Environmental audit - the severe need for total control

The problem of rational nature management in ourHigh-tech era is very acute. It is due primarily to the factors of a continuous increase in production capacity and rapid economic growth.

The essence of this complex problem lies in thea permanent increase in the costs of meeting the ever-increasing requirements in the elements of the natural ecological system, which are indispensable for industrial production; in large losses of social labor, which are caused by irrational use of raw materials, various materials and fuel and lubricants, which are important components of the natural ecological complex; and, as a consequence, the emerging need to allocate significant public resources and labor to eliminate the consequences of the impact of large-scale industrial production on the integrity and balance of the ecosystem.

All this led to the emergence of an economicenvironmental mechanism. This mechanism of regulation and control of anthropogenic activity is called "environmental audit". The most important principle of this system of environmental control is the conduct of the eco-audit procedure by a group of independent experts, which will ensure the objectivity of the study.

Ecological audit is systematicallyconducted and documented expert analysis and assessment of the economic activities of the economic entity for compliance with the requirements of the environmental legislation and relevant regulations, as well as its compliance with standards, certificates and regulations of state environmental authorities, whose purpose is to ensure environmental and human security at this facility. The environmental audit also provides for consultations and the issuance of the necessary recommendations to improve the effectiveness of environmental measures carried out at this facility.

Environmental audit of the company contributes toimprovement of management and is considered as an organizational and legal mechanism for regulating its economic and environmental activities. Such an environmental audit can be both integrated and professionally-oriented or highly specialized. As a voluntary procedure, an environmental audit has no regulatory, prohibitive or punitive functions.

In its implementation, suchfactors, such as sources of pollution, treatment, disposal and safe disposal of waste, as well as the cost of measures taken. Environmental audit is completed after the preparation of an expert report, which includes a detailed description of the goals and objectives, the environmental measures implemented, as well as the results of the analysis obtained during the audit of the data. This report is sent to the initiator of the audit and is used to develop and implement planned measures and programs aimed at minimizing the detrimental impact on the natural ecosystem and optimizing the environmental characteristics of this industrial facility.