TY - JOUR AB - Environmental law has developed rapidly in the twentieth century, but Britain lacks an environmental code. Cost of compliance is likely to rise rapidly as the number of statuary offences increases. Environmental legislation gives regulators the power to rectify damage caused by polluters. As a result companies need to develop effective responses. Environmental auditing (EA) is a sub‐set of corporate responsibility reporting of which there are a number of theoretical perspectives. However, ISO 14000 has recently emerged, which will determine organizations’ approaches to environmental reporting. EA imposes costs on organizations and many have found difficulty in implementing such systems. Some organizations see environmentalism as an opportunity to pursue a managerial agenda. If this is the case then EA may degenerate into a marketing tool. VL - 18 IS - 8 SN - 0268-6902 DO - 10.1108/02686900310495160 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/02686900310495160 AU - Watson Michael AU - Emery Anthony R.T. PY - 2003 Y1 - 2003/01/01 TI - The emerging UK law on the environment and the environmental auditing response T2 - Managerial Auditing Journal PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 666 EP - 672 Y2 - 2024/04/24 ER -