Sustainable Manufacturing Portal
Sustainable Manufacturing Home
Sustainable development is a fundamental objective of the European Union. The EU policy to implement various measures to embed sustainable development at all levels of decision-making and across all policy sectors, is bringing positive changes to the economy, social and environment but also new challenges to the manufacturing industry.
The objective of this site is to offer the manufacturing industry, the SMEs in particular, with a resourceful and yet practical learning ground to support their efforts in working towards a sustainable enterprise.
The focus of this site is on environmental sustainability. It provides information that is essential for sustainable development i.e. the concept, new EU/UK sustainable development related legislations, environmental management systems and various tools that support sustainable manufacturing.
Considering the needs of the manufacturing industry, we have identified the most relevant and reliable links on each topics from a broad selection of online resources to save your time and effort in browsing for supports and information.
Besides information, the site also offers two useful and practical tools i.e.:-
- The Life Cycle Strategies Manual that gives you practical ideas and methods on how to reduce the product environmental impact at different stages of its life cycle, and
- The Environmental Management Advisory System (EMAS) that gives step-by-step advice to set up an effective environmental management system and make the first step towards sustainability.
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