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Newsletters, Leaflets, Fact-sheets

This section provides information about recent developments in EMAS (newsletters), basic introduction to EMAS (leaflets) as well as brochures on the practical handling of EMAS inside selected economic sectors, such as the finance sector or the sports sector. The fact-sheets demonstrate the difference between EMAS and ISO 14001 and EMAS in public authorities.

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	EMAS Newsletter issue 4/ December 2011: ( EN, PDF, 1503Kb) Congratulations to the European EMAS Award winners Last November we praised the excellent performance of EMAS registered organisations at the EMAS Awards in Cracow, Poland. These organisations demonstrate excellence in involving their stakeholders and in achieving their environmental goals. This newsletter highlights this year's winners of the 2011 EMAS Awards, also noting EMAS's increasing use of social media to connect with stakeholders and the public at large.
	EMAS Newsletter issue 3/ September 2011: ( EN, PDF, 1610Kb) Managing indirect environmental aspects with EMAS EMAS registered organisations’ commitment to environmental protection is not limited to the organisations themselves. It also applies to their interaction with stakeholders. This newsletter focuses on how organisations specialised in production processes handle ecological issues, the administrative or investment decisions they make, and how they assess the impact of their activities or a broader scale.
	EMAS Newsletter issue 2/ June 2011: ( EN, PDF, 794Kb) EMAS and innovation Many studies confirm that companies which are able to come up with innovative solutions for global challenges, such as climate change or resource depletion, are rewarded in the market. This certainly holds true for EMAS registered companies and organisations all across Europe. In this Newsletter we provide you with information on how EMAS spurs innovation and gives companies a competitive edge in the market.
	EMAS Newsletter issue 1 / March 2011: ( EN, PDF, 647Kb) EMAS and Biodiversity After the United Nations International Year of Biodiversity came to an end, the challenge of understanding and managing the impact of biodiversity on the bottom lines of companies and organisations has just begun. This newsletter provides with information on the links between nature and economy, as well as discussions about the ways in which biodiversity protection can be achieved by both private and public organisations and events to raise biodiversity awarness as the the European Business and Biodiversty campaing.
	EMAS Newsletter issue 4 / December 2010: ( EN, PDF, 772Kb) Congratulations to the European EMAS Awards winners 2010 This final Newsletter for 2010 provides highlights of two major events held in November – the EMAS Conference and EMAS Awards took place back-to-back in Brussels. This year, the 2010 EMAS Awards for excellence in environmental management were presented to six organisations representing different categories. It is the most prestigious environmental management award acknowledging organisations’ achievement. All six winners are presented in this Newsletter. This Newsletter also provides a re-cap of the EMAS Conference: 'Towards a Resource Efficient Economy.
	EMAS Newsletter issue 3 / September 2010: ( EN, PDF, 2Mb) EMAS boosts resource efficiency Doing more with less - resource efficiency - means decoupling economic growth from the use of resources. Ever more organisations recognise that improving ersource efficiency will give them a competitive advantage and the potential to prosper in a low-resource economy. Translations of the contents of this issue are available in Word format in all EU languages upon request to the Helpdesk. Please send an email specifying the language you wish to receive.
	EMAS Newsletter issue 2 / July 2010: ( EN, PDF, 847Kb) Step up to excellent performance - transition from a Non-formal EMS to EMAS Article 45 has been included in EMAS III to attract organisations using other EMS by recognising those EMS as equivalent to EMAS parts. This issue focuses on how organisations can upgrade an existing EMS to EMAS in order to register to the premium benchmark for environmental management. It also presents the 'Step Up to EMAS' study which provides valuable information to achieve this transition. Translations of the contents of this issue are available in Word format in all EU languages upon request to the Helpdesk. Please send an email specifying the language you wish to receive.
	EMAS Newsletter issue 1 / May 2010: ( EN, PDF, 667Kb) EMAS III – enhanced performance, credibility and transparency This first issue produced by the new Helpdesk focuses on the new elements of the EMAS III Regulation and gives advice on implementation procedures. This latest revision of the EMAS Regulation which came into force on 11 January 2010, strengthens the scheme’s “best practice approach towards environmental management and sustainable development. Translations of the contents of this issue are available in Word format in all EU languages upon request to the Helpdesk. Please send an email specifying the language you wish to receive.

EMAS Newsletter issue 3 / December 2009: ( EN, PDF, 651Kb)
European EMAS Award winners 2009

This issue of the EMAS newsletter focuses on the European EMAS Award winners 2009. News is also given of persons who have been most immediately involved in the development and promotion of EMAS. To finish, this issue presents current and future EMAS registrations located outside the European Union, since EMAS III regulation will allow organisations either located entirely outside the European Union or European companies with overseas sites and branches to register themselves to EMAS.

EMAS Newsletter issue 2 / October 2009: ( EN, PDF, 821 Kb)
Sustainable Consumption and Production

This issue of the EMAS Newsletter focuses on Sustainable Consumption and Production issues, the agriculture sector and the religious institutions. In July 2008, the Commission presented an Action Plan on Sustainable Consumption and Production and Sustainable Industrial Policy. One year later, many EU instruments have been revised and new directives have been published to improve the environmental performance of products and foster their uptake by consumers. Innovative actions in line with the Sustainable Consumption and Production and Sustainable Industrial Policy have been introduced by EMAS registered organisations active in the construction, food and retail sector.

