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EMAS

Short for "Eco-Management and Audit Scheme", also known as EU Eco-Audit or Eco-Audit. EMAS was developed by the EU and is a joint system of environmental management and environmental auditing for organisations that want to improve their environmental performance. EMAS is considered one of the so-called "New environmental policy instruments" (NEPI). The great strength of EMAS lies in the measurement and publication of the company's environmental impact in order to improve it in the sense of sustainable development. This works both in terms of pure environmental protection and from the point of view of improving eco-efficiency, which can, for example, increase economic and ecological performance by reducing superfluous material flows (eco-efficiency).

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Organisations participating in EMAS are required to publish an environmental statement in which they report, among other things, on their impact on the environment (direct or indirect), their environmental performance and their environmental objectives. The environmental statement is checked for accuracy by an independent environmental verifier subject to state supervision and must be updated annually (small and medium-sized enterprises every two years). At least every three years, the environmental verifier checks, among other things, the environmental management system, compliance with environmental policy and legal regulations and a consolidated environmental statement as part of the so-called revalidation. Successfully audited and certified organisations can be entered in the EMAS register (in Germany at the responsible Chambers of Industry and Commerce and the Chambers of Trade) and may use the EMAS logo for their corporate environmental protection. See also Organic viticulture and sustainability.

Source: WIKIPEDIA Eco Management and Audit Scheme.
Picture left From EMAS Regulation - From Hamburg-PDF, Public domain, Link

Picture right: UGA © Frank Kermann/emas.de

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