Environment Audit

Environmental Auditing's Beginnings

It's critical to distinguish between auditing and other approaches like environmental impact assessment (EIA). The latter evaluates a proposed facility's possible environmental impacts. The primary goal of an environmental audit is to examine environmental performance across all of a company's present operations. An audit is, at best, a thorough study of management processes and facilities; at worst, it is a cursory inspection.

To various people, the word "environmental audit" signifies different things. Assessment, survey, and review are all terms that are used to describe the same sort of action. Furthermore, some organizations regard a "environmental audit" to be a health, safety, and environmental audit, whilst others believe it to be a health, safety, and environmental audit.

Auditing follows a same concept and methodology despite the fact that there is no uniform definition. The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in its book Environmental Auditing sums it up in its broad description: (1989).

Environmental auditing is defined by the ICC as a management technique that consists of a systematic, recorded, periodic, and objective examination of how effectively environmental organizations, management, and equipment are functioning, with the goal of assisting in environmental protection through:

1) Supporting environmental practices management control.

2) Determining whether or not employees are complying with corporate regulations, which may include satisfying regulatory criteria.

Environmental Auditing's Purposes

· Determine the efficiency of the environmental management methods and equipment

· Check for conformity with applicable national, municipal, and international rules and regulations.

· Reduce human exposure to hazards associated with environmental, health, and safety issues.

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