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Impact of Environmental Auditing on Environmental Pollution, Sustainable Development and Healthy Environment of Some Organizations in Port Harcourt, Nigeria
ODUNZE, WC & MADUIKE, BO
Abstract
The aim of this paper was to examine the impact of environmental auditing on seven (7) organizations
companies in Port Harcourt using a randomized questionnaire survey system of 235 employees in these organizations and
the results were analyzed by spearman’s rank order coefficient. The data obtained revealed that the environmental auditing
wereA:15.4%, B:15.2%, C:14.0%, D:15.1%, E:14.1%, F:13.4%, and G:12.8%; environmental pollution wereA:15.0%,
B:14.9%, C:14.2%, D:14.6%, E:14.9%, F:13.3% and G:13.3%, while sustainable development and healthy environment
were A:15.1%, B:15.3%, C:13.9%, D:14.7%, E:13.9%,F:14.0%, G:13.8% and A:15.2%, B:15.3%, C:14.2%, D:14.0%,
E:13.8%, F:13.8%, G:13.7% respectively. The findings revealed significant relationships between environmental auditing
and sustainable development, environmental pollution and healthy environment. To achieve the desired sustainable
development through environmental auditing, companies, government and stakeholders could embark on environmental
enlightenment and awareness campaign to let citizens know the consequences of environmental neglect and pollution.
Keywords
Environmental auditing; sustainable development; environmental pollution; healthy environment.
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