The Evolution of Environmental Management Systems: Some Results From Our Survey

摘要

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, environmental management systems (EMSs) were touted as a way for organizations to reduce environmental impacts and increase operating efficiency. Yet in our combined environmental auditing experience, which has now spanned 20 years, we have found few facilities with robust EMSs (or even a solid understanding of what constitutes an EMS), especially among smaller to midsized companies.