Environmental Impact Assessments and Audits
In this sense, the environmental management and auditing and the evaluation of environmental impact assessment (EIA) are the tools most commonly used by companies to ensure their commitment to the environment. Environmental management includes the environmental costs within the company’s production costs by means of an integrated management system in order to optimize the resources and protect the environment, while auditing is a diagnostic tool of the environmental management system. Moreover, the environmental impact study (EIS) is a forecast of the consequences that an activity may cause on the environment from the planning phase of the project up to the stage of dismantling.
Course Objectives
- Know the legislative framework and administrative procedure referred to in the EIS and its adaptation to the reality of each country
- Know the utilities of the environmental audit as a diagnostic tool and the existing types of audits according to the business’ needs
- Identify the best approach for the implementation of the environmental management system