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LIFE15 ENV/IT/000509

Loizia Pantelitsa, Voukalli Irene, Antonis A. Zorpas

The State of EMAS in the Framework of Environmental Performance

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B.R.A.V.E.R PROJECT (LIFE15/ ENV/IT/000509)

The LIFE B.R.A.V.E.R. Project aims to support the full integration of EMAS into the EU environmental legislation, by reducing and simplifying the administrative costs and burdens for EMAS-registered companies. Partners

Italy Spain Czech Republic Slovenia Cyprus

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The methodology at the core of the Project foresees the evaluation of existing legislation, the design of new regulatory relief proposals and their feasibility assessment for organizations and institutions through regional and national testing activities.

B.R.A.V.E.R PROJECT (LIFE15/ ENV/IT/000509)

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CALCULATING ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE - SURVEY

The main aims of the survey were the following:

 Understand

how EMAS impacts

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environmental performances of EMAS- registered organisations;

 Understand companies’ opinions about

EMAS’s communication strategies;

 Understand the efgects of EMAS on

product and process innovation;

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SURVEY STRUCTURE

 The survey consists of:  Section 1: Organisation Details;  Section 2: EMAS Performance;  Section 3: EMAS and Communication;  Section 4: EMAS and Innovation.  Most questions employed the 1-5 Likert

scale, designed to reduce ambiguity through a range of values to choose from (e.g. ranging from "1 = improved signifjcantly" to "5 = deteriorated a lot",

• r ranging from “1= none” to “5= very

big”).

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SURVEY STRUCTURE

The survey, uploaded onto an

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survey platform, was distributed among EMAS companies from Member States. The questionnaire was available in English, Italian and Spanish and remained online and available from July 2018 until the end of October.

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RESUL TS

8,05% 4,60% 41,38% 9,20% 36,78%

COUNTRY

Cyprus Czech Republic Italy Slovenia Spain

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RESUL TS

1 - 49 50 - 249 250 - 999 1.000 - 2.499 2.500 - 4.999 5.000 + 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 31 28 13 5 8 2

NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES

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Energy Effjciency Effjciency in the use of materials (e.g. chemicals, raw materials) Water consumption Waste production Biodiversity/ Protection of soil and groundwater Wastewater effmuents Air emissions Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions Noise emissions Odours Prevention of risks for (chemical) accidents, improved accident preparedness and response 38% 23% 28% 29% 15% 15% 24% 20% 11% 6% 34% 40% 47% 48% 52% 28% 36% 31% 38% 30% 11% 34% 15% 20% 18% 15% 38% 38% 37% 29% 47% 52% 17% 1% 0% 2% 2% 1% 1% 0% 2% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1% 1% 6% 10% 3% 2% 18% 10% 8% 11% 11% 30% 13%

With reference to the production unit, how has the environmental performance of your organisation changed over the last years in the following areas?

Improved signifjcantly Improved somewhat No change Deteriorated somewhat Deteriorated a lot Don’t know - Not applicable

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Environmental regulation/public policy intervention Technical progress (technological progress and process innovations) Customer demand Competition/image advantages Environmental management system Monitoring of core environmental performance indicators Environmental reporting Environmental fees and taxes Cost (savings) of production inputs Stakeholder pressures and/or expectations 2% 2% 6% 5% 2% 0% 1% 11% 9% 5% 6% 5% 11% 10% 8% 13% 11% 23% 10% 11% 20% 11% 29% 25% 20% 18% 25% 24% 20% 26% 29% 44% 25% 39% 46% 43% 40% 28% 33% 34% 44% 38% 29% 21% 24% 26% 22% 14% 28% 23%

How would you rate the following factors in terms of their importance for achieving environmental improvement?

1- not important at all 2 - not very important 3- somewhat important 4- fairly important 5- very important

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Energy Emissions Waste/Disposal Water/waistewater Material goods/Raw materials 7% 7% 6% 5% 2% 28% 17% 22% 10% 15% 30% 28% 39% 40% 34% 11% 14% 8% 13% 15% 9% 10% 9% 9% 9% 15% 24% 16% 23% 24%

How high were the cost savings per year by implementing EMAS system in the following areas?

Very big Big Moderate Small Very small None

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Have you encouraged your suppliers to adopt environmental measures/certifjcations? Do suppliers that are also EMAS registered obtain a 'preferred supplier' status? Are you increasing the rate of sustainable materials used in your production process (green procurement procedures)? Are you monitoring and assessing your suppliers through the collection of data in periodic questionnaires? Are you carrying out environmental on-site audits at the plants of your suppliers? Have you ever stopped ordering from a supplier for environmental reasons? 49 55 47 18 26 38 32 40 69 61

Indirect efgects of EMAS

Yes No

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CONCLUSION

More than 60 companies out of 87 registered a positive and signifjcant change in the environmental performances for what concerns waste production, energy effjciency, water consumption, effjciency in the use of materials and prevention of risks for accidents. About factors that help achieve an environmental improvement, 71 companies

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87 highlighted the importance of technical progress intended as both technological progress and process innovation..

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CONCLUSION

The legal compliance requirements and a defjned set of

• bjectives and targets are considered the main efgect of

EMAS requirements

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the company’s performances. Companies that implement EMAS system can count on important cost savings, especially in the areas of Waste/Disposal and Energy. 82% of the companies interviewed communicates environmental innovations adopted and environmental performances within their Environmental Statement. The Environmental Statement is then used as a tool for communication with other stakeholders (74% of the sample). On the contrary, not all the companies fjnd it easy to integrate the Environmental Statement with

• ther existing standards and guidelines