ESMA’s Environmental Commitment Meets The Top European Standard

The registration was issued by the French Ministry for the Ecological Transition on 10 September 2022 for a duration of three years and covers all ESMA’s operational and core business activities.

Natasha Cazenave, Executive Director, said

“At ESMA we are very pleased to have been awarded the EMAS certification. This recognises ESMA’s efforts over the past years to reduce our environmental impact as an organisation.

By embedding sustainability in all our activities, we also aim to support the transition to a more sustainable economic and financial system.”

ESMA is committed to:

• Minimise the consumption of energy, water, paper and other resources;
• Encourage the prevention of waste and environmental pollution by maximising the recycling and reuse of items and by optimising their disposal;
• Take measures to reduce CO2 emissions and minimise the impact of mobility and travel; and
• Comply with relevant environmental legislation, administrative regulations and other requirements.

​To keep these engagements ESMA will promote environmental awareness within ESMA, communicate and implement the Environmental policy at all levels of the Authority, and provide suitable resources to fulfil this policy as required by the EMAS regulation.

ESMA annual public environmental statement reflects ESMA’s progress on these commitments.

ESMA is the 100th organisation registered with EMAS in France and the 7th EU Agency.

Background

EMAS is a premium management instrument developed by the European Commission for companies and other organisations to evaluate, report, and improve their environmental performance.

EMAS promotes continuous improvements in the environmental performance of organisations by:

• the establishment and implementation of an environmental management system;
• the evaluation of the performance of such a system;
• the provision of information on environmental performance;
• an open dialogue with the public and other interested parties;
• the active involvement of employees.