European Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS)

Dátum poslednej aktualizácie:08.12.2022

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Indikátory zeleného rastu

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Definícia indikátora

The Environmental Management and Audit Scheme, known as EMAS, is one of the European Union's premium voluntary environmental policy instruments. The framework of the scheme provides organizations with above-standard support in managing, evaluating and improving its approach to environment protection. Participation in the scheme is intended for any subject in the economic sector that is interested in approaching to the environmental protection proactively and responsibly, not only within the EU but also outside it.
 
The conditions for the participation of organizations in the EMAS scheme in Slovakia are laid down in Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council (EC) No. 1221/2009 on the voluntary participation by organizations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS) with effect from 11 January 2010 together with Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1505 amending Annexes I, II and III to Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009. In the conditions of the Slovak Republic, the EMAS scheme is regulated by Act no. 351/2012 Coll. on environmental verification and registration of organizations in the European Union scheme for environmental management and audit and on the amendment of certain laws.
 

Jednotka indikátora

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Metadáta

Methodology:

Selection and methodology of indicator’s assessment is based on the set of indicators proposed by the OECD and addressed by the report: "Green Growth: Monitoring progress towards green growth“. Data relating to the national situation are usually presented in the period between 2000 and 2012. Basic time sequence is changed in those cases when the data are not accessible or when their comparison is not possible due to differing approaches in their collection, assessment, changes in methodology, classification, etc.  Summary assessment of indicator’s trend from the green growth perspective is based on a subjective evaluation of the responsible assessor due to the fact that the strategy is not officially implemented in the Slovak Republic and therefore specific objectives have not been defined.  Naturally, this assessment builds on the analysis of the past trends, as well as their anticipated direction in view of the measures adopted as to date.
Selected indicators characterize Slovakia's initial position as seen from the perspective of the green growth and were to be used as a measuring tool before further steps are taken in the process of implementation of this strategy and for a complex assessment of the future trend of the Slovak economy.  Present set of green growth indicators comprises 32 individual indicators that are relevant in Slovakia's conditions. Four of them are national indicators that describe voluntary instruments of the environmental strategy. 
 

Data sources:

Data used in this document come from the official national or international sources and databases.  Assessed trend was reviewed and discussed with the state administration specialists (individual departments of the ministries of Environment, Economy, Labour and Social Affairs and Family, Finance, Agriculture and Rural Development) and their professional organisations (Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute, State Geological Institute of Dionýz Štúr, Slovak Environmnet Agency, State Nature Consservancy, Institute for Financial Policy) and also the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic whose databases furnish most of the information.


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Kľúčové zistenia

After the period 2011-2012, when the number of registrations decreased due to the financial crisis due to changes in organizational structures as well as the cessation of production at registered organizations, it can be stated that since 2013 the interest of companies to present their activities under the environmental quality brand by implementing a systematic approach to environmental management through the EMAS scheme is increasing. As of 31 December 2021, there are 66 organizations with 142 places in the Slovak Republic registered in the national EMAS register and 2 organizations under the combined EU registration with 3 places in the Slovak Republic.
 
Current list of organizations registered in the Environmental Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) based in the Slovak Republic. [SK]
 
Current list of organizations registered in the Environmental Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) based in the Slovak Republic. (Must select Slovakia in the country section in "Advanced filtering")

 

Sumárne zhodnotenie

Medzinárodné porovnanie

The OECD Green Growth database contains selected indicators for monitoring progress towards green growth to support policy making and inform the public at large. The database provides a synthesis of data and indicators available across a wide range of domains. The sources of the underlying data used to populate the Green Growth Indicators, as presented here, include a range of OECD databases and, in some cases, external data sources. The database covers OECD member countries, accession countries and selected non-OECD countries (including the BRIICS economies - Brazil, Russian Federation, India, Indonesia, China and South Africa).

OECD Green Growth Indicators Database

Kontakt na spracovateľa

Ing. Juraj Vajcík, SAŽP, juraj.vajcik@sazp.sk