The Five Most Common Sustainability Audit Findings
From supplier documentation to waste management, here are the findings auditors most often raise — and how to prevent them during preparation.
In our experience, audit findings tend to recur in the same areas: completeness of supplier data, mass balance records, evidence of land legality, waste and hazardous material management, and employee training records.
Most of these findings are not caused by an absence of practice in the field, but by evidence that is not documented consistently. That is why a document control system is an important investment.
Periodic internal audits and audit simulations ahead of the certification audit have proven effective in identifying gaps early, so corrective actions can be completed without disrupting the certification schedule.