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Book Environmental Audit A Complete Guide   2020 Edition

Download or read book Environmental Audit A Complete Guide 2020 Edition written by Gerardus Blokdyk and published by 5starcooks. This book was released on 2020-02-07 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What are your current levels and trends in key Environmental audit measures or indicators of product and process performance that are important to and directly serve your customers? What are your key Environmental audit organizational performance measures, including key short and longer-term financial measures? What would happen if Environmental audit weren't done? Are Environmental audit changes recognized early enough to be approved through the regular process? How do you deal with Environmental audit changes? This valuable Environmental Audit self-assessment will make you the trusted Environmental Audit domain authority by revealing just what you need to know to be fluent and ready for any Environmental Audit challenge. How do I reduce the effort in the Environmental Audit work to be done to get problems solved? How can I ensure that plans of action include every Environmental Audit task and that every Environmental Audit outcome is in place? How will I save time investigating strategic and tactical options and ensuring Environmental Audit costs are low? How can I deliver tailored Environmental Audit advice instantly with structured going-forward plans? There's no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed best-selling author Gerard Blokdyk. Blokdyk ensures all Environmental Audit essentials are covered, from every angle: the Environmental Audit self-assessment shows succinctly and clearly that what needs to be clarified to organize the required activities and processes so that Environmental Audit outcomes are achieved. Contains extensive criteria grounded in past and current successful projects and activities by experienced Environmental Audit practitioners. Their mastery, combined with the easy elegance of the self-assessment, provides its superior value to you in knowing how to ensure the outcome of any efforts in Environmental Audit are maximized with professional results. Your purchase includes access details to the Environmental Audit self-assessment dashboard download which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows you exactly what to do next. Your exclusive instant access details can be found in your book. You will receive the following contents with New and Updated specific criteria: - The latest quick edition of the book in PDF - The latest complete edition of the book in PDF, which criteria correspond to the criteria in... - The Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard - Example pre-filled Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard to get familiar with results generation - In-depth and specific Environmental Audit Checklists - Project management checklists and templates to assist with implementation INCLUDES LIFETIME SELF ASSESSMENT UPDATES Every self assessment comes with Lifetime Updates and Lifetime Free Updated Books. Lifetime Updates is an industry-first feature which allows you to receive verified self assessment updates, ensuring you always have the most accurate information at your fingertips.

Book Environment Audit

Download or read book Environment Audit written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses environmental issues that should be of relevance to managers. It aims to show how the environmental impact of a business can be assessed and compared to legal standards, and how environmental concern may be embraced without competitiveness being impaired.

Book A Complete Guide to Environmental Audits

Download or read book A Complete Guide to Environmental Audits written by Elizabeth Glass Geltman and published by Section of Environment, Energy & Resources. This book was released on 1997 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Compliance Audit A Complete Guide   2020 Edition

Download or read book Compliance Audit A Complete Guide 2020 Edition written by Gerardus Blokdyk and published by 5starcooks. This book was released on 2020-03 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How is your organization using data analytics for compliance auditing and monitoring? Are security standards and compliance audits transparent? Are periodic environmental regulatory compliance audits of the facilitys operations conducted? Where the performance management system is global, does it comply with data protection laws? How do providers Compliance Audit Leads set up Independent Auditors? This astounding Compliance Audit self-assessment will make you the credible Compliance Audit domain master by revealing just what you need to know to be fluent and ready for any Compliance Audit challenge. How do I reduce the effort in the Compliance Audit work to be done to get problems solved? How can I ensure that plans of action include every Compliance Audit task and that every Compliance Audit outcome is in place? How will I save time investigating strategic and tactical options and ensuring Compliance Audit costs are low? How can I deliver tailored Compliance Audit advice instantly with structured going-forward plans? There's no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed best-selling author Gerard Blokdyk. Blokdyk ensures all Compliance Audit essentials are covered, from every angle: the Compliance Audit self-assessment shows succinctly and clearly that what needs to be clarified to organize the required activities and processes so that Compliance Audit outcomes are achieved. Contains extensive criteria grounded in past and current successful projects and activities by experienced Compliance Audit practitioners. Their mastery, combined with the easy elegance of the self-assessment, provides its superior value to you in knowing how to ensure the outcome of any efforts in Compliance Audit are maximized with professional results. Your purchase includes access details to the Compliance Audit self-assessment dashboard download which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows you exactly what to do next. Your exclusive instant access details can be found in your book. You will receive the following contents with New and Updated specific criteria: - The latest quick edition of the book in PDF - The latest complete edition of the book in PDF, which criteria correspond to the criteria in... - The Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard - Example pre-filled Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard to get familiar with results generation - In-depth and specific Compliance Audit Checklists - Project management checklists and templates to assist with implementation INCLUDES LIFETIME SELF ASSESSMENT UPDATES Every self assessment comes with Lifetime Updates and Lifetime Free Updated Books. Lifetime Updates is an industry-first feature which allows you to receive verified self assessment updates, ensuring you always have the most accurate information at your fingertips.

