Inogen Alliance supports global clients by completing hundreds of environment, health and safety (EHS) and sustainability compliance and facility optimization audits annually. Unlike our competitors we don’t hire subs or contractors, we use our own resources with their local knowledge and access to our global network of expertise. All of our Inogen Alliance auditors are experienced in the local spirit and intent of the regulations, speak multiple languages, and are trained to a client’s unique expectations for the audit program. Consistently consistent is our goal for our global auditing program – the same audit experience will occur regardless of the physical location. This allows us to trend results over geographies for our clients to be able to obtain more than simply a single audit report.
Worldwide Audit Programs
The global presence of Inogen Alliance is a key factor in much of the audit work we do with our clients. Without it, we would not be able to complete audit projects and audit programs, while providing value and building client relationships.
Global Auditing Programs. Consistently Consistent.
Learn more about Inspection and Auditing through Inogen Alliance.
We support multi-media EHS audits, special interest audits (e.g., energy, dangerous goods storage, waste management, etc.), ISO certification preparation assessments, internal audit team augmentation, and/or supply chain audits. We understand each company has unique components to Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) and work with you to ensure this stays a priority. During our audits our consultants provide a value add to the site personnel in answering compliance questions, providing best practices from their extensive auditing experience, and assist in continuing to grow a client’s EHS and sustainability culture.
Services include:
- Customized EHS and sustainability audit program scaled to review client’s specific risks
- Execution of EHS and sustainability regulatory compliance audits
- Globalized protocol or country-specific protocol options
- Detailed corrective action plans
- Audit Program validation services
- Data Analytics and Visualization for audit results
- Multi-lingual with English speaking local EHS consultants and corporate officials.
Key results:
- Consistent audit approach around the world to reduce EHS compliance risks
- On-site or virtual resources to help improve site awareness and application of EHS and sustainability local, regional and federal legal requirements.
- Ability to compare compliance status and trends by business unit, region, facility, topic to track the impact of audits and health of the EHS program.
- Assurance that EHS and sustainability risks are continuing to improve
Emergency Response Regulations Register, Visualization, and Potential Fines
Antea Group lead the Inogen Associates to develop a customized deliverable of global regulatory requirements for all the 141 jurisdictions of federal, state/province, and local emergency response requirements. The team identified applicable emergency response regulations and explain compliance requirements regarding:
• Good Samaritan Laws
• AED Requirements
• General Requirements for Emergency Response and Preparedness for both Offices and Manufacturing (where applicable), including:
o Requirements for exit routes
o Exit route signage and evacuation route posting
o Maintenance, safeguards, and operational features for exit routes
o General Employee Training
o Drills/Exercises
o Cost/Impact of Noncompliance
o Medical Services and First Aid Requirements (including Cost/Impact of Noncompliance)
• General Fire System Requirements:
o Authorizations/Permits
o Portable fire extinguishers (including location, signage and inspections requirements)
o Employee alarm systems (noting if a permit is required and inspection requirements)
o Cost/Impact of Noncompliance
o Emergency Action Plans, Notification, and Permits (including the Cost/Impact of Noncompliance)
• Emergency Response Team Requirements
o Staffing
o Training
o Protective Equipment
o Rescue Equipment
o Cost/Impact of Noncompliance
• Unique Country Requirements Related to Emergency Response not Covered Above
Qlik was used to do visualization and to provide a research tool and self assessment tool for global facility personnel to ensure that regulatory requirements are met.
Awareness of global requirement specific to facility type and location.
Clear compliance requirements that each facility was able to evaluate their compliance to.
Trending of results to calculate the risk of noncompliance to the company.
Prioritization of gaps to create a road map to compliance by facility, country, region and corporation.
