Environment Audit

In India, environment auditing practices have been started with a small beginning. Presently, it has been made mandatory for those industries who are identified as a polluting industries. But this is not the end of environment auditing in India. As we are committed to implement on the findings of the Earth Summit at Rio, we are spell bound to strengthen the environment auditing process, so that we may be able to take initiatives for environmental auditing to the local areas, to be conducted by the local government/authorities. Though it is done by some local authorities in a scattered way without naming that as "environmental audit", it is necessary to be well aware, well informed and also to have systematic approach while auditing the local areas. The purpose of this book is to describe how environmental auditing can be started by the local government/authority and also to show how the environment auditing of the industries are being tackled in India, what are the limitation and constraints of the industries in conducting environmental auditing. This book provides guidance on monitoring the state of the environment in the local area and establishing the impact of local action on global issues. It narrates how the policies and practices can be modified to recognises the high need of the environmental priorities. This book is guide and an analysis as well on the issues of environmental auditing. It focuses on how to how to do audits. The possible checklists, standards and processes are also spelt out. It explores the choices and issues which a local authority or industrial/company authority may face while acting on the audit process towards sustainable goals. The issues, approaches and practices discussed in this book is equally helpful to the industries who are really desirous of developing the environmental audit process. In fact, the term "environmental auditing" within local authorities is broader than in the industrial and manufacturing sectors, however, this book will certainly help to local authorities and industries as well. This book will be an authentic guide book to those specialists who require an understanding of environment audit procedures. The specialists may be from a wide range of different fields such as ecologists, environmental engineers and scientists, soil scientists, economists, industrialists, lawyers, public administrators and the freshers as well, and also to those who wants to build their career in the field of environment.