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What
is an Environmental Audit
 Environmental
auditing is a systematic, documented, periodic and objective
process in assessing an organization's activities and services
in relation to:
- Assessing
compliance with relevant statutory and internal requirements
- Facilitating
management control of environmental practices
- Promoting
good environmental management
- Maintaining
credibility with the public
- Raising
staff awareness and enforcing commitment to departmental
environmental policy
- Exploring
improvement opportunities
- Establishing
the performance baseline for developing an Environmental
Management System (EMS)
 Conducting
an environmental audit is no longer an option but a sound
precaution and a proactive measure in today's heavily regulated
environment. Indeed, evidence suggests that EA has a valuable
role to play, encouraging systematic incorporation of environmental
perspectives into many aspects of an organisation's overall
operation, helping to trigger new awareness and new priorities
in policies and practices.
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