strategy
Using environmental management systems in industry
Description:
Agenda 21 recommends that industry should establish environmental management systems, including environmental auditing of production or distribution sites, in order to identify where the installation of cleaner production methods is needed.
Context:
This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities.
Broader:
Achieving cleaner productionAdvancing industrial environmental managementEnhancing corporate environmental responsibilityIdentifying priorities for national environmental action plansManaging the environmentManaging production Narrower:
Using total quality environmental managementImproving environmental auditing of production costsAdopting international standards for environment management systems Facilitates:
Promoting environmental certification schemesAssessing alternative measures for controlling transboundary air pollution Facilitated by:
Ensuring continuous corporate environmental improvement References:
Sheldon, Christopher: ISO 14001 and Beyond: Environmental management systems in the real worldHillary, Ruth: ISO 14001: Case Studies and Practical ExperiencesSustainAbility Ltd: From EMAS to SMAS: charting the course of environmental management and auditing to sustainability management Subjects:
→ SystemsEnvironment → Environment
Industry → Industry
Management → Management
Type Classification:
E: Emanations of other strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
