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Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS), repealing Regulation (EC) No 761/2001 and Commission Decisions 2001/681/EC and 2006/193/EC
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Organisations shall report, both in the environmental statement and the updated environmental statement, on the core indicators insofar as these relate to the direct environmental aspects of the organisation and other relevant existing environmental performance indicators as set out below.
The reporting shall provide data on actual input/impact. If disclosure would adversely affect the confidentiality of commercial or industrial information of the organisation where such confidentiality is provided for by national or Community law to protect a legitimate economic interest, the organisation may be permitted to index this information in its reporting, e.g. by establishing a base line year (with the index number 100) from which the development of the actual input/impact would appear.
The indicators shall:
give an accurate appraisal of the organisation's environmental performance;
be understandable and unambiguous;
allow for a year on year comparison to assess the development of the environmental performance of the organisation;
allow for comparison with sector, national or regional benchmarks as appropriate;
allow for comparison with regulatory requirements as appropriate.
Core indicators shall apply to all types of organisations. They focus on performance in the following key environmental areas:
Energy efficiency;
Material efficiency;
Water;
Waste;
Biodiversity; and
Emissions.
Where an organisation concludes that one or more core indicators are not relevant to its significant direct environmental aspects, that organisation may not report on those core indicators. The organisation shall provide justification to that effect with reference to its environmental review.
Each core indicator is composed of:
a figure A indicating the total annual input/impact in the given field;
a figure B indicating the overall annual output of the organisation; and
a figure R indicating the ratio A/B.
Each organisation shall report on all 3 elements for each indicator.
The indication of the total annual input/impact in the given field, figure A, shall be reported as follows:
on Energy efficiency
concerning the ‘total direct energy use’, the total annual energy consumption, expressed in MWh or GJ,
concerning the ‘total renewable energy use’, the percentage of total annual consumption of energy (electricity and heat) produced by the organisation from renewable energy sources,
on Material efficiency
concerning the ‘annual mass-flow of different materials used’ (excluding energy carriers and water), expressed in tonnes,
on Water
concerning the ‘total annual water consumption’, expressed in m3,
on Waste
concerning the ‘total annual generation of waste’, broken down by type, expressed in tonnes,
concerning the ‘total annual generation of hazardous waste’ expressed in kilograms or tonnes,
on Biodiversity
concerning the ‘use of land’, expressed in m2 of built-up area,
on Emissions
concerning the ‘total annual emission of greenhouse gases’, including at least emissions of CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs and SF6, expressed in tonnes of CO2 equivalent,
concerning the ‘total annual air emission’, including at least emissions of SO2, NOx and PM, expressed in kilograms or tonnes,
In addition to the indicators defined above, an organisation may use also other indicators to express the total annual input/impact in the given field;
The indication of the overall annual output of the organisation, figure B, is the same for all fields, but is adapted to the different types of organisations, depending on their type of activity, and shall be reported as follows:
for organisations working in the production sector (industry), it shall indicate the total annual gross value-added expressed in million euro (EUR Mio) or total annual physical output expressed in tonnes or, in the case of small organisations the total annual turnover or number of employees;
for organisations in the non-production sectors (administration/services), it shall relate to the size of the organisation expressed in number of employees.
In addition to the indicators defined above, an organisation may use also other indicators to express its overall annual output.
Each organisation shall also report annually on its performance relating to the more specific environmental aspects as identified in its environmental statement and, where available, take account of sectoral reference documents as referred to in Article 46.
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