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Cognicert ISO 37101 Sustainable Development Lead Auditor

ISO 37101:2016 establishes requirements for a management system for sustainable development in communities, focusing on resilience and smartness.

  • Practical, standards-based professional learning
  • Assessment and verifiable Cognicert certification
  • Flexible online, self-study and organisational delivery

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Prerequisites

Three years of professional experience, including two years at management level.

Exam and resits

100 questions in one hour. Pass mark: 70%. Your payment includes two exam attempts. A third or later attempt costs £100 per resit.

Cognicert reports an 87% pass rate.

Self-study access

Lifetime access for the enrolled learner. Access is personal and cannot be shared.

Overview
ISO 37101:2016 establishes requirements for a management system for sustainable development in communities, including cities, using a holistic approach, with a view to ensuring consistency with the sustainable development policy of communities. The intended outcomes of a management system for sustainable development in communities include:
  • Managing sustainability and fostering smartness and resilience in communities, while taking into account the territorial boundaries to which it applies;
  • Improving the contribution of communities to sustainable development outcomes;
  • Assessing the performance of communities in progressing towards sustainable development outcomes and the level of smartness and of resilience that they have achieved;
  • Fulfilling compliance obligations.
ISO 37101:2016 is intended to help communities become more resilient, smart and sustainable, through the implementation of strategies, programmes, projects, plans and services, and demonstrate and communicate their achievements.
Objectives
The “ISO 37101:2016 Lead Auditor” course provides comprehensive training for participants to be able to:
  • Understand how to audit each and every ISO 37101:2016   requirements
  • Learn fundamental auditing skills;
  • Implement methods to comply with the ISO 37101:2016
  • Audit process and techniques
  • Improve Auditor’s skills and techniques
  • Examine the requirements of ISO 37101 from an Auditor Perspective
  • Write Audit reports process and follow up corrective actions
  • Plan, Lead, Conduct and report an ISO 37101 audit;
  • Effectively verify root cause analysis as part of the ISO 37101 Management procedure on corrective action
Audience
  • Persons responsible for conducting certification audits according to ISO 37101:2016 requirements
  • Persons involved in the ISO 37101:2016 certification audits processes.
Content
Day 1
  • Background and Development of ISO 37101:2016
  • Interpreting the Requirements of the ISO 37101:2016  Standard
  • The Process Management Approach
  • Roles and responsibilities
  • Management System Planning
Day 2
  • Document Management
  • Inspection Operations managements
  • Resource Management
  • Subcontracting
  • Process Improvement
  • Monitoring and Evaluation
Day 3
  • Fundamentals of Auditing
  • Auditing according to ISO 17021 and ISO 19011
  • Managing Audit Program
  • Audit Evidences
  • Audit Process
  • Audit Planning Preparation
Day 4
  • Leading an audit
  • Conducting Onsite Audit
  • Conducting Audit Follow-Up
  • The Root Cause Analysis Process
  • Certification Audit processes and criteria
Day 5
  • Revision and
  • Examination
Delivery
  • Case Study
  • Individual Exercises
  • Role Play
  • Group Exercises
  • Group Presentation
  • Examination
Duration
5 days
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Prices are per learner before any applicable UK VAT. A live-online intake costs more after its standard deadline because the published late fee is added. Self-study is priced separately and has no late-intake fee.

TRAINING DATESEXAMDEADLINE & STATUSLIVE ONLINESELF-STUDY
9–13 November 202613 November 2026Standard booking period
Standard deadline: 12 October 2026. No late fee yet.
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