Environmental auditing in metal industry - A case study

Organizations have to prove their concern to the environment in increasing manner by implementing necessary precautions and measures. This goal can only be achieved via accomplishing an effective environmental management plan which is integrated to the general strategy of the organization in question. Environmental auditing may be defined as the evaluation of the practices performed by the organization by means of sampling, analysis and/or checking the existing documentation. The compliance of the environmental conditions regarding the national and international standards are investigated during the process. Environmental audit is an important part of the environmental management system of related organization. Methodology and importance of environmental auditing will be discussed by giving an example from metal manufacturing industry as a case study accomplished by TUBITAK-MRC Energy Systems and Environmental Research Institute within the content of this paper.