The EU Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) is a premium management instrument developed by the European Commission for companies and other organizations to evaluate, report, and improve their environmental performance. EMAS is open to every type of organization eager to improve its environmental performance. It spans all economic and service sectors and is applicable worldwide.
We benchmarked EMAS label against the GSTC standard
EMAS is compliant with following hearts of the staygreencheck:
EMAS standard performed as on a roll, according to the our staygreencheck methodology. All the accommodations certified by EMAS will have the 2 heart staygreencheck. You can recognize them as follows:
Eco-certification
The certification of the EMAS has a few benefits for the business certified with it. Being certified enhances the credibility, transparence and reputation of the businesses.
As the only environmental management tool requiring publication of an annual, independently validated environmental statement with detailed core indicators, EMAS provides registered organizations with a high degree of transparency. The EMAS regulation requires legal compliance with all relevant environmental legislation. This compliance is determined by third-party auditors and ensured by government supervision.
- The certificate is valid for 3 year.
- The EMAS auditing process is done by third-party auditors and ensured by government supervision.
- See EMAS standards here
- Do you want to know more about EMAS click here
Best practice
Westin Palace Hotel is an accommodation which is co certified by EMAS. The hotel has been replacing the lighting with LED lighting over the past years, and every time something needs to be replaced, they choose a model with a lower environmental impact. The hotel installed an energy recovery system that makes use of the condensation from its cooling towers to heat the water sent to its boilers. Furthermore, Westin Palace Madrid offers event and meeting organizers the chance to contribute towards carbon footprint reduction by paying a sum calculated based on the impact of the CO2 emissions produced in association with holding their events.
