INTOSAI Working Group on Environmental Audit

The INTOSAI Working Group on Environmental Auditing (WGEA), established in 1992, aims to increase the expertise in environmental auditing and to enhance environmental governance with high-quality contribution and visibility by both members of the Working Group and non–member SAIs. Currently the INTOSAI WGEA consists of 86 member SAIs being the largest working group under the auspices of the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI). Also, six INTOSAI regions namely AFROSAI, ARABOSAI, ASOSAI, EUROSAI, OLACEFS, and PASAI have established a Regional Working Group on Environmental Auditing (RWGEA).

86

Member SAIs

06

INTOSAI Regions

Vision

For a common sustainable future – Innovative environmental auditing

Key Goals

  • Increase the expertise in environmental auditing globally

  • Enhance environmental governance with high-quality contribution and visibility

Thematic Hubs and Projects for 2023-2025

Climate and Biodiversity Hub

  • Climate Scanner: Coordinated Rapid Reviews with SAI Brazil

  • Climate Change Adaptation Actions, Cooperation with IDI

  • INTOSAI-Donor Cooperation Working Group on Climate Change

  • Nexus Area: Climate and Biodiversity

Green Economy Hub

  • Environmental Accounting

  • Green Fiscal Policy Tools

  • Sustainability Reporting