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Organisations and sites with EMAS (Eco-Management and Audit Scheme) registration

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The number of organisations and sites registered as members of the voluntary environmental management system, The Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS). EMAS is implemented by companies and other organisations from all sectors of economic activity including local authorities, to evaluate, report on and improve their environmental performance.

Eurostat, http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/tgm/web/table/description.jsp [2], 12.02.15

Data host: 

Eurostat

Unit of Measurement: 

Number of organisations (# of organisations)

Link to Data: 

http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/tgm/refreshTableAction.do [3]

Type of Indicator source: 

  • Statistical office [4]

Geographical Coverage: 

France

Geographical Level: 

  • National [5]

Methodological transparency: 

  • Methodology not available [6]
Indicator relation: 
Indicator: 
Organisations and sites with EMAS (Eco-Management and Audit Scheme) registration [7]
Relationship explanation: 
Data is available both for organisations that have registered with EMAS, and the number of sites that have registered
Type of relation: 
Break down of indicator(Former Differentiation by group)

Temporal Coverage: 

2003 to 2012

Frequency of Updates: 

  • annualy [8]

Indicator developer: 

European Commission

Aggregation level of indicator: 

  • Single [9]

Data quality assesment: 

  • No published quality assessment [10]

Publishing delay: 

  • 1-3 years [11]

Contribution to the green economy: 

The number of organisations or sites registered with the Eco-Management and Audit Scheme offers some insight into the willingness amongst organisations to voluntarily sign up to improving their environmental performance, or at least, the desire to project such an image. Hence, an increasing trend could indicate a successfull transition towards a Green Economy.

Cost of accessing data: 

  • free of charge [12]
Potential misinterpretation: 
Is the number of organisations and sites with EMAS registration increasing, but other drivers for a transition towards a GE, such as green patents are not improving?
Related Indicator: 
Green Patents, Index 1990=100 [13]
Potential misinterpretation: 
Are there more efficient organisations (in terms of material consumption). But what is about the absolute resource consumption, rebound effects are visible?
Related Indicator: 
Total Material Consumption (TMC) [14]
Potential misinterpretation: 
Are there more efficient organisations (in terms of CO2 emissions). But what is about the absolute emissions, rebound effects are visible?
Related Indicator: 
Greenhouse gas emissions [15]
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Source URL: https://measuring-progress.eu/organisations-and-sites-emas-eco-management-and-audit-scheme-registration

Links
[1] https://measuring-progress.eu/coll-del/nojs/2079
[2] http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/tgm/web/table/description.jsp
[3] http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/tgm/refreshTableAction.do?tab=table&plugin=1&pcode=tsdpc410&language=en
[4] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/45
[5] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/33
[6] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/35
[7] https://measuring-progress.eu/organisations-and-sites-emas-eco-management-and-audit-scheme-registration
[8] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/17
[9] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/27
[10] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/37
[11] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/25
[12] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/9
[13] https://measuring-progress.eu/green-patents-index-1990100
[14] https://measuring-progress.eu/total-material-consumption-tmc
[15] https://measuring-progress.eu/greenhouse-gas-emissions