A Complete Guide To Environmental Audits

This book addresses environmental issues that should be of relevance to managers. It aims to show how the environmental impact of a business can be assessed and compared to legal standards, and how environmental concern may be embraced without competitiveness being impaired.

Sustainable development is still seen by authorities as an abstract concept. Local Environmental Auditing will help put it into practice. The book provides a comprehensive guide to monitoring the state of the local environment and establishing the impacts of local actions on global issues, and shows how current local authority policy and practice can be adapted to recognize environmental priorities. The authors provide both a guide to and an assessment of the subject: they link the processes with the issues, with specific information on carrying out the audit (including checklists, case studies and standards) and a detailed discussion of the issues and choices which local authorities may face. Clearly structured and accessible, this will be an essential handbook, both for local government departments and other local organizations, and students in a wide range of subjects, including environmental science and health, town planning, urban and rural studies, social science and politics.

This new edition builds on the success of the first edition. It has been enhanced to embrace new topics including Due Dilgence, EHS Auditing, Process Safety, Auditing, and a chapter summarizing auditing with the relevant ISO standards. The rest of the book has been updated to fit with the guidance and requirements set out with the changes in the ISO standards. The goal of this book remains the same, to provide a "down to earth" guidance for managers and specialists in organizations who are committed to improving their safety, health and environmental performance, but are not sure where to start or do not wish to employ consultants to do this for them. They do it themselves using this book. Features Integrates the concepts of safety health and environmental auditing into a common approach of "loss prevention" Provides an audit protocol for 60 aspects of safety, health, and environmental management Presents a summary of the requirements of ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 to auditing Introduces the novel and unique concept of Auditing Convergence Offers a simple auditing software (The Plaudit II audit process) in an electronic program which no other book on this topic can offer

A comprehensive guide for all businesses seeking ISO 14000, 14001 and EMAS qualifications An accessible, practical handbook for corporate executives and project managers on how to establish and maintain an effective environmental management system (EMS), including both ISO 14001 and the European Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS). It draws on the authors' extensive hands-on experience in both implementing environmental management systems and training others to do so. Set out in a straightforward series of steps, the guide is concise and full of helpful examples and insider tips, it will be the standard manual for managers and consultants.