Resources

Information on EMS

• MSWG (Multi-State Working Group) on Environmental Management Systems
• Public Entity Resource Center (PEER Center)
• EPA EMS Initiative for Government Entities
• EPA Environmental Management Systems
• EPA National Environmental Performance track
• The Campus Consortium for Environmental Excellence
• University of Massachusetts Lowell EMS
• EPA New England 
• National Association of Flood and Stormwater Management Association

EMS Guides

• An Environmental Management System Troubleshooters’ Guide for Local Governments, Global Environment and Technology Foundation, October 2002.
• Environmental Management Systems: An Implementation Guide for Small and Medium-Sized Organizations, 2nd ed., NSF International, 2001. (pdf file)
• An Organizational Guide to Pollution Prevention, U.S. EPA, Office of Research and Development, EPA/625/R-01/003, August 2001. (pdf file)
• Implementing the ISO 14001 Environmental Management System Specification, Version 2.0, James H. Schaarsmith. (pdf file)
• Integrated EMS Implementation Guide , U.S. EPA, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, October 2000.
• Agency Sustainability Planning and Implementation Guide, Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Sustainability Program, 2004. (pdf file) 
• Ensuring a Sustainable Future: An Energy Management Guidebook for Wastewater and Water Utilities, 1/08  (pdf file)
• Environmental Management Guide for Colleges and Universities--A Path Toward Sustainability, 10/07  (pdf file)
• Environmental Innovation--A Dialogue on the Role of Government, Law and Regulatory Approaches, 3/05 (pdf file)