THE EUROPEAN ECO-MANAGEMENT AND

AUDIT SCHEME

Performance, Credibility, Transparency

Participation opened in April 1995

Voluntary scheme

AimTo promote continual improvements in the environmental performance of organisations

MeansTools allowing to assess, to manage and to control environmental aspects of activities (Implementation of an EMS), and to establish a report on environmental performance in a credible way

OutcomesBetter management of environmental issues and credible information on these issues

What is EMAS ?

Who can participate in EMAS ?

Any organization, private or public, dedicated to improving its overall environmental performance

27 EU Member States + European EconomicArea (Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein)

Candidate countries (Croatia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of

Macedonia and Turkey)

The EMAS development

EMAS adopted by the European Council (EMAS I)EMAS open for participation by industrial companiesCommission proposal for a Council Regulation allowing for the voluntary participation of organisation in an eco-management and audit scheme

New Regulation adopted by the Council and the EPPublication and entry into force of the newRegulation (EC) N°761/2001 (EMAS II)

EMAS revision process

29 June 1993

1995

30 October 1998

19 March 2001

24 and 27 April 2001

2006-2009

EMAS I

EMAS II

EMAS III

EMAS II

• Participation to all sectors, public and private

• Compatibility with EN ISO 14001• New communication tools: EMAS logo &

environmental statement• Involvement of employees• Environmental Legal compliance• Increased credibility and transparency

EMAS II1 logo 2 versions

EMAS III: Foreseen changes

• Enhance Environmental Legal compliance• Report on Key Performance Indicators• EMAS global• Cluster approach and corporate

registration• Reduction of Administrative Burden• Harmonization• Wider Use of the logo• Increase Incentives

Why choose EMAS?

• Most robust management scheme on the market• Good environmental management• Compliance environmental legislation• Resources savings and cost reduction• Credibility: environmental info validated by

independent organism controled by Member States• Marketing tool: EMAS logo & environmental

declaration: improved image, confidence and transparency

• Access to new markets/ customers• Improved relations with public authorities, other

businesses, customers, citizens, regulator• Improved work environment, employee motivation• Get incentives in some Member States

EMAS goes further than ISO 14001

ISO/EN ISO 14001(2004)

+ Public Reporting

+ Legal Compliance

+ Employees Participation

+ Performance improvement

EMAS

If the organisation has already ISO 14001?

The organization needs:• Environmental Legal compliance• Verification Environmental Management

System• Validation Environmental Statement• Continuous improvement of environmental

performance• Information to Public• Employees participation• Public participation

The ISO 14001 has been considered as a previous stage to reach EMAS certification

Management review

EMAS is a systematic approach

Environmental policy

Planification

Implementation

Monitoring and measurement

Continuous improvement

Initial env

review

PLAN

DO

CHECK

ACT

Going for EMAS?

STAGES INVOLVED PARTSCommitment Top Management

Environmental review of activities

Environmental Manager

All Departments

What are our aims? Management

How can we reach them? Management

Is everything in line with EMAS?

All employees

Environmental Manager

Auditors

Statement of environmental performance

Management

Environmental Manager

External verification Verifiers

EMAS STATISTICS EVOLUTION OF ORGANISATIONS AND SITES

Quarterly Data20/6/2007

3532

3605

33253195

32593148

309330673055

3110 3041 3072 31163416

372539103762

357634173244

30632876

27752686

25312316

2140

1269

37973755 36523718

3796

38553908

3498

3912

5223

54354800

46284655

4137 42534093

3930

3901 40504178

5066

5587

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000Organisations in theEU and EEA

Organisations(before thecorrection)Sites

1. To facilitate comparisons, the previously reported figures are kept on the graph. 2. The Commission started to collect the number of sites in addition to number of organisations in

March 2004 to provide a more accurate picture of EMAS development. 3. Germany reported a significant number of corrections in March 2004. 4. Germany and Spain reported corrections in June 2005. 5. The UK corrected their number of sites in December 2005.

EMAS in different sectors

In the beginning :– Automotive – Paper - Metals - Chemicals - Glass– Agriculture-food– Waste recycling - water treatment

Since EMAS revision in 2002 : – Public Administrations– Hospitals– Tourism sector - Hotels - restaurants– Education sector - schools -

universitiesNowadays :

– Transport sector– Banks - insurance companies– Construction sector– Consultants - NGOs– Micro companies– Industrial estates

http://ec.europa.eu/environment/emasEMAS Helpdesk: emas@ec.europa.eu

Further information

Further information

• European Union: http://europa.eu/• European Environment Agency:

http://www.eea.europa.eu/• ISO (International Standard

Organization):http://www.iso.ch/• European Committee for Standardization:

http://www.cen.eu/• World Standards Services Network:

http://www.wss.n.net/• SME portal: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/sme• Green Public Procurement:

http://ec.europa.eu/environment/gpp/• EMAS Register:

http://ec.europa.eu/environment/emas/registration/

THE EUROPEAN UNION’S ECO - MANAGEMENT AND AUDIT SCHEME

Performance, Credibility, Transparency