Sustainable development is closely connected to the economic progress and development of the established industry. This not only refers to the economic factors but to the overall environmental situation and the overall desirability of the region as well.

Sustainability can only be achieved when as many enterprises and industries as possible improve their economic and environmental performance.

In many countries of the world environmental legislation is getting more complex. Modern environmental legislation will be a key factor for future international competitiveness. Complex legislation requires good communication between the different participants. The municipality shall not only promote Environmental Management in order to accelerate its sustainable development but should also play an active part in order to improve communications with local enterprises – in fact the municipality is the cornerstone of the project. Through these means legal compliance can be facilitated successfully.

INTEGRATION is offering Environmental Management Services in the following areas:

• ISO 14001 ff
• Cleaner Production
• Good Housekeeping
• Eco-cost management
• Eco-profit
• Environmental Due Diligence Auditing a.o.

INTEGRATION project examples:

CHINA - Environmental Management Tianjin (2003 - 2005): The objective of the overall programme “Environmental Policy Advice and Environmental Management” is to assist local environmental institutions and small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) to introduce sustainable systems for increase of economical and ecological efficiency of the companies. The component “SME environmental Management” is to adapt EMS systems for diverse industrial sectors; the component “National ISO 14000 system” is to built up and introduce a quality assurance system for the ISO 14000 accredition and certification according to international standards.

CHINA - Environmental Management Co-operation Programme (EMCP) Lot 1 Institutional Development (2001 - 2005): The purpose of EMCP- Institutional Development is to substantially strengthen the institutional capacities of China’s key institutions involved in the decision-making processes in high priority fields in sustainable development. The fields selected include among others the impacts of globalisation on sustainable development, development of appropriate accounting tools for measuring sustainable development objectives, achievements and gaps or strategies to ensure sustainable water resource management and control of pollution from non-point sources.