ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT CHECKLIST

Complete the questions and tally up your score.

How do you shape up?

·  100 – 120: You are an Environmental Steward of the Highest Order!

·  80 – 100: You have the makings of a Green Ambassador

·  40 – 80: You are trying but there is work to be done

·  0 – 40: Capitalist consumer of our fragile earth’s resources!

ENERGY (Questions 1 – 13) / Score / 3 / 2 / 1 / 0
Lights / 1.Low energy (energy saving) bulbs / All / Most / Few / None
2. Switched off when not in use / Always / Most times / Few times / Never
Electronic equipment: computers, televisions, DVD players, microwaves etc / 3. Energy saving models
/ All / Most / Few / None
4.Switched off and unplugged when not in use / Always / Most times / Few times / Never
Heaters and/or air-conditioning / 5. Energy efficient models
/ All / Most / Few / None
6. Switched off and unplugged when not in use / Always / Most times / Few times / Never
Machinery: vehicles, mowers, brushcutters, chainsaws etc. / 7. Fuel efficient models / All / Most / Few / None
8. Regularly maintained and serviced (for efficient working) / Always / Most times / Few times / Never
Windows (in office or workshop) / 9. Kept clean (to allow light and save electricity) / Always / Most times / Few times / Never
10. In working order (can be opened to allow air circulation, and closed to keep in warmth) / Always / Most times / Few times / Never
Doors (in office or workshop) / 11. In working order (can be opened to allow air circulation, and closed to keep in warmth) / Always / Most times / Few times / Never
Transport / 12. Shared with others travelling to and from work / Always / Most times / Few times / Never
13. Shared with others when going to work sites or other work related travel / Always / Most times / Few times / Never
WATER (Questions 14 – 19) / Score / 3 / 2 / 1 / 0
Water systems / 14. System is maintained regularly / Always / Most times / Few times / Never
15. Taps work properly (don’t leak) / Always / Most times / Few times / Never
Water usage / 16. Taps turned off when not in use / Always / Most times / Few times / Never
17. Buckets (not hosepipes) used for washing vehicles, floors or walls / Always / Most times / Few times / Never
18. Watering cans or drip irrigation (not hosepipes or spray irrigation) used to water plants (in garden or nursery) / Always / Most times / Few times / Never
Water Harvesting / 19. Water collected from building roofs and stored / All / Most / Few / None
PAPER (Questions 20 - 24) / Score / 3 / 2 / 1 / 0
Paper used / 20. The documents (papers) we get in our workplace are useful (we want to keep them) / Always / Most times / Few times / Never
21. The paper we use (including toilet paper) is recycled
/ All / Most / Few / None
22. The paper we use (including toilet paper) is ‘chlorine free’
/ All / Most / Few / None
Paper usage / 23. Printing in the workplace is on both sides of the paper / Always / Most times / Few times / Never
24. Paper printed on one side is used for note taking or other use / Always / Most times / Few times / Never
CHEMICALS (Questions 25 - 29) / Score / 3 / 2 / 1 / 0
Chemicals used (includes cleaning chemicals, pesticides, water purifiers etc.) / 25. Fully approved by South African Bureau of Standards (SABS)
/ All / Most / Few / None
Chemical Usage / 26. Operators fully trained in use / All / Most / Few / None
27. Operators follow manufacturers’ directions for use (including correct mixing, using correct amounts, in correct areas and on correct surfaces, plants etc.) / Always / Most times / Few times / Never
28. Operators issued with correct protective clothing / All / Most / Few / None
29. Operators wear correct protective clothing / Always / Most times / Few times / Never
WASTE DISPOSAL (Questions 30 - 40) / Score / 3 / 2 / 1 / 0
Used paper and cardboard / 30. Taken for recycling / All / Most / Few / None
Used glass / 31. Taken for recycling (or re-used) / All / Most / Few / None
Used tins / 32. Taken for recycling / All / Most / Few / None
Used plastics / 33. Taken for recycling / All / Most / Few / None
Old computers and other electronic equipment / 34. Sent for recycling by licensed companies / All / Most / Few / None
Old machines/metal / 35. Sent for recycling/scrap / All / Most / Few / None
Old engine oil / 36. Taken for recycling / All / Most / Few / None
Grass cuttings, soft vegetation cuttings / 37. Taken for composting / All / Most / Few / None
Trees, branches, hard vegetation cuttings / 38. Cut for firewood, or chipped for composting or use as mulch or pathing material / All / Most / Few / None
Leftover food or food waste / 39. Shared with others, or taken for composting or fed to pigs or other animals / All / Most / Few / None
Leftover (surplus) chemicals, empty chemical containers, and old batteries / 40. Taken for proper disposal by licensed companies / All / Most / Few / None