Environmental Audit
Environmental Audit (EA) is the systematic documented, periodic and objective evaluation of how activities and processes of an ongoing project to determine how far these activities and programs conform to the approved environmental management plan of that specific project and sound environmental management practices. A comprehensive EA promotes safe and healthy environment at all stages of a project operations, as well as decommissioning.
Octopus Consultancy shall appraise all project activities, including the production of goods and services, taking into consideration environmental regulatory frameworks, environmental standards, environmental health and safety measures and sustainable use of natural resources.
Environmental Audit Report shall include but not limited to:-
- The past and present impacts of the project.
- The responsibility and proficiency of the operators of the project.
- Existing internal control mechanisms to identify and mitigate activities with a negative environmental impact.
- Existing internal control mechanisms to ensure the workers’ health and safety.
- The existence of environmental awareness and sensitization measures, including environmental standards, and regulations, law and policy, for the managerial and operational personnel.