Issue 1/2009 ( EN, PDF,300 Kb), This issue of the EMAS Newsletter introduces diffrent approaches by EMAS clubs and networks in Europe to winning more, in-depth specialist knowledge and to exchange of experiences in order to maintain and further improve individual environmental management systems.

Issue 1/2008 ( EN, PDF, 561 Kb), on CO2 reduction and renewable energy, identifies the extent to which industry, local authorities and the education sector have embraced the issue and are reducing their emissions.

Issue 4/2007 ( EN, PDF,559 Kb) investigates how organisations nominated for the Awards and Award winners Municipality of Telfs (AT), Multiprint Ltd. (AT), Gustavsberg AB (Sweden) and Grundfos A/B (Denmark) have integrated innovative strategies for waste reduction into their EMAS.

Issue 3/2007 ( EN, PDF, 403 Kb). In this issue, renowned experts from EMAS registered national parks in Spain and Italy demonstrate why they have chosen EMAS as the tool for managing protected areas.

Issue 02/2007 ( EN, 561 Kb) investigates the various approaches Member States have taken to make use of EMAS under the Procurement Directives 2004/18 and 2004/19, which have been implemented in 2006.

Issue 01/2007 ( EN, PDF, 587 Kb) takes up one of the central issues in environment, the companies’ energy consumption and its related effciency.
Newsletter 01/2007 is available in all EU languages. The PDF can be downloaded for printing.
BG, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, ES, FI, FR, HU, IT, LT, LV, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, SV (370 Kb respectively)

Issue 04/2006 ( EN, 289Kb ) focuses on EMAS in the education sector.

Issue 03/2006 ( EN, 430Kb ) reports on EMAS registered organisations that have less than 15 employees.

Issue 02/2006 ( EN, 695Kb ) focuses on organisations that have renewed their registration under EMAS for at least three years.

Issue 01/2006 ( EN, 267Kb ) focuses on the health sector, where EMAS registrations have been growing steadily since 2001.

Issue EMAS and sporting events ( EN, 314Kb ) reports on the 20th Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Turin in February and March 2006, as the first ever truly "green" major sports events in Europe.

Issue 04/2005 ( EN, 277Kb ) focuses on EMAS in the European institutions, reporting inter alia on the European Commission and the European Environmental Agency.

Issue 03/2005 ( EN, 235Kb ) concentrates on EMAS in the new Member States where it supports both key industrial players exporting world-wide and SMEs.

Issue 02/2005 ( EN, 229Kb ) focuses on EMAS in tourism which is the 5th most popular sector with 200 hotels registered.

Issue 01/2005 ( EN, 276Kb ) highlights EMAS in industry which makes up 70% of all registrations.

Issue 03/2004 ( EN, 391Kb ) reports on the achievements EMAS provided to the Organising Committee of the Winter Olympic Games in Turin (TOROC).

Issue 02/2004 ( EN, 149Kb ) gives an overview on achievements local authorities have made to include an environmental management system following the EMAS regulation.

Issue 01/2004 ( EN, 138Kb ) focuses on the efforts SMEs made to harvest EMAS benefits for very small organisations.

Issue 02/2003 ( EN, 99Kb ) focuses on the transport sector.

Issue 01/2003 ( EN, 132Kb ) includes a description of the UK REMAS project, an interview with the recently EMAS registered Dani sh EPA and a short article about the ECOCAMPING initiative.

Issue 02/2002 ( EN, 108Kb ) reports on the largest EU local authority to have achieved EMAS and the experiences made by the first EMAS registered zoo.

Issue 01/2002 ( EN, 106 Kb ) includes a report on the EMAS II conference, an interview with the Director of Environmental Protection at BMW and accounts on best practices in the financial sector.

EMAS Aktuell ( EN, 483 Kb ) in English: The German Environmental Verifiers Committee published a special issue of the regular German EMAS-newsletter "EMAS AKTUELL": No. 5 from April 2005. Texts with only national relevance have not been translated and are marked with a small German flag symbol.

Leaflet

The EMAS leaflet provides a quick insight into the scheme. It includes benefits for participating organisations and detailed instructions on the steps to registration.

Download the leaflet version 2011:
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Fact Sheets

The fact sheets will be drafted on specific subjects where the need for more detailed information has been identified. The fact sheets can easily be printed and photocopied on double-sided paper so that you can use them as hand-outs.

	Fact Sheet "EMAS and ISO 14001: complementarities and differences EN (PDF high definition, 833Kb)
	Fact Sheet "The links between EMAS and energy management according to EN 16001" EN, DE, FR (PDF high definition, 514Kb) EN (PDF low definition, 203Kb)
	Fact Sheet "EMAS Boosts Resource Efficiency " EN (PDF high definition, 497Kb) EN (PDF low definition, 204Kb)
	Fact Sheet "EMAS Benefits" EN (PDF high definition, 456Kb) EN (PDF low definition, 183Kb)
	Fact Sheet "EMAS II to EMAS III" EN (PDF high definition, 5796Kb) EN (PDF low definition, 183Kb)
	Fact sheet "From ISO 14001:2004 to EMAS" EN (PDF high definition, 4352Kb) EN (PDF low definition, 166Kb)
	Fact sheet "Implementation of EMAS in Public Sector Authorities" Download this fact sheet in your language : ES (104Kb), DA (105Kb), DE (108Kb), EL (102Kb), EN (440Kb), FR (107Kb), IT (105Kb), NL (107Kb), PT (106Kb), FI (101Kb), SV (105Kb).
	Environment fact sheet on "Sustainable consumption and production – a challenge for us all": EN (219 Kb)

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