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Eco-management and audit (EMAS)

Journal:
Manual of European Environmental Policy
ISSN:
1467-0445
E-ISSN:
1740-3529
Publisher:
Routledge,
DOI:
10.3763/meep.2010.0059
Author:
Institute for European Environmental Policy
Information last updated:
April 2012
Publication date:
April 2012

The Regulation establishes a voluntary system allowing organizations of varying types to register in a Community eco-management and audit scheme. The objective is to promote continuous improvement in the environmental performance of participants, through the establishment of environmental policies, programmes and management systems, and their regular review or ‘audit’. Two further objectives are to make available to the public more information on the environmental performance of participating sites and to encourage the active involvement of employees in the establishment of environmental management systems. The present system goes beyond earlier Regulation (EEC) No 1836/93 by broadening the range of organizations covered by the Regulation, from previously focussing on industrial/manufacturing sectors to including all organizations having environmental impacts, regardless of organizational structure.

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