B Resources - Environmental Audit

B Resource Guide:Conducting Environmental Audits and Reviews B Resource Guide:B Resources - Environmental Audit What’s in this Guide: I.Definition:WhatisanEnvironmentalAudit? II.WhyConductanAudit III.ExamplesofEnvironmentalAudits IV.Outsour cingY ourAudit V.HelpfulW ebsites&Resour cesI. Definition: What is a Environmental Audit? Anenvironmentalauditisatoolthatacompanycanusetoidentifythefullextentofitsenvironmentalimpacts,determinewhetherornotthecompanyisincompliancewithapplicablelaws,r egulations,andtheexpectationsofitsstak eholders,andgainanunderstandingonhowitcansustainorimproveitsenvironmentalperformance1goingforwar d. 2Audit Process :Pre-Audit Audit Post-Audit•Gainhighlevelsupport •Reviewr elevantcompanypolicies •S u m m a r i z e a n d d o c u m e n t fi n d i n g s•Determinethescopeoftheaudit andprocedur es •Mak eanactionplanbasedon•Identifymetricsandbenchmarks •Observeconditionsduring r esultsforgoingforwar d•Establisha“noblame”policy normalbusinesshours •Informr elevantinternaland•Selectandauthorizeanaudi •P erformappropriatetests e x t e r n a l s t a k e h o l d e r s o f t h e r e s u l t steam.Ifmembersoftheteamar e •Interviewemployees •Mak eplansforr ...