Abstract
A research sub-committee was organized under the Committee on Global Environment, Japan Society of Civil Engineers, to study an environmental management system (EMS) which is considered to be one of the effective measures to reduce adverse impacts on and continuously improve the environment. Environmental management system is a management technique for any organization to control the impact of its activities, products or services so that sound environmental performance could be achieved. Objectives of the study include collecting and analyzing updated information on such international standards as ISO 14000s and proposing a guideline to introduce and apply the EMS to the construction industry, which will help the industry to achieve sustainable development. This paper presents an overview of studies conducted by the research sub-committee in 1995.
