management arrangements and identifying opportunities for continual improvement.
TAKE THE NEXT STEP
Assess health and safety performance across your organisation
The Five Star Group Audit provides multi-site organisations with an independent, structured assessment of occupational health and safety management performance and a route towards continual improvement.
Request a call back to learn more about the audit, confirm eligibility and discuss the appropriate scope for your organisation.
Enquire now ↗FAQs
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What consultancy services do you offer?
Our health and safety and environmental consultancy services are based entirely on customer needs and involve one of our experts helping to support improvements in performance in general or more specific areas (for example: risk assessments, training needs analysis, legionella surveys, asbestos management, permit to work processes, strategic planning, culture surveys, etc.)
What audits does the British Safety Council offer?
We currently offer a range of audit products and services including our best practice Five Star Wellbeing Audit, Five Star Occupational Health and Safety, Five Star Environmental and Five Star Integrated audits. We also offer certification audits to the ISO 14001 (2015) standards and the ISO 45001 standard (when issued). A bespoke sector-specific systems review service (safety and environmental) is also available and provides a baseline indication of how effectively your safety, health and/or environmental systems are being implemented across multiple sites or within specific departments.
Five Star Occupational Health and Safety Audit - what is it?
Our Five Star Audit is an internationally recognised, quantified and comprehensive audit process used by organisations to compare their health and safety management system against best practice technique and current trends.
Five Star Occupational Health and Safety Audit - what is changing?
The current specification continues to offer you the opportunity to progress toward a best practice occupational health and safety management system(s) and the business benefits this can produce. The specification aligns best practice safety management indicators (including leadership and stakeholder engagement) against a Plan - Do - Check - Act management model.
As part of the British Safety Council’s commitment to the continual product-improvement, together with a recognition of recent developments in legislative and safety management trends, our five-star audit specification(s) are reviewed on an annual basis.
Five Star Environmental Audit - what is it?
Our Five Star Environmental Audit is an internationally recognised audit process used by leading organisations to compare their environmental performance against best practice and current trends.
What is the Sword of Honour?
The Sword of Honour is an award scheme available to organisations that have achieved a five-star rating in our Five Star Occupational Health and Safety Audit. A separate award process is independently adjudicated and only those submissions from five star organisations, which meet defined criteria, are awarded the sword of honour status. A true recognition of excellence in health and safety management.
What is the Globe of Honour?
The Globe of Honour is an award scheme available to organisations that have achieved a five-star rating in our Five Star Environmental Audit. A separate award process is independently adjudicated and only those submissions from five star organisations, which meet defined criteria, are awarded the globe of honour status. A true recognition of excellence in environmental management.
ISO 45001 - What is it?
A new international health and safety standard management system standard that is expected to eventually replace BS OHSAS 18001. ISO 45001 reflects contemporary health and safety management requirements and is currently due to be published in late 2017.