Book Environmental Management A Complete Guide   2020 Edition

Download or read book Environmental Management A Complete Guide 2020 Edition written by Gerardus Blokdyk and published by 5starcooks. This book was released on 2019-09-19 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have all management personnel with executive responsibility for the environmental management system been directly and actively involved in the management review process? Has your organization got an environmental management system? How does your organizational structure affect environmental management? Why would you want to have an environmental management system? Has your facility acquired any certifications in environmental management? This premium Environmental Management self-assessment will make you the entrusted Environmental Management domain visionary by revealing just what you need to know to be fluent and ready for any Environmental Management challenge. How do I reduce the effort in the Environmental Management work to be done to get problems solved? How can I ensure that plans of action include every Environmental Management task and that every Environmental Management outcome is in place? How will I save time investigating strategic and tactical options and ensuring Environmental Management costs are low? How can I deliver tailored Environmental Management advice instantly with structured going-forward plans? There's no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed best-selling author Gerard Blokdyk. Blokdyk ensures all Environmental Management essentials are covered, from every angle: the Environmental Management self-assessment shows succinctly and clearly that what needs to be clarified to organize the required activities and processes so that Environmental Management outcomes are achieved. Contains extensive criteria grounded in past and current successful projects and activities by experienced Environmental Management practitioners. Their mastery, combined with the easy elegance of the self-assessment, provides its superior value to you in knowing how to ensure the outcome of any efforts in Environmental Management are maximized with professional results. Your purchase includes access details to the Environmental Management self-assessment dashboard download which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows you exactly what to do next. Your exclusive instant access details can be found in your book. You will receive the following contents with New and Updated specific criteria: - The latest quick edition of the book in PDF - The latest complete edition of the book in PDF, which criteria correspond to the criteria in... - The Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard - Example pre-filled Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard to get familiar with results generation - In-depth and specific Environmental Management Checklists - Project management checklists and templates to assist with implementation INCLUDES LIFETIME SELF ASSESSMENT UPDATES Every self assessment comes with Lifetime Updates and Lifetime Free Updated Books. Lifetime Updates is an industry-first feature which allows you to receive verified self assessment updates, ensuring you always have the most accurate information at your fingertips.

Book Eco Management And Audit Scheme A Complete Guide   2020 Edition

Download or read book Eco Management And Audit Scheme A Complete Guide 2020 Edition written by Gerardus Blokdyk and published by 5starcooks. This book was released on 2019-10-23 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do good environmental management systems lead to good environmental performance? Can the management review process serve as a corrective action process? Do environmental management systems improve environmental performance? What should you do and how will you know if there is an emergency? Consider worst-case scenarios--what happens in the case of a facility fire, chemical release or serious natural disaster? This one-of-a-kind Eco Management And Audit Scheme self-assessment will make you the accepted Eco Management And Audit Scheme domain visionary by revealing just what you need to know to be fluent and ready for any Eco Management And Audit Scheme challenge. How do I reduce the effort in the Eco Management And Audit Scheme work to be done to get problems solved? How can I ensure that plans of action include every Eco Management And Audit Scheme task and that every Eco Management And Audit Scheme outcome is in place? How will I save time investigating strategic and tactical options and ensuring Eco Management And Audit Scheme costs are low? How can I deliver tailored Eco Management And Audit Scheme advice instantly with structured going-forward plans? There's no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed best-selling author Gerard Blokdyk. Blokdyk ensures all Eco Management And Audit Scheme essentials are covered, from every angle: the Eco Management And Audit Scheme self-assessment shows succinctly and clearly that what needs to be clarified to organize the required activities and processes so that Eco Management And Audit Scheme outcomes are achieved. Contains extensive criteria grounded in past and current successful projects and activities by experienced Eco Management And Audit Scheme practitioners. Their mastery, combined with the easy elegance of the self-assessment, provides its superior value to you in knowing how to ensure the outcome of any efforts in Eco Management And Audit Scheme are maximized with professional results. Your purchase includes access details to the Eco Management And Audit Scheme self-assessment dashboard download which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows you exactly what to do next. Your exclusive instant access details can be found in your book. You will receive the following contents with New and Updated specific criteria: - The latest quick edition of the book in PDF - The latest complete edition of the book in PDF, which criteria correspond to the criteria in... - The Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard - Example pre-filled Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard to get familiar with results generation - In-depth and specific Eco Management And Audit Scheme Checklists - Project management checklists and templates to assist with implementation INCLUDES LIFETIME SELF ASSESSMENT UPDATES Every self assessment comes with Lifetime Updates and Lifetime Free Updated Books. Lifetime Updates is an industry-first feature which allows you to receive verified self assessment updates, ensuring you always have the most accurate information at your fingertips.

