本文件提供了如何通过识别环境因素、问题和条件以及确定其业务后果（如适用）的系统过程进行环境尽职调查（EDD）评估的指导。 本文件不提供如何进行其他类型环境评估的指导，例如: a） 环境审计； b） 环境影响评估； c） 环境性能、效率或可靠性评估； d） 侵入性环境调查和补救。

This document gives guidance on how to conduct an environmental due diligence (EDD) assessment through a systematic process of identifying environmental aspects, issues and conditions as well as determining, if appropriate, their business consequences. This document does not provide guidance on how to conduct other types of environmental assessment, such as: a) environmental audits; b) environmental impact assessments; c) environmental performance, efficiency, or reliability assessment; d) intrusive environmental investigations and remediation.