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Continuous improvement through environmental auditing
Author(s) -
Smith Ann C.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
environmental quality management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.249
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1520-6483
pISSN - 1088-1913
DOI - 10.1002/tqem.3310010205
Subject(s) - audit , environmental audit , business , environmental management system , environmental resource management , process management , accounting , environmental science , ecology , irrigation , biology
Environmental auditing evolved as a means of providing assurance to top management that its health, safety, and environmental responsibilities were being adequately discharged and that no significant noncompliances existed. The author takes an in‐depth look at the HSE audit program developed at Allied‐Signal to permit continuous improvement of environmental management systems.