What is Green Audit as per NAAC?
Green Audit is assigned to the Criteria 7 of NAAC, National Assessment and Accreditation Council which is a self-governing organization of India that declares the institutions as Grade A, Grade B or Grade C according to the scores assigned at the time of accreditation.
“Green Auditing”, an umbrella term, is known by another name “Environmental Auditing”. The ‘Green Audit’ aims to analyze environmental practices within and outside the college campus, which will have an impact on the eco-friendly ambience.
What is Green Audit objective?
The main objective of the green audit is to promote the Environment Management and Conservation in the College Campus. The purpose of the audit is to identify, quantify, describe and prioritize framework of Environment Sustainability in compliance with the applicable regulations, policies and standards.
Benefits
The benefit from Environmental Auditing is clear cut in that be it a regulated process, a self-assessment or a company review on environmental performance, the intended outcome is the improvement in overall environmental performance of the activity undertaken. The audit process is pertinent in detailing findings made during the audit process and assist in finding fatal flaws or areas of concern where a future focus can be placed on to sufficiently ensure that avoidance, management and mitigation of environmental impacts associated with the activity is managed.
An environmental auditor, as an independent party, can monitor and report on the compliance of the activity undertaken in an objective manner. All conditions and requirements as set in the authorization is reviewed by the auditor and a report is compiled of the status on complying with the requirements as set out therein. The result of this audit process is an audit report that can be submitted to the Component Authority, detailing compliance to the obligations as set for the project. Aspects for improvement is recommended in the audit report to guide the actions of the holder of the authorization towards improving overall compliance to the requirements set for the activity.
