Using the Internet as a Regulatory Information and Enviromental Management Tool to Enhance Environmental Management Systems, 1998 Environmental Conference Proceedings
The ability to access and share environmentally-related information, whether internal to a company or as part of the activities associated with a regulatory agency, offers tremendous improvement and advances in developing effective environmental management systems (EMS). The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and most states have created web site home pages that provided a vast amount of information and resources for the regulated community.
Information pertaining to laws and regulations, innovative programs, the latest techniques for pollution prevention, and standards for environmental performance are now available through the Internet. In addition, cCompanies are establishing internal Internet "Intranet" systems (“Intranets”) to create a communication platform that can be used to share a myriad of information to vast members of their organizations. This information sharing is a necessity to drive the improvements for the EMS.