What does the "Checking" stage involve?

• A. Conducting staff training
• B. Measuring and monitoring the process against environmental policy, objectives, targets, legal and other requirements, and reporting the results
• C. Improving the EMS architecture
• D. Replacing older equipment

Answer: (B)

Checking centers on verifying how the EMS is performing by collecting data, monitoring processes, and comparing actual performance to what was planned—your environmental policy, objectives and targets, and legal and other requirements. It also involves reporting the results so management can see how things are going, identify nonconformities, and drive corrective actions. This is why measuring and monitoring the process against policy, objectives, targets, legal and other requirements, and reporting the results best fits Checking. Training staff or upgrading the EMS architecture and replacing older equipment are not the core Checking activities; they relate more to implementing capabilities or making broader system improvements.