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EnvironmentalAudit What is an environmental audit

Environmental auditing is a systematic,

documented,periodic and objective processin assessing an organizations activities and

services in relation to:

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EnvironmentalAudit 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

environmental policy Exploring improvement opportunities Establishing the performance baseline for developing

an Environmental Management System (EMS)

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Environmental Audit Conducting an environmental audit

Pre Audit

On site audit

Post audit

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Environmental Audit Pre Audit

To develop an audit plan for the on-site

activities

To make the necessary preparation andarrangements for the on-site audit

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Environmental Audit Output of pre audit phase

Audit Plan

Package of background information

Completed Operational InformationQuestionnaire and Audit Checklists

On-site Questionnaire and Audit Protocols

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Environmental Audit On-site audit activities

Objectives

Verification of legislative and regulatorycompliance

Assessment of internal policy and

procedural conformance Establishment of current practice status

Identification of improvement opportunities

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Environmental Audit Onsite audit steps

Opening Meeting

Document Review

Detailed site inspection

Staff interviews

Review audit evidence

Closing meeting

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Environmental Audit Output

Documented audit findings and supporting

evidence

Basis for evaluating conformance status inrelation to statutory and internal

requirements Basis for assessing performance status and

improvement recommendations

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Environmental Audit Post audit activities (Objectives)

To produce an Audit Report with audit

findings and recommendations

To contribute towards formulation of anAction Plan for continual performance

improvement

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Environmental Audit Prepare the audit report

The Audit Report should include:

An Executive Summary Introduction and background to the audit

Audit scope and objectives

Description of audit approach and methodology

Summary of audit findings and recommendations

Conclusions

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Environmental Audit Output

Final Audit Report addressing

Environmental Legislation compliance status Environmental policies,procedures and guide lines

conformity status

Status of current environmental performance

Recommendations for performance improvement

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Environmental Audit Following up an environmental audit

Develop an action plan An action plan should cover:Action objectives;

Specific actions required;

Responsible party(ies); Budget allotted; and

Implementation program

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Environmental Audit Implement action plan

Checking and monitoring

Review action plan

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Environmental Audit Output

Action Plan

Status report for implementation

Scope and schedule of next audit