How audits go virtual, auditors tell … Two months after we shifted to remote audits, our auditors reflect on the challenges they have encountered, and steps taken to address these and help develop robust remote audits for a post-pandemic new …
Mangrove mania: Snapshots from a field audit … During a field audit in mangrove forests, our auditor team learned about the woes and wonders of this enchanted …
Audit à distance – lorsque l’anormal devient la nouvelle « normalité » … La pandémie a fait la part belle aux audits à distance mais au vu de leur pratique généralisée, on imagine qu’ils ne sont pas prêts de disparaître. S’exprimant en tant que membre …
Remote auditing – when the abnormal becomes a new ‘normal’ … The pandemic has pushed remote auditing under the spotlight but seeing it in practice indicates that it may be here to stay. Speaking as a panelist in one of the Forest Stewardship Council TM …
Mindre størrelse? Enklere kontrol? Sådan foregår audits med små landbrugere i USA … Et ny pilotprogram, der har til formal at få små landbrugere til af få fodfæste i Forest Stewardship CouncilTM (FSCTM), har haft en indledende succes. Preferred by Nature …
Auditing standards remain in place despite COVID-19 challenges … Never before has auditing been faced with such overwhelming challenges, but remote auditing, risk management and client goodwill are making it all …
The challenge The audit of the LAS must reassure operators and authorities of the fact that the FLEGT licences issued are based on a strong and reliable LAS and comply with the commitments made under the VPA. This assurance gave the FLEGT licences …
As the COVID-19 virus is gripping the world, auditing goes online … It may never fully replace field visits, but as COVID-19 is spreading around the globe, remote auditing combined with a risk-based approach is proving invaluable, tells NEPCon Executive …
Certifying Siberia: How auditing is raising forestry standards in Russia … In the chaos that ensued the disintegration of the Soviet Union, forest monitoring and inventories were largely neglected. Decades later, the lack of reliable data is still a …
Petite taille ? Vérification simplifiée ? Voici comment fonctionnent les audits avec les petits propriétaires aux États-Unis … Un programme pilote novateur qui cherchait à faire entrer les petits propriétaires dans le Forest Stewardship CouncilTM (FSCTM) …
… Non-conformities in on-site vs remote audits – Preferred by Nature’s comparative study … In a … to identifying non-conformities, how do on-site and remote audits compare? …
Smaller size? Simpler check? Here’s how audits go with smallholders in the US … A novel pilot programme that sought to gain the foothold of smallholders into the Forest Stewardship Council TM (FSC TM ) has gained initial success. Preferred by Nature …
We support the use of surprise audits to monitor Certificate Holders compliance with the Rainforest Alliance 2020 Certification Program. Surprise audits are focused on specific areas of an operation are conducted during normal business hours and are not …
… Tourism Services - Derogation policy for tourism audits in response to COVID-19 pandemic impacts over the … derogation Policy 2.0 for managing tourism certification audits replaces the previous NEPCon Sustainable Tourism Services - Derogation Policy for tourism audits in response to COVID-19 pandemic impacts over the …
This policy explains NEPCon principles in relation to our assurance and certification activities during the global outbreak of COVID-19. …
This is a report template to document conformance with the requirements of the Preferred by Nature LegalSource standard. …
… analysis illuminates the results of desk and on-site audits in detecting non-conformities (NCRs). It emphasises the significance of embracing a comprehensive audit approach that combines both methods, thereby … Nature relies on a robust dataset derived from over 20,000 audits carried out between 2018 and 2022. Its primary aim is …