Enhancing Efficiency with the COR® Combined Audit

About this episode

This episode discusses the new COR® Combined Audit program aimed at enhancing efficiency in the COR® certification process.

This episode of the IHSA Safety Podcast discusses the new COR® Combined Audit program and features Peter Smith, Lead COR® Auditor at IHSA. Peter states that the COR® Combined Audit allows organizations with many accounts to undergo one comprehensive COR® audit rather than multiple audits throughout the year. The key benefit of the program is to enhance efficiency during the COR® certification process, so that instead ofreviewing the same health and safety management system with various accounts multiple times, the review can be completed in a single audit of all accounts.  The combined audit program isn’t mandatory but rather optional, and it doesn’t change the COR® standards or audit expectations. Each account is still expected to be in compliance withthe COR® 2020 standard, and each account still gets its own individual certification. Peter also highlights other benefits of the program, such as saving time and money. It cuts down on the time spent writing several audit reports for…

People in this episode

Guest: Peter Smith

Topics covered

• COR® Combined Audit
• efficiency
• health and safety management
• audit process
• certification

Keywords

• COR® Combined Audit
• efficiency
• audit
• certification
• health and safety

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: IHSA

Products: COR® Combined Audit, COR®, COR® 2020 standard

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