Key indicators 2004 – 13 Number of EMAS and ISO 14001 registered enterprises

Key indicators 2004

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Number of EMAS and ISO 14001 registered enterprises

Source: The Danish Environmental Protection Agency

This indicator has been chosen to illustrate developments in the ability of enterprises to use their environmental efforts as a competitive parameter. The EMAS (Eco-Management and Audit Scheme) is the common European scheme for environmental management and environmental auditing. ISO 14001, which replaced BS 7750 in 1996, is the international standard for environmental management. The figures are cumulative and show the number of EMAS registered plants and ISO 14001 certified enterprises in Denmark. Many EMAS registered enterprises are also ISO 14001 certified.

More companies are introducing environmental management

Since 1994, the number of enterprises with environmental management has gone up every year. The number of enterprises with ISO 14001 went up from 712 in 2002 to 771 in 2003. In the same period, the number of EMAS registered enterprises rose from 214 to 255.

The objective is to ensure that enterprises can increasingly use their environmental efforts to give them a competitive edge. Developments in the number of EMAS registered and ISO 14001 certified enterprises are contributing to this end. Denmark is among the European countries with the greatest number of EMAS registered enterprises compared to the size of the population. Developments in the number of EMAS and ISO 14001 enterprises show that it is possible to use environmental performance as a competitive parameter.