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The Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) is a voluntary environmental management instrument, which was developed in 1993 by the European Commission. It enables organizations to assess, manage and continuously improve their environmental performance. The scheme is globally applicable and open to all types of private and public organizations. In order to register with EMAS, organisations must meet the requirements of the EU EMAS-Regulation.〔Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS), repealing Regulation (EC) No 761/2001 and Commission Decisions 2001/681/EC and 2006/193/EC. http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:342:0001:01:EN:HTML〕 Currently, more than 4,600 organisations and more than 7,900 sites are EMAS registered.〔European Commission – EMAS Helpdesk (2011): Statistics and Graphs. http://ec.europa.eu/environment/emas/documents/articles_en.htm〕 == EMAS Regulation: Structure == The EU EMAS Regulation entails 52 Articles and 8 Annexes: * Chapter I: General provisions * Chapter II: Registration of organisations * Chapter III: Obligations of registered organisations * Chapter IV: Rules applicable to Competent Bodies * Chapter V: Environmental verifiers * Chapter VI: Accreditation and Licensing Bodies * Chapter VII: Rules applicable to Member States * Chapter VIII: Rules applicable to the Commission * Chapter IX: Final provisions * Annex I: Environmental review * Annex II: Environmental management system requirements (based on EN ISO 14001:2004) and additional issues to be addressed by organisations implementing EMAS * Annex III: Internal environmental audit * Annex IV: Environmental reporting * Annex V: EMAS logo * Annex VI: Information requirements for registration * Annex VII: Environmental verifier’s declaration on verification and validation activities * Annex VIII: Correlation table (EMAS II/EMAS III) Although EMAS is an official EU Regulation, it is binding only for organisations which voluntarily decide to implement the scheme. The EMAS Regulation includes the environmental management system requirements of the international standard for environmental management, ISO 14001, and additional requirements for EMAS registered organisations such as employee engagement, ensuring legal compliance or the publication of an environmental statement. Because of its additional requirements, EMAS is known as the premium instrument for environmental management.〔German EMAS Advisory Board (2011): Creating Added Value with EMAS - The Differences between EMAS and ISO 14001. http://www.emas.de/fileadmin/user_upload/06_service/PDF-Dateien/Creating_Added_Value_with_EMAS.pdf〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eco-Management and Audit Scheme」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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