A THEORETICAL STUDY BETWEEN THE TWO ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS ECO MANAGEMENT AUDIT SCHEME EMAS AND ISO 14000

Cristina Barbu (), Mihail Negulescu () and Irina Barbu ()
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Cristina Barbu: Spiru Haret University, Postal: RO
Mihail Negulescu: Spiru Haret University, Postal: RO
Irina Barbu: University of Bucharest Major Communication and Public Relations, Postal: RO

Journal of Advanced Research in Management, 2012, vol. 3, issue 2, 59-69

Abstract: The concept of an environmental management system evolved in the early nineties An environmental management system exists to help organizations minimize how their operations processes etc negatively affect the environment i e cause adverse changes to air water or land comply with applicable laws regulations and other environmentally oriented requirements and continually improve in the above An environmental management system can also manage natural resources and improve the reliability and credibility of the environmental policies At the European level we have EMAS The Eco Management and Audit Scheme EMAS is the EU s voluntary scheme designed for companies and other organisations committing themselves to evaluate manage and improve their environmental performance This was introduced by a European Union council regulation No 1836 29 06 1993 requiring implementation in all European Union Member States EMAS was formally introduced in the United Kingdom in April 1995 ISO 14000 is an International Standard 1996 Applicable on an international scale This paper aims to make a theoretical comparison between these two environmental management systems

Date: 2012
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