Green Audit – A Boom to Human Civilization

“Nature provides a free lunch,but only if we control ourappetites”1.Corporate SocialResponsibility may be a voluntary call butCorporate Environmental Responsibility isnow mandatory. In this era of globalizationas the money game is getting momentumbut risk to human civilization is alsogetting deeper because of the inappropriateexploitation of natural and man- maderesources. One of the most devastatingrisks that the business today poses to theworld is pollution and we all know howterrible its effect could be on the growthand survival of human civilization. Greenaudit is a step to safeguard the interest ofentire human race and to ensure thatbusiness follows appropriate standards ofproduction. This paper is an attempt toknow the meaning and process of greenaudit, essential pre-requisite forconducting green audit, necessarycompliances with standards forenvironmental clearance of the project,offences and penalties for noncompliances,emerging professionalopportunities in green sector, and report ongreen audit.