Book Environmental Responsibility A Complete Guide   2020 Edition

Download or read book Environmental Responsibility A Complete Guide 2020 Edition written by Gerardus Blokdyk and published by 5starcooks. This book was released on 2020-01-23 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does the Environmental responsibility performance meet the customer's requirements? How would you define the culture at your organization, how susceptible is it to Environmental responsibility changes? How is Environmental responsibility project cost planned, managed, monitored? Do you combine technical expertise with business knowledge and Environmental responsibility Key topics include lifecycles, development approaches, requirements and how to make a business case? How can skill-level changes improve Environmental responsibility? This best-selling Environmental Responsibility self-assessment will make you the principal Environmental Responsibility domain auditor by revealing just what you need to know to be fluent and ready for any Environmental Responsibility challenge. How do I reduce the effort in the Environmental Responsibility work to be done to get problems solved? How can I ensure that plans of action include every Environmental Responsibility task and that every Environmental Responsibility outcome is in place? How will I save time investigating strategic and tactical options and ensuring Environmental Responsibility costs are low? How can I deliver tailored Environmental Responsibility advice instantly with structured going-forward plans? There's no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed best-selling author Gerard Blokdyk. Blokdyk ensures all Environmental Responsibility essentials are covered, from every angle: the Environmental Responsibility self-assessment shows succinctly and clearly that what needs to be clarified to organize the required activities and processes so that Environmental Responsibility outcomes are achieved. Contains extensive criteria grounded in past and current successful projects and activities by experienced Environmental Responsibility practitioners. Their mastery, combined with the easy elegance of the self-assessment, provides its superior value to you in knowing how to ensure the outcome of any efforts in Environmental Responsibility are maximized with professional results. Your purchase includes access details to the Environmental Responsibility self-assessment dashboard download which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows you exactly what to do next. Your exclusive instant access details can be found in your book. You will receive the following contents with New and Updated specific criteria: - The latest quick edition of the book in PDF - The latest complete edition of the book in PDF, which criteria correspond to the criteria in... - The Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard - Example pre-filled Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard to get familiar with results generation - In-depth and specific Environmental Responsibility Checklists - Project management checklists and templates to assist with implementation INCLUDES LIFETIME SELF ASSESSMENT UPDATES Every self assessment comes with Lifetime Updates and Lifetime Free Updated Books. Lifetime Updates is an industry-first feature which allows you to receive verified self assessment updates, ensuring you always have the most accurate information at your fingertips.

Book Environmental and Safety Auditing

Download or read book Environmental and Safety Auditing written by Unhee Kim and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1996-11-22 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a complete and concise guide to creating and managing a successful environmental audit program. It provides step-by-step guidance on setting up an audit program for nearly every major component of environmental concern, from air standards to workplace safety, and from effluent discharge to waste handling and disposal.

Book Environmental Audit

Download or read book Environmental Audit written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Environmental Audit  the Ultimate Step By Step Guide

Download or read book Environmental Audit the Ultimate Step By Step Guide written by Gerardus Blokdyk and published by . This book was released on 2018-04-04 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is a Environmental audit Team Work effort in place? How can you measure Environmental audit in a systematic way? Will team members regularly document their Environmental audit work? Is Environmental audit dependent on the successful delivery of a current project? Who will be responsible for making the decisions to include or exclude requested changes once Environmental audit is underway? This astounding Environmental audit self-assessment will make you the entrusted Environmental audit domain specialist by revealing just what you need to know to be fluent and ready for any Environmental audit challenge. How do I reduce the effort in the Environmental audit work to be done to get problems solved? How can I ensure that plans of action include every Environmental audit task and that every Environmental audit outcome is in place? How will I save time investigating strategic and tactical options and ensuring Environmental audit costs are low? How can I deliver tailored Environmental audit advice instantly with structured going-forward plans? There's no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed best-selling author Gerard Blokdyk. Blokdyk ensures all Environmental audit essentials are covered, from every angle: the Environmental audit self-assessment shows succinctly and clearly that what needs to be clarified to organize the required activities and processes so that Environmental audit outcomes are achieved. Contains extensive criteria grounded in past and current successful projects and activities by experienced Environmental audit practitioners. Their mastery, combined with the easy elegance of the self-assessment, provides its superior value to you in knowing how to ensure the outcome of any efforts in Environmental audit are maximized with professional results. Your purchase includes access details to the Environmental audit self-assessment dashboard download which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows you exactly what to do next. Your exclusive instant access details can be found in your book.

