Board of Environmental, Health & Safety Auditor Certifications
GUIDANCE
Standards for the Professional Practice of Environmental, Health and Safety
Auditing
In accordance with BEAC®'s Articles of Incorporation, mission to promote high standards of practice and efforts to be the lead organization for quality certification of environmental, health and safety auditing professionals, the BEAC® Board of Directors has officially adopted the Standards for the Professional Practice of Environmental, Health and Safety Auditing.
The Standards for the Professional Practice of Environmental, Health and Safety Auditing are the result of a tremendous effort of the BEAC® Standards Board which was established in 1998. The BEAC® Standards Board studied a number of standards issued by other professional organizations from around the world and concluded that the Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing developed by The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) and the Standards for the Professional Practice of Environmental Auditing developed by The Auditing Roundtable (AR) were best suited as the references for the development of standards for the BEAC® certification programs. Accordingly, if one compares the standards of the two parent organizations, IIA and EAR, to BEAC®'s Standards for the Professional Practice of Environmental, Health and Safety Auditing, they will observe significant similarity and consistency. BEAC® also recognizes The IIA and the AR leadership for their outstanding support, guidance, and assistance in the development of its Standards.
Before official adoption, both the General and Performance Standards and Performance Practices were well received in accordance with public comment from a variety of professionals including representatives from The IIA, AR and BEAC® memberships; law firms; accounting firms; environmental, health and safety consultants; and practicing environmental, health and safety auditors in industry.
Formal publication of the Standards for the Professional Practice of Environmental, Health and Safety Auditing will be available early in 2000 and will be distributed to all BEAC® members.
The Standards for the Professional Practice of Environmental, Health and Safety Auditing will be a living document. Accordingly, comments and proposals for changes or additions are welcome at any time. Any individual or organization commenting or proposing changes or additions to any of the BEAC®'s Standards pronouncements should submit suggestions of this nature to BEAC® in writing directed to the Chairman of the BEAC® Standards Board.
The Standards for the Professional Practice of Environmental, Health and Safety Auditing is posted in .PDF format, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the document.
