Environmental auditing helps ensure that potentially hazardous environmental issues are being appropriately dealt with.

Environmental auditing is a systematic, objective method of verifying that environmental, industrial hygiene, safety and emergency preparedness standards, regulations, procedures and corporate guidelines are being met. Environmental audits provide assurance to senior management that business operations are being managed according to established government standards, internal company policies, and good industry practices.
Recent developments in the regulatory framework, legal liability decisions and rising general public awareness have increased the need for companies to accurately monitor their environmental performance.