Systematic Documentation, Periodic & Objective Evaluation
Environmental Audit is a systematic documentation, periodic and objective evaluation of how activities and processes of an ongoing project or an already existing project conform to the approved environmental management plan.
EA captures activities to be audited, an indication of materials used, final products, byproducts and waste generated, description of the activities, processes and operations of the project, description of legislative and regulatory frameworks on ecological and socio-economic matters, description of potentially affected ecological and social-economic matters, a prioritization of all past and ongoing concerns, identification of environmental occupational health and safety concerns, opinion of the efficacy and adequacy of the environmental management plan of the project, detailed recommendations for corrective activities, their cost timetable and mechanism for implementation, measures taken under the environmental management plan to ensure implementation is of acceptable environmental standards and summary outlining the key findings, conclusions and recommendations.