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environmental audit

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noun

  1. the systematic examination of an organization's interaction with the environment, to assess the success of its conservation or antipollution programme

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The government has commissioned an environmental audit of the impact of the oil industry, but the results are yet to be made public more than a year later than expected.

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2024

According to the FDA, Old Europe Cheese issued the recall to avoid further risks to their customers after a full environmental audit revealed a sample of cheese that tested positive for Listeria.

From Salon • Oct. 3, 2022

The recall was sparked by an environmental audit of the Old Europe Cheese facility and 120 product samples.

From Washington Times • Oct. 1, 2022

The next day it could no longer avoid it, by reporting that the Commons environmental audit committee had forecast a trebling of heat-related deaths by 2050.

From The Guardian • Aug. 1, 2018

The Chouinards undertook an environmental audit of their products and operations.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 12, 2016