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For the past 5 years, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, through funding provided by the Office of Water and Office of Policy, Economics, and Innovation at EPA, has conducted an in-depth study of a number of facilities that have adopted formal environmental management systems (EMS). This study, which is the most detailed of its kind ever conducted, was designed to determine if EMSs do in fact improve environmental performance. Baseline information, information on EMS design, and information on changes in performance were collected from each facility over several years. This study was also supported by a number of states, through the Multi-State Working Group on Environmental Management Systems. State managers played a critical role in ensuring data quality and worked closely with a number of facilities involved in the research. The Executive Summary and both volumes of the study are included.
Executive Summary (PDF 155KB)
Volume 1 (PDF 748KB)
Volume 2 (PDF 636KB)
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Copies of the data base used in this study can be found on the National Database on Environmental Management Systems
For more information please contact:
Dr. Richard (Pete) Andrews, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
919-843-5011 pete_andrews@unc.edu
Dr. Deborah Amaral, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill amarda@imap.unc.edu
Jim Horne, U.S. EPA Office of Water
202-564-0571 horne.james@epa.gov
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