Hospitals throughout Europe have established Environmental Management Systems (EMS) according to the EMAS regulation and the international standard ISO 14001 to secure a continuous improvement of their environmental performance and to establish common procedures, guidelines and tools throughout the entire organisation.
Learn and discuss the benefits and drawbacks, the achievements and open challenges with EMS and the experiences with new concepts and approaches
Chair: Andreas Tschulik, Austrian Ministry for the Environment
Stefan Gara, ETA Environmental Management Consulting, Vienna “EMAS and ISO 14001 in Hospitals – Benefits, Drawbacks and Perspectives for the Future”
Karl Purzner, Hospital Baumgartner Höhe, Vienna “A Comprehensive Environmental Policy as a Strategic Framework for Environmental Management”
Kristina
Hubert Veitschegger,
