ABSTRACT
The European Commission's Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) is among other national and international attempts, including the British Standard BS 7750 and ISO 14001, to develop appropriate management instruments for achieving improved environmental performance. The idea of sustainability management and audit systems (SMAS) is to tackle aspects of corporate performance that are not addressed by the generation of environmental management system standards, but which are a crucial part of sustainable. This chapter discusses the Sustain-Ability report, From EMAS to SMAS: Charting the Course from Environmental Management and Auditing to Sustainability Management. The SWOT has identified a number of issues that need to be tackled for EMAS to work effectively. It was agreed that European Partners for the Environment would launch an EMAS stakeholder involvement pilot project to explore how stakeholders could become more engaged in the implementation and development of environmental management systems.
