CONDUCTING AN ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT Now that your hotel
Environmental Policy is in place and the hotel's Environmental
Team has been established, it is time to take action. But before
any action is decided upon it is important to understand the
problems you face. Below you will learn what an Environmental
Audit is, what to audit, where to look for problems, and how to
measure and record those problems. An Environmental Audit is a
systematic, documented, periodic and objective process that
assesses an organization's activities and services in relation
to : - Assessing compliance with relevant statutory and internal
requirements - Facilitating management control of environmental
practices - Promoting good environmental management -
Maintaining credibility with the public - Raising staff
awareness and enforcing commitment to departmental environmental
policy - Exploring improvement opportunities - Establishing the
performance baseline for developing an Environmental Management
System (EMS) To understand as many of