1.   As a consultant specialising in environmental impact assessments and environmental audits I feel that this criticism is rather unfair.

2.   Business will be encouraged to have environmental audits.

3.   Caird is sending shareholders an external environmental audit which it commissioned from consultants Mott MacDonald.

4.   Environmental audit General property audit - collates information on a building or property portfolio in order to establish a long-term strategic plan.

5.   Enviroscope specialises in scoping environmental impact assessments and environmental audits and assisting companies with environmental communications and policy.

6.   We will encourage environmental audits for companies, showing the environmental impact of their activities.

7.   The EC has announced a voluntary environmental audit scheme for industry, agreed after discussions between EC Environment Ministers.

8.   Environmental audits are to be carried out during military exercises.