What is the Five Star Integrated Audit?
One comprehensive, independent assessment of your organisation's integrated safety, health and environmental management system.
The Five Star Integrated Audit provides an in-depth, quantified evaluation of an organisation's integrated safety, health and environmental (SHE) management system and its associated arrangements against contemporary best practice.
The audit extends beyond established management system standards such as ISO 45001 and ISO 14001, examining how effectively safety, health and environmental arrangements are established, implemented and continually improved.
Through independent verification and detailed recommendations, the audit supports organisations in demonstrating their integrated SHE management performance to customers, supply chain partners and other stakeholders while identifying opportunities for continual improvement.
Enquire now ↗WHO IS IT FOR?
Designed for organisations integrating safety, health and environmental management
The audit is designed for organisations of any size or sector that have implemented, or are working towards, a fully integrated safety, health and environmental management system.
It is particularly relevant for organisations seeking a detailed, objective assessment of their SHE management arrangements through one comprehensive process.
By examining management performance, including leadership and continual improvement, the audit identifies strengths, areas requiring attention and opportunities to improve effectiveness.
What can the audit help you achieve?
Assess current performance
Understand the status of your integrated management system against best-practice requirements.
Plan continual improvement
Establish a structured route towards strengthening management arrangements and achieving best-practice performance.
PREREQUISITE
An integrated safety, health and environmental management system is required.
The audit at a glance
The Five Star Integrated Audit follows a structured best-practice specification, bringing together key indicators of effective SHE management within one comprehensive assessment.
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Best-practice indicators
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Audit sections
The audit provides quantified findings across the elements of the applicable specification. The total element count should be confirmed against the current approved version.
Why the Integrated Audit is right for your organisation
An integrated approach enables organisations to evaluate the effectiveness of their safety, health and environmental arrangements together, providing a broader understanding of performance and opportunities for improvement.
ASSURANCE
Independent recognition
External assessment of health and safety and environmental management systems against recognised best-practice standards.
COMMITMENT
Stakeholder confidence
Demonstrate commitment to health, safety and environmental responsibility to employees, customers, regulators and other stakeholders.
IMPROVEMENT
Structured improvement
Identify strengths and gaps, prioritise actions and establish a structured route towards continual improvement.
How does the Integrated Audit work?
The assessment combines documentation review, stakeholder interviews and operational sampling to evaluate both the management system and its implementation in practice.
DOCUMENTATION
On-site documentation review
Review relevant integrated SHE management system documentation, procedures and supporting records.
ENGAGEMENT
Stakeholder interviews
Interviews and discussions with relevant stakeholders, including top management, to evaluate responsibilities and implementation.
VERIFICATION
Operational sampling
Sampling of relevant operational activities to understand how integrated management arrangements function in practice.
AUDIT DELIVERABLES
What will your organisation receive?
The audit provides quantified findings, independent evaluation and documented recommendations to support performance benchmarking and continual improvement.
Detailed audit report
Comprehensive documentation of assessment findings and identified strengths and gaps.
Detailed recommendations and action planning
Recommendations for addressing gaps and strengthening integrated SHE arrangements.
Quantified assessment outcomes
Element-level outcomes against the applicable audit specification.
Performance benchmarking
Benchmarking across different aspects of the integrated audit specification.
Certification of achievement
Certification reflecting the achieved audit outcome, subject to the applicable requirements.
Potential Honour Awards eligibility
Five Star achievers may be eligible to apply for the Sword and Globe of Honour, subject to the requirements of each scheme.
DISCOVER OUR APPROACH
Audit and consultancy in practice
Independent insight to support improvement
British Safety Council's audit and consultancy services help organisations understand the effectiveness of their management systems and identify opportunities for improvement.
Watch the video to learn more about our approach to independent assessment and consultancy.
Discuss your Integrated Audit requirements
Explore how the Five Star Integrated Audit can support the assessment and improvement of your organisation's SHE management system.
BEST OF THE BEST
Recognition through the Honour Awards
Organisations achieving a Five Star Integrated Audit rating may have the opportunity to apply for the prestigious Sword and Globe of Honour awards, subject to meeting the applicable eligibility requirements.
The Honour Awards recognise organisations demonstrating outstanding commitment and performance 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 assessing the suitability and effectiveness of their management arrangements and pursuing continual improvement.
TAKE THE NEXT STEP
Assess your integrated SHE management performance
The Five Star Integrated Audit provides an independent, comprehensive assessment of your organisation's safety, health and environmental management arrangements, helping identify strengths, improvement priorities and a structured route towards best practice.
Request a call back to learn more about the audit and discuss its suitability for your organisation.
Enquire now ↗FAQs
Here is a list of common questions that people ask us. If you can’t find what you’re looking for please email [email protected] or call us on +91 85879 14964.
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.
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