The dominant approach towards identifying, documenting and minimising the effects an organisation has on its specific and the wider (physical and to some extent social) environment is originated in the Total Quality Management (TQM) Movement.

Auditing as the systematic process of performance evaluation against pre-set standards, as well as the need to embed all activities into a contrived system of managing activities are at the heart of environmental management.

This module will introduce environmental auditing and environmental management systems in a practical, informative and useful manner and will explore the dominant, practical and topical concerns surrounding environmental auditing and environmental management systems.

Course Description

On successful completion of this module, you will be able to:

• Understand the knowledge, process and practice of auditing in an organisation, as well as put the results of an audit into an organisational context
• Be able to outline and articulate differences in types of audits, as well as how auditing can support broader environmental management
• Review an organisation’s environmental performance in broad terms and develop a register of significant environmental aspects
• Advise on the auditability of an organisation to adopt a register of significant environmental aspects

Accommodation, meals and expenses are excluded in this course price.

Course Leader:

Dr Walter Wehrmeyer

Course details https://www.surrey.ac.uk/cpd-and-short-courses/environmental-auditing-and-management-systems

Module information: https://catalogue.surrey.ac.uk/2023-4/module/ENGM066

Location: Lectures and workshops will be in person on the Stag Hill campus at the University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH, UK