The purpose of this article is to present certain aspects regarding environmental audit and how it is perceived by the accounting profession, especially by financial auditors. The main objectives taken into account when writing the article was to define the concept of environmental audit, to present how financial auditors get involved within environmental audit, both internationally and in Romania. The scientific approach is based on information from national literature, European and international practice regarding environmental audit and the implication of accounting professionals in this activity. The results of the research conducted in this paper have shown that the accounting profession at international level, such as the case of New Zeeland, as well as at national level, is only slightly involved in environmental audit due to the fact that this type of audit is an activity that is not mandatory, being used for the entity's own use as opposed to financial audit, which is mandatory and is stipulated by accounting regulations in force and is standardized.
This paper wants to make a fundamental contribution to current and recently started a debate in the accounting profession and beyond. Internationally, the accounting profession, influenced by a variety of views and broader contextual forces, began to really take into account how environmental regulation of accounting. Historically speaking, the accounting was limited, most often in his reflections on the resources represented by property and financial entities. This has become less appropriate, being left out of accounting reflecting the "costs" important, such as environmental, social, etc. Which were not present in the financial statements of entities, it is because entities do not "pay" anything for the environment, and rather less on social issues. This does not mean that society as a whole; do not support these "costs". The emergence of environmental accounting dating back to 1970, interest in this area increased considerably, from managers to give greater importance to environmental issues.
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