Development of the EMAS Sectoral Reference Documents on Best Environmental Management Practice. Learning from frontrunners. Promoting best practice

Harald Schoenberger, Paolo Canfora, Marco Dri, Jose Luis Galvez Martos, David Styles and Ioannis Antonopoulos ()
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Harald Schoenberger: European Commission - JRC, https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/index_en
Marco Dri: European Commission - JRC, https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/index_en
Jose Luis Galvez Martos: European Commission - JRC, https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/index_en
David Styles: European Commission - JRC, https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/index_en
Ioannis Antonopoulos: European Commission - JRC, https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/index_en

No JRC84966, JRC Research Reports from Joint Research Centre

Abstract: This report aims to describe how the EMAS Sectoral Reference Documents on best environmental management practise aredeveloped. Firstly, the EMAS regulation and the legal background of the documents are introduced. Afterwards, the mainelements included in such documents (best environmental management practices, environmental performance indicators andbenchmarks of excellence) are described and some examples are provided. The outputs of the process, namely the SectoralReference Documents and the JRC Scientific and Policy Reports on best environmental management practice are then outlined,together with the role played in developing the documents by the different actors involved: JRC/IPTS, the Technical WorkingGroup and the EMAS Committee. An in-depth presentation of the methodology used, introducing the frontrunner approach andhow information is gathered and drafted, allows the reader to have a complete picture of the process for developing the EMASSectoral Reference Documents. Finally, the report presents the lessons learnt so far, the dissemination activities carried out andthe list of reports already available.

Keywords: Sustainable development; sustainable production and consumption; recycling; clean technologies; sustainable use of resources; resource efficiency; low carbon society; environmental perfomance indicators; benchmarks of excellence; environmental management; EMAS; best practices; best environmental management practice; BEMPs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-04
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