Environmental Auditing
Environmental Auditing
Environmental Auditing
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Environmental auditing
Introduction
• Environmental auditing is an attempt to provide information
on the environmental performance of a company, and thus
include environmental issues in the decision making process.
:Detailed Definitions
The term 'environmental auditing' is a broad one. Many
definitions cover auditing in the private and public sector.
1-External audit:
an assessment of the condition of the local environment, and
2-Internal audit:
consisting of 'Policy Impact Assessment', a review of the
activities (objectives, services, practices and policies) of the
authority related to the environment protection as well as
'Management Audit', a review of the procedures by which
environmental policies are managed by the authority.
Environmental auditing
• recycling;
• environmental education;
:Types of audits
1- Compliance audit:
Pre-audit stage
•full management commitment;
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•setting overall goals, objectives, scope and priorities;
Audit stage
1- on-site audit, well defined and
systematic using protocols or
checklists;
4- interviews;
5- site inspection;
Environmental auditing procedures
• evaluation of findings;
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2- enabling environmental problems and risks to be anticipated
and responses planned;
Background
Detailed Definitions
Types of audits