ISO 20121:2024 Event Sustainability Management Systems Internal Auditor

Level Internal auditor Duration 1 day

Available to book: In-house Request a quote

An effective ESMS (Event Sustainability Management System) audit is essential for addressing customer challenges and unlocking significant benefits. This course provides a robust framework for ensuring sustainability management practices into every stage of an event’s lifecycle.

Internal auditing of an ESMS will help to achieve a number of key benefits, including:

Assessing social risks and opportunities associated with events.
Addressing human rights and governance considerations.
Embedding core values of sustainable development into event planning.
Evaluating economic impacts and promoting environmental protection and efficiencies.
Improving sustainability across venues, contractors, accommodation providers, and outsourced processes.

You’ll grasp the key principles and practices of effective ESMS audits in accordance with ISO 20121 and ISO 19011 “Guidelines for auditing management systems”. Using a step-by-step approach, you’ll be guided through the internal audit process from initiation to follow-up. During this one day course you’ll gain the knowledge and skills required to undertake a successful event sustainability management system internal audit Enhance your auditing expertise in alignment with ISO 20121, the globally recognized standard for event sustainability management, and advance your ability to deliver actionable insights for more sustainable and impactful events.

How will I benefit?

This course will help you:

Recognize areas your Certification Body (CB) will be generally looking for to comply with generic internal auditing requirements in management system standards. This will include the meanings and intention of certification criteria and associated theories, methodologies, techniques or tools
Prepare, conduct and follow-up on ISO 20121 audit activities
Identify and apply the benefits and requirements of an ISO 20121 audit
Gain the skills to assess an organization’s capability to manage its ESMS
Write factual audit reports

You will learn to explain:
- The application of guidelines of management system auditing according to ISO 19011 in conjunction with the application of these guidelines to auditing against ISO 20121
You will have the skills to:
- Initiate the audit
- Prepare audit activities
- Conduct audit activities
- Prepare and distribute the audit report
- Complete the audit
- Audit follow-up
Anyone with the need to conduct an internal audit of an organization’s ISO 20121 ESMS.
On completion, you’ll be awarded an internationally recognized BSI Training Academy certificate.

Let's shape your organization's future together

Reach out and see how we can help guide you on your path to sustainable operational success.

Get in touch