ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITING: MILEPOSTS, STANDARDS AND CAREER OPPORTUNITY

In the 21st century sensibility towards environmental issues has increased all over the world. Network of environmental regulations are widening, which results in increased pressure for organizations to improve their environmental performance and to decide whether their efforts to manage environmental issues are sufficient or not. This problem can be solved by environmental audit, which brings out performance in measurable terms. This article addresses brief introduction about environmental auditing; landmarks associated with it and different standards applicable to environmental auditing. How one can see his / her profession as an environmental auditor has also been discussed.