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Cleaner Technology Projects in Denmark 1996
Development of an Instrument for Evaluation of Companies’ Environmental Action
Udvikling af værktøj til evaluering af virksomheders miljøpræstation
Arbejdsrapport nr. 25, 1996, Miljøstyrelsen
The purpose of this project is to define a general Danish instrument for evaluation of
companies’ environmental action. The project investigates the possibility of
establishing simple and functional guidelines for environmental management in small- and
medium-sized companies at trade level or part trade level. On the basis of these, a guide
in defining trade standards of environmental action is worked out.
The background of the project is that the Danish Association of Consulting
Engineers (Foreningen af Rådgivende Ingeniører) in connection with the hearings made by
the Danish Environmental Protection Agency (Miljøstyrelsen) concerning the EU’ s Eco
Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) in 1993, have pointed out the necessity of developing
general guidelines to the evaluation of environmental performances in Danish companies.
The instrument should be a presumption of a successful implementation of the EMAS
regulation in Denmark.
The project focuses on the graphical industry as well as the wood- and furniture
industries. The reason is that these industries possess a well-established database on
environmental conditions. At the same time many small companies constitute the industry as
a whole.
The project is aimed at the companies and industries, which on a systematic foundation,
work on introducing cleaner technology and environmental management, Danish authorities
that work on establishing appropriate rules for environmental management in companies and
organisations, and Danish participants in European and International work on
standardisation of environmental management.
In the project is presented: The general instrument to the evaluation of the
companies’ environmental actions as well as the procedure at the start-up of the
project. Furthermore a test of the instrument in the graphical- and in the wood- and
furniture industries is examined.
It is possible to establish a Danish instrument to evaluate the environmental action of
companies. The tested industries are positive and have assessed that the instrument will
be able to help many companies who wish to improve their environmental action. At the same
time it is concluded that the establishment of instruments for use in small- and
medium-sized companies can also be used in other industries. The results of the project
may have important influence on the future of the continuing development on the areas:
Environmental management, environmental statement and environmental accounts in Denmark.
The project will be implemented in a general guide, which is published separately as:
The environmental project "Instrument for Evaluation of Companies’ Environmental
Action" (Miljøprojekt: "Værktøj til evaluering af virksomheders
miljøpræstation").
Author/ institution
Henrik Kærgaard, COWIcosult A/S,
Hanne Christensen, Rambøll,
Birgit Friis og Carl Bro, Miljø A/S
This report is subsidised by the National Council for Recycling and Cleaner Technology
ISSN no. 0908-9195
ISBN no. 87-7810-477-7
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