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Recent trends in environmental audit

Sanjay Saxena1*and Nitesh Goswami2

1Jind Institute of Engineering and Technology, Haryana, India

2Gwalior Engineering College, Gwalior, India

DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CWE.4.2.25

The aim of environmental audit of an audit is to facilitate supervision and gain information on the measures to be taken by a unit with regard to compliance with the company's internal policies and with the enforced regulations. The environmental audit enables the company to take a comprehensive look at their industrial operations and facilities. It also gives us an idea of identifying the areas where reduction and cost control are possible.


Environmental Audit; Compliance; Industrial Operations

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Received: 2009-09-10
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Introduction

Asperthedefinitiongivenbyinternational chamber of commerce the "Environmental audit is asystematicexaminationofperformancetoensurecompliancewithrequirementsduringtheoperationalphase of industrial activity including thefollowingcomponents:

• Full management commitment
• Audit team objectivity
• Professional compliance
• Well defined systematic approach
• Written reports
• Quality assurance
• Follow-up

In a nut shell we can say "environmental audit is a process of detecting wastage of resources and environmental damage that can be avoided in any productive activity".

Environmental audit is a pro activity find faults in the system and identify weak areas. It also includes the measures under taken for the improvement of overall productivity of the industry.

Objective :In order to protect our environment it is necessar y to fo r mulate environment impact assessment policies and laws. These policies should have clear guide lines about the standards of implementation of a project with respect to environment. To gather the necessary inf
ormation and the impact of that project on e nvironment it is necessar y to conduct environmental audit. Environmental audit is generally a typical combination of pollution audit, pollution prevention or waste minimization audit and environmental management systems audit. The main objective of environmental auditing are as under:

• Effor ts in making clean and healthy environment.
• To develop a strong economy.
• To develop total quality management demands.
• To develop cooperation between environmental groups and businesses.
•低点和背景g standard as per the feed back received from var ious audit reports.
• To develop effectiveness of the compliance management system.
• Reduce or contain problems that can interface with normal business activities.
• To encourage formulations of more formal procedures and standards for measuring environmental performance.
• To develop a database of information on environmental
• To identify conditions that may have an adverse impact on the environment and the company.


Audit Methodology

Audit activities are carried out in three different phases called pre audit, on-site and post audit activities.

• Pre Audit Activities
To make a audit schedule
To constitute a audit team
To gather necessar y infor mation and reviewing back ground.
To prepare a plan to conduct audit.


• On-Site Activities
Together information by interviewing site personnel.
To inspect the site, the operations and equipment.
To review operative records and administrative documents.


• Post-Audit Activities
To preparing and distributing the audit report. To identify potential solutions and prepare recommendations.
To assign responsibility to implement correctiv
e action and establishing time frames.
To do the follow up of all the activities.


Five Step Follow up Plan

证明有效的现场审计活动μst follow a standard plan ensuring a systematic and rigorous review.This follow up plan is typically based on the following five steps:
Understanding of environment management system.
Identifying strengths and weaknesses of EMS.
Collecting audit evidence.
Ev
aluating audit results.
Reporting audit findings.


Benefits of Environmental Audit

• It assure the company in respect to the implementation of environmental regulations, standards etc.
• It helps in developing of environmental management systems and improvement in environmental performance.
• It helps in focusing the attention of management and employees over environmental issues.
• It enhances the sharing of information.


Conclusion

Environmental auditing is a powerful tool in making an effective environmental management system. It is also an effective way to check the impact of a project on the environment .Government should make it compulsory for industries.

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