Global Applicability & AuditEverything you need to conduct EHS audits and site assessments on an international scale.

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Your timesaving solution for maintaining effective international compliance.

Virtually every multinational company needs to audit its foreign operations for compliance with local EHS requirements. Global Applicability & Audit helps you understand a country’s EHS compliance obligations, how those obligations are enforced, and what agencies have regulatory authority. We make it easy to identify areas that are out of compliance and weigh the level of risk. Dual-language scorecards (available for multiple jurisdictions) let English and non-English speakers work side by side from the same document.

With Global Applicability & Audit, you can:

• Use guide notes to understand a requirement or answer a compliance question.

• Customize your audit by selecting only those topics that apply to your facility.

• Generate audit and compliance scoresheets.

• Assess a facility’s compliance with applicable regulations.

• Rely on detailed instructions, auditor guide notes, field-tested checklists, and accurate quarterly updates.

• Link directly to the text of any relevant citations.

• Save, share, and export your EHS audit checklists.

• Streamline your international operations as you save time and money.

• Receive two complimentary hours of consulting from Enhesa.

• Utilize dual-language checklists in English and the country’s official language (available for multiple jurisdictions).

To start your complimentary trial or to learn more, contact your Bloomberg Environment representative. Call 800.372.1033 or visit bna.com/ga

We speak your language — dual language is available for multiple jurisdictions.

Global Applicability & Audit

Choose a jurisdiction and topic.This is the fi rst step toward creating a custom audit checklist targeted to your operations.

Determine what topics apply to your facility with our applicability analysis.Quickly answer questions about your operations to determine which requirements apply to your facility.

Review and update your audits.Continue to fi ne-tune or update your audits as conditions or fi ndings change.

A sophisticated yet simple approach to auditing.

Global Applicability & Audit is an ideal solution for:

Multinational companies with corporate self-assessment/compliance management programsHelp your company’s international sites meet their internal self-assessment mandates on an ongoing basis.

Sites doing their own compliance analysesUse Global Applicability & Audit as part of the ISO EMS process to identify all “legal aspects,” especially at larger, more complex industrial sites.

Internal audit groupsGlobal Applicability & Audit saves you money —compare with the cost of updating audit checklists yourself.

Independent professional auditors/consultantsCompete with industry leaders — you have access to the knowledge and fi eld-tested materials of an international network of EHS auditors.

Determine applicability. Read guide notes for audit strategy and tips.

Create reports and scoresheets.Easily export your results to Excel for inclusion in documents and presentations.

Manage change.Check for updates since you last saved your audit.

ComponentsPre-Audit/Pre-Assessment Preparation• List of all documents, reports, and fi les to be

gathered for review prior to on-site audit or inspection

Compliance Rulebooks (Audit Protocols)• Detailed summaries of regulatory requirements• Guide notes:

– How to determine applicability – Look for specifi c compliance elements – Practices, conditions, and situations that could indicate potential problems

Scorecards• Allow quick recording of the facility’s compliance

status with each regulatory requirement

Regular Updates• Changes are fl agged for topics in saved templates

Africa/Middle EastAlgeriaAngolaBotswanaEgyptGhanaGuineaIsrael*JordanKenyaKuwaitMoroccoNamibiaNigeriaQatarSaudi Arabia*South AfricaTanzaniaTunisiaUAE:

• National and Abu Dhabi*• National and Dubai*

Zambia

Americas Argentina:

• National*• National and Buenos Aires• National and Santa Cruz

Brazil:• Federal*• Federal and Espiritu Santo• Federal and Goiás• Federal and Minas Gerais*• Federal and Rio Grande do Sul• Federal and Rio de Janeiro*• Federal and São Paulo*

Canada:• Federal and Alberta• Federal and British Columbia• Federal and Manitoba• Federal and New Brunswick• Federal and Newfoundland• Federal and Nova Scotia• Federal and Ontario• Federal and Quebec• Federal and Saskatchewan

Chile*Colombia*Costa Rica*Dominican Republic*Mexico:

• Federal*• Federal and Distrito Federal

(Mexico City)• Federal and Hidalgo• Federal and Mexico• Federal and Nuevo Leon• Federal and Tabasco*• Federal and Veracruz

Peru*UruguayVenezuela*

Asia/Pacific Australia:

• Commonwealth and NSW• Commonwealth and Northern Territory• Commonwealth and Queensland• Commonwealth and South Australia• Commonwealth and Victoria• Commonwealth and Western Australia

AzerbaijanChina:

• National*• National and Beijing*• National and Fujian• National and Guangdong*• National and Henan• National and Jiangsu*• National and Liaoning• National and Shandong*• National and Shanghai*• National and Shanxi• National and Shenzhen*• National and Sichuan• National and Tianjin• National and Xiamen• National and Zhejiang*

Hong KongIndia:

• National• National and Andhra Pradesh• National and Goa• National and Gujarat• National and Karnataka• National and Madhya Pradesh• National and Maharashtra• National and Tamil Nadu• National and Uttar Pradesh

Indonesia*Japan*Kazakhstan*MalaysiaNew ZealandPakistanPhilippinesSingaporeSouth Korea*Taiwan*Thailand*Vietnam*

Europe Austria*Belgium:

• Federal and Brussels• Federal and Flanders• Federal and Wallonia

Croatia*Czech Republic*DenmarkEuropean UnionFinlandFrance*Germany:

• National*

• National and Baden-Württemberg• National and Bayern*• National and Hamburg*• National and Hessen• National and Lower Saxony• National and Nordrhein-Westfalen*• National and Rhineland-Palatinate• National and Saxony

GibraltarGreeceHungary*IrelandItaly*LithuaniaLuxembourgMaltaMonacoNetherlands*Norway*Poland*PortugalRomania*Russia:

• National*• National and Moscow

SerbiaSlovakiaSpain:

• National*• National and Catalonia*• National and Madrid

SwedenSwitzerland:

• National• National and Geneva• National and Neuchâtel

Turkey*Ukraine*United Kingdom:

• England• Scotland• Wales

Major topics coveredAir emission managementChemicals managementEmergency preparedness/responseFacility/process safetyGeneral environmental requirementsHazardous materials management/ transportOccupational healthSafety managementWaste managementWater management

*Jurisdictions available in dual language

Ask your Bloomberg Environment representative for more information.(New countries are added on an ongoing basis.)

Customize your audits and focus on the specifics of your facilities.Global Applicability & Audit allows you the flexibility to select just those modules that apply to your facility and add corporate standards or site-specific requirements to fully flesh out your checklist.

Global Applicability & Audit is concise and streamlined yet still allows you the option of drilling down for more detail when the complexities of a situation demand it.

Global Applicability & Audit brings together the expertise of two industry leaders: Bloomberg Environment, a leading publisher of EHS news and analysis for more than 40 years, and Enhesa, a recognized leader in international audit consulting and regulatory compliance.

Control the level of detail you apply to your compliance audit checklist.

Trusted expertise from two industry leaders.

Start your free trial today.

To start your complimentary trial or to learn more, contact your Bloomberg Environment representative. Call 800.372.1033 or visit bna.com/ga

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