linking environmental management and performance

remas is a three-year project that examined environmental management systems (EMS) in place in business and industry throughout EU Member States. remas demonstrates that companies and organisations who implement EMS show better overall environmental performance.

More than 500 companies registered to complete the FREE survey and benchmarking tool between 2002 and 2006 A summary of the project findings is provided here.

A copy of the full (draft) report is available here, and 2 page pdf summary from here.

Further work undertaken by the project on compliance and incentives is also available.

LIFE-Environment contributes to the development of innovative techniques and methods by co-financing demonstration projects.