Five Star Environmental Sustainability Audit

Five Star at a glance

See your environmental sustainability performance more clearly

Go beyond compliance with an independent assessment of your environmental sustainability management systems, performance and opportunities for continual improvement.

core audit sections

5,000

available audit points

Best Practice Indicators

days for your final report

Plan. Do. Check. Act.

A comprehensive view of your sustainability management system

The audit follows the recognised PLAN–DO–CHECK–ACT management cycle, examining how environmental sustainability is led, implemented, measured and continually improved.

PLAN

Leadership, commitment & planning

Assess leadership, sustainability strategy, policies, governance, objectives, risks, responsibilities and organisational planning.

Implementation & operation

Review how your organisation manages emissions, energy, water, waste, biodiversity, resources, transport and environmental impacts.

CHECK

Monitoring & measurement

Examine how objectives, KPIs, inspections, audits, supply chains and performance data are monitored and used to identify opportunities for improvement.

ACT

Evaluation & continual improvement

Understand how management review, governance, culture, reporting and future sustainability opportunities support lasting improvement.

The Five Star process

More than a review of the paperwork

Our auditors combine documentary evidence, stakeholder conversations and on-site verification to understand how your environmental sustainability arrangements perform in practice.

Review the evidence

Environmental sustainability policies, systems, documentation and supporting evidence are reviewed against the Five Star specification.

Listen to your people

Management, employees and other relevant stakeholders are interviewed to understand how your arrangements are understood and applied.

Verify what happens in practice

Site inspection and operational sampling provide assurance that documented environmental arrangements are being effectively implemented.

Turn findings into action

Your final report provides a quantified result, sectional scoring, observations, recommendations and practical action planning to support continual improvement.

Demonstrate measurable impact

Turn sustainability into business advantage

Independent assurance can help strengthen performance, manage environmental risk and demonstrate credible progress to customers, regulators, investors and other stakeholders.

Financial

Identify inefficiencies, reduce costs, minimise revenue loss and help reduce exposure to environmental penalties.

Reputation

Strengthen credibility and demonstrate independently assessed sustainability progress to your stakeholders.

Operational

Pinpoint gaps, strengthen business resilience and benchmark environmental performance across your operations.

Legal & regulatory

Identify compliance risks, strengthen assurance and support regulatory and supply-chain obligations.

Customer & supply chain

Strengthen bids, customer relationships and confidence by demonstrating robust environmental governance.

ESG & reporting

Support environmental reporting and provide stronger evidence behind your organisation's sustainability commitments.

Ready to raise the bar?

Start your Five Star sustainability journey

Speak to our team about your organisation, your environmental sustainability objectives and how the Five Star Environmental Sustainability Audit could support your next stage of improvement.

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