The primary objectives of the EHS audit were to assess whether operations and activities at the facility were a) in compliance with Thailand’s applicable EHS regulatory requirements and, b) where non-compliances were identified to formulate a Corrective Actions Plan (CA) identifying the root cause, corrective action, priority, implementation timeline, completion indicator, responsible party and an outline budget for each CA.

As a first stage in the assessment process, the facility management was issued with an Applicability Screening Questionnaire (ASQ) for their completion in order to enable SLP to prepare a tailored Information Request List (IRL) document which was then issued to the relevant representative/s at the facility. SLP created a secure Virtual Data Room (VDR) into which the facility uploaded the requested documentation for the auditors review in order to determine the facility’s compliance status with respect to permitting, licensing, training, inspections, monitoring and regulatory reporting etc.

Following completion of the document review aspects of the assignment, SLP’s auditors visited the facility to conduct the onsite compliance review aspects of the audit. This involved facility inspections and interviews with key informants. The onsite audit is critical to assessing EHS practices and behaviors at the operational level.

Following completion of the onsite audit, SLP prepared a draft EHS regulatory audit report which provided a synopsis of requirements associated with each identified regulatory non-compliance (NC), the legal citation and prioritization for close-out based on risk assessment. The report also included a Corrective Actions Plan (CAP) with a recommended action to address each NC, a timeline for its implementation, the completion indictor and responsible party (i.e., person, organisation and or business department tasked with closing out each finding). The report also included guidance notes where applicable, cost estimates for each CA, photographs and figures to illustrate findings. The draft report was submitted to the facility and corporate headquarters for comments. Once clients comments were received and addressed the finalised report was  prepared and issued.