Definitions for "ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS"
The framework or method of guiding an organization to achieve and sustain environmental performance in accordance with established goals and objectives.
Environmental management systems are systems that ensure the organisation is working within the framework of ecologically sustainable development. These systems can be formal or informal. Formal systems include those prescribed by ISO 14001 and 14004.
EMS Environmental Management Systems is a set of processes and practices that enable an organization to reduce its environmental impact and increase its operating efficiency.
a structured approach for determining, implementing and reviewing environmental policy through the use of a system which includes organisational structure, responsibilities, practices, procedures, processes and resources.
A process that examines environmental factors and activities or processes that industry uses.