Book Safety  Health and Environmental Auditing

Download or read book Safety Health and Environmental Auditing written by Simon Watson Pain and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-02-13 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new edition builds on the success of the first edition. It has been enhanced to embrace new topics including Due Dilgence, EHS Auditing, Process Safety, Auditing, and a chapter summarizing auditing with the relevant ISO standards. The rest of the book has been updated to fit with the guidance and requirements set out with the changes in the ISO standards. The goal of this book remains the same, to provide a "down to earth" guidance for managers and specialists in organizations who are committed to improving their safety, health and environmental performance, but are not sure where to start or do not wish to employ consultants to do this for them. They do it themselves using this book. Features Integrates the concepts of safety health and environmental auditing into a common approach of "loss prevention" Provides an audit protocol for 60 aspects of safety, health, and environmental management Presents a summary of the requirements of ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 to auditing Introduces the novel and unique concept of Auditing Convergence Offers a simple auditing software (The Plaudit II audit process) in an electronic program which no other book on this topic can offer

Book A Guide to Local Environmental Auditing

Download or read book A Guide to Local Environmental Auditing written by Hugh Barton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-14 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sustainable development is still seen by authorities as an abstract concept. Local Environmental Auditing will help put it into practice. The book provides a comprehensive guide to monitoring the state of the local environment and establishing the impacts of local actions on global issues, and shows how current local authority policy and practice can be adapted to recognize environmental priorities. The authors provide both a guide to and an assessment of the subject: they link the processes with the issues, with specific information on carrying out the audit (including checklists, case studies and standards) and a detailed discussion of the issues and choices which local authorities may face. Clearly structured and accessible, this will be an essential handbook, both for local government departments and other local organizations, and students in a wide range of subjects, including environmental science and health, town planning, urban and rural studies, social science and politics.

Book Environmental Security A Complete Guide   2020 Edition

Download or read book Environmental Security A Complete Guide 2020 Edition written by Gerardus Blokdyk and published by 5starcooks. This book was released on 2020-01-28 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What are specific Environmental security rules to follow? How much are sponsors, customers, partners, stakeholders involved in Environmental security? In other words, what are the risks, if Environmental security does not deliver successfully? In the case of a Environmental security project, the criteria for the audit derive from implementation objectives, an audit of a Environmental security project involves assessing whether the recommendations outlined for implementation have been met, can you track that any Environmental security project is implemented as planned, and is it working? How do you ensure that the Environmental security opportunity is realistic? What is the Environmental security's sustainability risk? Defining, designing, creating, and implementing a process to solve a challenge or meet an objective is the most valuable role... In EVERY group, company, organization and department. Unless you are talking a one-time, single-use project, there should be a process. Whether that process is managed and implemented by humans, AI, or a combination of the two, it needs to be designed by someone with a complex enough perspective to ask the right questions. Someone capable of asking the right questions and step back and say, 'What are we really trying to accomplish here? And is there a different way to look at it?' This Self-Assessment empowers people to do just that - whether their title is entrepreneur, manager, consultant, (Vice-)President, CxO etc... - they are the people who rule the future. They are the person who asks the right questions to make Environmental Security investments work better. This Environmental Security All-Inclusive Self-Assessment enables You to be that person. All the tools you need to an in-depth Environmental Security Self-Assessment. Featuring 948 new and updated case-based questions, organized into seven core areas of process design, this Self-Assessment will help you identify areas in which Environmental Security improvements can be made. In using the questions you will be better able to: - diagnose Environmental Security projects, initiatives, organizations, businesses and processes using accepted diagnostic standards and practices - implement evidence-based best practice strategies aligned with overall goals - integrate recent advances in Environmental Security and process design strategies into practice according to best practice guidelines Using a Self-Assessment tool known as the Environmental Security Scorecard, you will develop a clear picture of which Environmental Security areas need attention. Your purchase includes access details to the Environmental Security self-assessment dashboard download which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows your organization exactly what to do next. You will receive the following contents with New and Updated specific criteria: - The latest quick edition of the book in PDF - The latest complete edition of the book in PDF, which criteria correspond to the criteria in... - The Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard - Example pre-filled Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard to get familiar with results generation - In-depth and specific Environmental Security Checklists - Project management checklists and templates to assist with implementation INCLUDES LIFETIME SELF ASSESSMENT UPDATES Every self assessment comes with Lifetime Updates and Lifetime Free Updated Books. Lifetime Updates is an industry-first feature which allows you to receive verified self assessment updates, ensuring you always have the most accurate information at your fingertips.

