The goal of the Environmental Management System
The goal of the Environmental Management System
The Environmental Management System (EMS) is an international standard that was developed to provide organizations with a structure to protect the environment, and to respond to the ever-changing environmental conditions while considering and finding a balance with socio-economic needs. It specifies requirements that allow organizations to accomplish the intended outcomes it sets for its EMS.
A methodical approach to EMS provides top management with the information necessary to build success over the long term while also creating options for sustainable development, such as:
- Safeguarding the environment.
- Lessen adverse effects.
- Assist in meeting compliance obligations.
- Enhance environmental performance.
- Use life cycle perspective to control and protect.
- Achieve financial and operational benefits.
- Communicating environmental information to relevant interested parties.
This International Standard, as all International Standards, is not designed to increase or disrupt an organization’s legal requirements.

