CP-122, Chapter 7 - PDO

AuditCHAPTER 7 3/71.4 Background - AuditPDO has established and maintains an HSE audit programme and procedures in line with theGroup, international and regulatory requirements as listed below.PDO BUSINESS POLICIES require- A systematic approach to HSE management shall be applied to achieve continuous improvement in themanagement of the risks to health and safety of employees and contractors and continuous reduction in theimpact of operations on the environment (PL 38 Health Safety and Environmental Protection).- Compliance with the Company’s control frameworks shall be systematically and rigorously assessed byindependent internal and where appropriate, external audits and review (PL 12 Audit and Review).INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION (ISO) Standard for Environmental ManagementSystems, ISO 14001, requires organisations to establish and maintain programmes and procedures for periodicenvironmental management system audits to be carried out, in order to:- Determine whether or not the environmental management system conforms to planned arrangements forenvironmental management, including the requirements of the Standard.- Determine that the environmental management system has been properly implemented and maintained.- Provide information on the results of audits, to management.ROYAL DUTCH/SHELL GROUP Group Procedure for an HSE Management System requires that an auditprogramme shall be in place to review and verify effectiveness of the management system. It shall include auditsby auditors independent of the facility or process audited. Audit follow-up shall be timely, thorough and auditable.SHELL INTERNATIONAL EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION (SIEP) HSE Manual: Health, Safety and EnvironmentalManagement Systems (EP 95-0100) requires Operating Companies to maintain procedures for HSE audits to becarried out, as a normal part of business control, in order to determine:- Whether or not HSE management system elements and activities conform to planned arrangements and areimplemented effectively.- The effective functioning of the HSE Management System in fulfilling the Company’s HSE policy, objectives andperformance criteria.- Compliance with relevant legislative requirements.- Identification of areas for improvement, leading to progressively better HSE management.2.0 AUDIT2.1 The Audit TeamPersonnel on the audit team must be independent of the facility or process audited, and may besourced from within PDO or externally.People conducting HSE audits should be appropriately trained to be able to carry out the taskobjectively, impartially and effectively.Audit team members should be selected so that their skills and knowledge are appropriate to theaudit type and scope. The audit team has should have:● A broad knowledge of HSE matters.● Adequate independence from the activities being audited, to enable objective and impartial judgement.● Operational experience in the area being audited.HSE - MANAGEMENT SYSTEM MANUAL Embedding HSE into our business REV 4.0 CP 122