Ihobe publishes the list of entities on the Spanish EMAS environmental excellence register - 4 March 2012.
Ihobe has published a tool on its website which contains comprehensive information on the Spanish organisations on the EMAS environmental excellence register. The information will be regularly updated.
The tool consists of an Excel document with
information on all the entities that hold EMAS certification in Spain.
Thanks to the tool,
the user can obtain information classified by activity or sector, by Autonomous
Community and even by municipality. The information on these companies
committed to the EMAS Environmental Management System has been provided by each
of the competent authorities. Ihobe will regularly update this
information.
The EU EMAS III Regulation is a voluntary scheme
that provides a framework to help organisations to improve their environmental 
performance efficiently and transparently. Therefore, compared to other
environmental management systems (EMS), organisations implementing an EMAS EMS
provide a plus in terms of guarantee, efficiency and transparency, which the
Basque Government’s Ministry for the Environment, Land Planning, Agriculture
and Fisheries values very positively.
As a competent authority, the Basque Government’s
Department for the Environment likewise aims to use this tool to showcase the
EMAS companies and promote this environmental management system in order to
comply with one of the EMAS III functions for those authorities.
The industrial sector account for 57% of the
companies on the Basque EMAS Register compared
to an average of 32% for the rest of Spain. The Basque Government’s
Department for the Environment is working to boost these figures by targeting
SMEs in the industrial/production sectors to promote its policy, as they are
the ones with the greatest environmental impact and where the EMAS proves to be
most effective in achieving cleaner production, cutting greenhouse gases and as
a cost saving measure.
The relevant information on the EMAS Environmental
Management System and the registration procedure is available from the
Department of the Environment’s website www.ingurumena.net and through
Ihobe, the environmental management public corporation www.ihobe.net.
Source: www.ihobe.net
March 4, 2012.