4. Initial environmental analysis

4.1 Definition and purpose

The environmental analysis required by EMAS is an essential step in the development of an EMS, since it identifies the pressures that the organization's activities place on the environment, and serves as the basis for defining its environmental policy and objectives.

In addition to carrying out a dual inventory – of all the legal environmental requirements with which the organization must comply, and of all the significant environmental aspects of its activity –, the...