A high-quality environmental system is now seen both as a means to regulatory compliance and as a very cost-effective way of increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of operations in general. In this way, the environmental audit often serves as a significant driver for improvement within the overall management system. Auditing for Environmental Quality Leadership details these new techniques and practices in environmental auditing and shows how their place in a Total Quality Environmental Management System can help companies achieve environmental excellence and a competitive advantage.
Sponsored by the Environmental Auditing Roundtable, this book covers the major topics in defining, conducting, assessing, and improving an environmental audit. Unique in its breadth and depth of coverage, this book includes:
Comprehensive treatment of environmental auditing by recognized leaders in the field
Application of Total Quality Environmental Management methods to develop efficient environmental auditing programs that delve into root causes and sort out what adds value from what does not
Analysis of the movement toward standardization of environmental auditing principles and practices, including such timely international issues as efforts to produce North American standards, the European Eco-label and Audit scheme, and the International Standard Organization's ISO 9000 and 14000 series
Examination of innovative auditing programs developed by leading corporations and trade organizations, including Allied Signal, Union Carbide, Lockheed, and many others
Latest methods of information management technology and automated auditing for assembling, auditing, and reviewing environmental data
About the author
About the editor
JOHN T. WILLIG is the Editor of the quarterly journals Total Quality Environmental Management and Federal Facilities Environmental Journal, also published by Wiley. He has edited the publications of many authors in the business, technology, and environmental fields, and has served as the editor of the books Environmental TQM and Measuring Environmental Performance. Willig participates with numerous professional organizations, including the Environmental Auditing Roundtable.