Myndigheter för hållbar utveckling
En studie av myndigheters miljölednignssystem 2005
Agencies towards Sustainable Development ? A Study of Environmental Management Systems in Governmental Agencies 2005A vision of the Swedish government is to build an ecologically sustainable society. A tool in this effort is to implement environmental management systems (EMS). The aim of the thesis is to present in which phase of the implementation of EMS Swedish governmental agencies are. This will be done by compilation and evaluation of agencies? yearly environmental reports.The thesis is written in co-operation with the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (Swedish EPA). Swedish EPA has the responsibility to coordinate and drive forward the development of environmental management systems. The thesis is therefore a scientific tool to evaluate how the government?s decision, that governmental agencies have to implement an EMS, is fulfilled.Keywords: Sustainable development, environmental management systems, governmental agencies, environmental report.