THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN A METALLURGICAL COMPANY'S SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

摘要

In the article metallurgy enterprises are being characterised, taking into account, in particular, the environmental management systems as well as the effects of their introduction, on the example of Ferrum SA. In the first part of the article the environmental management system and the applied production technologies in metallurgy enterprises are characterised. In the second part the effects of environmental management systems introduction are presented, based on the published environment reports of the enterprise in the years 1990-2007. In the last part the attention was turned to the future aspects connected with the development of environmental management systems. The issue was summarised in the end.