Book Environmental Audits

Download or read book Environmental Audits written by Cliff VanGuilder and published by Mercury Learning and Information. This book was released on 2012-10-15 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed for business managers, environmental health and safety (EHS) personnel, and environmental engineers, this book can be used as a textbook or an industrial guidance reference on conducting environmental audits across all industries. It explains the audit process, from planning, to the actual audit, to the evaluation of results and necessary corrections. The primary emphasis is on condensing the numerous volumes of environmental laws, rules, and regulations into a brief and understandable series of questions. These audits also contain checklists for source reduction, waste minimization, reuse, and recycling before waste disposal. The audits will also encompass water, air, solid waste, remediation, chemical and petroleum bulk storage, and many health and safety requirements. FEATURES: • Includes a CD containing the USEPA multi-media checklists across all programs • Condenses numerous volumes of environmental laws, rules, and regulations into an understandable series of questions • Provides a supplement on how to deal with environmental regulatory inspectors

Book Environmental Quality Management A Complete Guide   2020 Edition

Download or read book Environmental Quality Management A Complete Guide 2020 Edition written by Gerardus Blokdyk and published by 5starcooks. This book was released on 2020-01-13 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How are measurements made? Are pertinent alerts monitored, analyzed and distributed to appropriate personnel? What are you attempting to measure/monitor? Are there any activities that you can take off your to do list? What is the estimated value of the project? This premium Environmental Quality Management self-assessment will make you the trusted Environmental Quality Management domain leader by revealing just what you need to know to be fluent and ready for any Environmental Quality Management challenge. How do I reduce the effort in the Environmental Quality Management work to be done to get problems solved? How can I ensure that plans of action include every Environmental Quality Management task and that every Environmental Quality Management outcome is in place? How will I save time investigating strategic and tactical options and ensuring Environmental Quality Management costs are low? How can I deliver tailored Environmental Quality Management advice instantly with structured going-forward plans? There's no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed best-selling author Gerard Blokdyk. Blokdyk ensures all Environmental Quality Management essentials are covered, from every angle: the Environmental Quality Management self-assessment shows succinctly and clearly that what needs to be clarified to organize the required activities and processes so that Environmental Quality Management outcomes are achieved. Contains extensive criteria grounded in past and current successful projects and activities by experienced Environmental Quality Management practitioners. Their mastery, combined with the easy elegance of the self-assessment, provides its superior value to you in knowing how to ensure the outcome of any efforts in Environmental Quality Management are maximized with professional results. Your purchase includes access details to the Environmental Quality Management self-assessment dashboard download which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows you exactly what to do next. Your exclusive instant access details can be found in your book. You will receive the following contents with New and Updated specific criteria: - The latest quick edition of the book in PDF - The latest complete edition of the book in PDF, which criteria correspond to the criteria in... - The Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard - Example pre-filled Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard to get familiar with results generation - In-depth and specific Environmental Quality Management Checklists - Project management checklists and templates to assist with implementation INCLUDES LIFETIME SELF ASSESSMENT UPDATES Every self assessment comes with Lifetime Updates and Lifetime Free Updated Books. Lifetime Updates is an industry-first feature which allows you to receive verified self assessment updates, ensuring you always have the most accurate information at your fingertips.

Book Environmental Audits

Download or read book Environmental Audits written by Lawrence B. Cahill and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 782 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the most comprehensive text available on environmental audits! Completely updated, this manual provides you with the guidance you need on how to begin -- and mange -- a successful audit program for your facility. The rationale for auditing is provided, as is extensive information on planning, evaluating, and preparing reports. Use this book in conjunction with EH&S Auditing Made Easy to conduct comprehensive environmental and workplace safety audits.

Book Environmental Auditing

    Book Details:
  • Author : Environmental Resources Management (ERM) Group
  • Publisher : North Vancouver, B.C., Canada : STP, Specialty Technical Publishers
  • Release : 1995
  • ISBN : 9781895333190
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book Environmental Auditing written by Environmental Resources Management (ERM) Group and published by North Vancouver, B.C., Canada : STP, Specialty Technical Publishers. This book was released on 1995 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: