1. General context
Spurred on by the UN's positions on the subject and underpinned by the polluter-pays and precautionary principles, the European Union's environmental policy has, for over forty years, led to the adoption of successive programs aimed at preventing or, at the very least, reducing the environmental pressures exerted by companies. While guaranteeing their continued competitiveness, the measures taken were intended to encourage them to integrate the environmental variable into their development strategy.
For the general public, environmental protection has been part of the collective consciousness since the UN's Planetary Summit in 1992, but concerted action at international level had already been underway for two decades. From the 1960s onwards, individual countries had taken steps to curb the increase in pollution within their borders....
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Environmental strategy: definition
Bibliography
Standards and norms
- Systèmes de management environnemental. Exigences et lignes directrices pour son utilisation. - ISO 14001 - 2004
- Systèmes de management environnemental. Lignes directrices pour intégrer l'écoconception. - ISO 14006 - 2011
- Marquage et déclarations environnementaux. Étiquetage environnemental de type I. Principes et méthodes. - ISO 14024 - 2009
- Management environnemental. Évaluation de la performance...
Regulations
Commission Decision 2013/131/EU of March 4, 2013 establishing the user guide presenting the steps necessary to participate in EMAS in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the voluntary participation by organizations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS) (O.J., L 76/1, March 19, 2013).
Decision 1386/2013/EU of the European Parliament...
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