3 November 2023
This report summarises the audit activities and outcomes during the 6 month period covering tunnel package construction activities by Spark from November 2022 to April 2023.
5 audits were conducted during the audit period.
A total of 48 audit findings were raised comprising 3 Non-compliances, 28 Areas for Improvement, and 17 Observations.
Most of the audit findings were raised in the March 2023 6-monthly audit, which assessed compliance against the requirements of most of Spark’s environmental documentation, and the requirements of selected EPRs.
Spark established corrective actions to address the audit findings. 38 findings were closed during the reporting period. 41 findings remained open at the end of the reporting period.
The overall outcomes of the audits conducted showed that both documented environmental management arrangements and on ground environmental management had improved since the previous 6 month period. However, some of the environmental management documentation had not yet been revised to reflect actual environmental management processes, some on-ground environmental controls were either not in place as required by the works being undertaken, or not fully effective.