| | Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) |  | VO (EG) Nr. 761/2001 - EMAS II Product information
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| ... for organizations building their company philosophy on an active environmental management (EM) and wanting to document their environmental activities in a publicly available environmental declaration. |
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What can be achieved?
- Systematization of all environmentally relevant activities leads to a reduction of environmental hazards
- Increased confidence of the public, government agencies, customers, banks and insurers in the organization’s environmental performance. Significant improvement in environmental legal certainty.
- Cost savings by way of systematic and pro-active thought and action
- Improved employee identification, motivation and commitment
- Documented, sustained environmental performance enhances your image and competitive ability – both nationally and internationally
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| What affects certification complexity?
- Business sector
- Statutory environmental requirements
- Maturity of both management and internal auditing systems
- Diversity of products, services and processes
- Diversity of processes, degree of automation
- Organizational structure and distribution of sites
- For groups of companies: Joint EM systems with similar contents
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