Links and Downloads Environmental Management

Important links

Environmental law

• Environmental law
  German regulations on occupational health and safety, environmental protection, transport of dangerous goods and technical law

Databases

• Environmental database
  Overview of companies and activities dealing with environmental issues in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (German)
  
  
• REACH-CLP Helpdesk of the Federal Authorities
  Obligations of a company under REACH regarding the registration, evaluation and authorisation of chemicals

Institutions, authorities and federal states

• German Accreditation and Approval Body for Environmental Verifiers
  Register of environmental verifiers under EMAS (German)
  
  
• Environmental Assessment Committee at the Federal Ministry for the Environment and Nature Conservation
  Information about the central body for eco-auditing in Germany
  
  
• Environmental Agency
  Facts and figures on the environment
  
  
• Saxon State Ministry for the Environment and Agriculture
  Facts and figures on the environment in Saxony
  
  
• Austrian Federal Environment Agency
  Facts and figures on the environment in Austria
  
  
• Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR)
  Scientific information on food, product and chemical safety, as well as consumer protection
  
  
• EMAS.de/en
  Informations on EMAS
  
  
• North Rhine-Westphalia State Environment Agency
  current environmental data from North Rhine-Westphalia
  
  
• European Chemicals Agency
  Regulations on scientific and administrative aspects of the registration, evaluation and authorisation of chemicals

Forums

• Environmental Forum (German)
  Discussion platform on environmental issues

Literature

The following links will take you to essential reference books on environmental management:

• umweltmanagement-fachbuch (engl: environmental management reference book)
• Saxon Association for Environmental Management
• Federal Agency for Civic Education

Associations

• Association for Sustainability and Environmental Management
  Networking of experts and users of environmental and sustainability management systems

Downloads EMAS

• Funding opportunities and privileges (German)
• Privileges through EMAS
• Guide for UMB (German)
• EMAS and energy management (German)
• EMAS: A good choice (German)

Further information and guidelines can be found on the website of the

• Environmental Verification Committee (UGA) and directly to the
• Download pages/Pages from EMAS