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Management Environmental Management, ISO 14001: 1996 and EMAS II Regulation in the EU.

The key objective as a company take steps to carry out an environmental management system is a firm commitment to pollution prevention. For this, the organization will seek to achieve the reduction and control of pollutants, using material substitution, treatment, recycling, changes in processes, and efficient use of resources.

environmental management system will engage the organization, among other things:

• The identification of legal requirements and environmental impacts associated with activities, products and services company
• Promotion the responsibility of management and staff on environmental protection, by clearly defining the responsibilities of all staff.
• environmental planning throughout the product life cycle and process.
• The establishment of a system to achieve environmental targets.
• Promoting the establishment of an EMS by suppliers and contractors.
• The assessment of environmental performance based on policy and objectives specified .

This will allow the organization:

• Comply with legislation and environmental policy of the organization and commit to reducing pollution continuously.
• prevent potential environmental problems.
• Disposing of records or evidence justifying the company's environmental performance.
• Give confidence to interested parties about environmental performance (customers, management, workers, neighbors, shareholders, etc.)..
• Reduce costs by reducing waste in processes or in packaging, saving energy, water and other resources, etc. As well as by reducing insurance premiums as a result of environmental risk reduction.
• Improve corporate image treated as citizens generic ideas such as environmental performance, value for money or creating jobs.
• strengthen the position of the company in markets where it operates by taking advantage of marketing opportunities in this regard.

The ISO 14000 series of management and audit are:

• ISO 14001:1996. Environmental Management Systems. Specifications and guidelines for their use.
• ISO 14004:1996. Environmental Management Systems. Guidelines and general principles. Systems and support techniques.
• ISO 14010:1997. Guidelines for environmental auditing. General principles.
• ISO 14011:1997. Guidelines for environmental auditing.
• audit procedures. Auditing Environmental Management Systems.
• ISO 14012:1997. Guidelines for environmental auditing. Qualification criteria for environmental auditors.
• ISO 14013:1997. Guidelines for environmental auditing.
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• audit programs.
• ISO 14014. Guidelines for environmental auditing. Initial reviews.
• ISO 14015. Guidelines for environmental auditing. Environmental site assessment.
• Using UNE 150007:1997 BS EN ISO 14001 standards for the registration of businesses in the EMAS Regulation.

As EMAS Regulation of the European Union, it allows voluntary participation of organizations in the European Management and Audit Scheme and acknowledges that the organization has its own responsibility in the management of environmental impact of their activities, with emphasis on aspects of compliance with the laws, improving environmental performance and employee involvement.

Thus, the EMAS Regulation, considered to be more demanding than ISO 14001, has some differences that can be seen in the table below: