Green Audit Services in India

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An environmental audit is a systematic examination to assess a companies environmental responsibility. It aims to identify environmental compliance, verify environmental responsibility implementation gaps whether they meet stated objectives, along with related corrective actions. The audit examines the potential hazards or risks posed by the company. Areas examined may include company environmental policies and procedures, energy use practices, recycling, waste, conservation, and pollution. Then, the company can use the results to determine what changes need to be made for compliance. The importance of an environmental audit; In a broad sense, environmental auditing aims to help protect the environment and minimize the risks of business activities to the environment and human safety and health. Whereas, in the companies perspective, it aims to check whether the company has complied with the environmental regulations and requirements and achieved the previously set environmental goals. Three main types of environmental audits: Environmental compliance audit , evaluates a companies environmental performance and environmental responsibility practices, whether the company has complied with legal requirements and other requirements such as ISO 14001. It is usually the most comprehensive and, perhaps, the most expensive. Environmental management audit, verifies whether the company has met the environmental objectives, policies, and performance set by management. Functional environmental audit, focuses on one element or impact of a particular activity, such as wastewater management audits, materials, and air quality monitoring. Environmental audits and their results provide useful input to: Provide management with information about the management and performance of the companies environment as input for making decisions, Identify risks related to environmental responsibility and take action to implement them, Ensure company operations comply with environmental laws and requirements and, if not, take necessary corrective actions, Identify environmental management system weaknesses before they cause problems, Develop organizational culture and increase environmental awareness among people within the company, Identify opportunities for improvement in environmental management and performance to drive increased efficiency and cost savings, Improve company transparency to stakeholders such as government, customers, and investors to support long term good relationships with them, Encourage positive publicity by publishing audit results, there by enhancing the reputation and image of the company, and Develop marketing strategies and strengthen brand equity, encourage consumers to remain loyal to the company. While contributing to supporting environmental sustainability, there are some limitations to environmental audit, including: Audits can be time consuming and expensive to perform and are therefore not suitable for small businesses with limited financial resources, Companies may simply take advantage of positive publicity without actually intending to be environmentally responsible. Internal audits can be biased and lead to a consistently good environmental record, but this is not the case.

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