VENUE: Blue Waters Hotel, Durban.
The Auditing and Monitoring (A&M) ‘toolbox’ is an effective means of identifying risk or pollution areas, quantifying impacts (including the confirmation that impacts are being avoided / minimised / mitigated), determining compliance, and accumulating a record / body of evidence to support environmental, social and governance targets.
Our environmental legislation focuses on the authorisation of new developments with predictions of the anticipated impacts, and suggested means of avoiding, minimising, or mitigating these impacts. The post authorisation legislative requirements include check and balances (in the form of auditing and monitoring), to be implemented in-house, with the assistance of external / independent parties (i.e. consultants), and by the competent authority. The current effectiveness of the application of auditing and monitoring as management tools is debatable. The reason: auditing and monitoring are implemented on minimal budgets, are undertaken haphazardly, and the key reason is that they are not planned adequately.
Benefits of Attending:
Understand what an audit is, what monitoring is possible / required, and how the outcomes feed into and
compliment, an environmental management system.
- Understand that the A&M toolbox should be used by all environmental management parties, the holder of the Environmental Authorisation or License, consultants, and the competent authorities.
- Broaden your understandings of the diversity and versatility of Auditing and Monitoring
- Provide you with the tools to develop an Auditing and Monitoring Programme
- Provide guidance to run an effective Audit and Monitoring network.
- Improve the quality of Auditing and Monitoring to add more benefit to all parties
For more information click here: Practical Implementation of Environmental Auditing and Monitoring – Durban (17-18 October 2024)