Abbreviations pertaining to the EMS
| ANS | American National Standards |
| ANSI | Aerican National Standards Institute |
| APEC | Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation |
| BCSD | The Business Council for Sustainable Development |
| BS | British Standards |
| BSI | British Standards Institution |
| CAA | Clean Air Act |
| CASCO | Committee on Conformity Assessment |
| CEN | Comite Europeen de Normalisation |
| CENCER | CEN's Certification Body< |
| CERCLA | Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 |
| CERES | Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economics< |
| CERN | Center of Environmental Auditors Registration |
| CSD | Commission on Sustainable Development< |
| DIS | Draft International Standard |
| DTI | Department of Trade and Industries< |
| EARA | Environmental Auditors Registration Association |
| EMAS | Eco-Management and Audit Scheme |
| EMS | Environmental Management System |
| EN | European Standards |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
| ESAP | Environmental Self-Assessment Program |
| EU | European Union |
| GATT | General Agreement on Tariffs and TradeiWTO/TBT in the present) |
| GEMI | Global Environmental Management Initiative |
| GEN | Global Eco-labeling Network |
| ICC | International Chamber of Commerce |
| IEC | International Electrotechnical Commission/International Economic Conference |
| IES | Institute of Environmental Sciences |
| ILO | International Labor Organization |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| IOCU | International Organization of Consumer's Unions |
| ISO | International Organization for Standardization (see Note) |
| JAB | The Japan Accreditation Board for Conformity Assessment |
| JACO | Japan Audit and Certification Organization for Environment |
| JEMAI | Japan Environmental Management Association for Industry |
| JIS | Japanese Industrial Standard |
| JISC | Japanese Industrial Standards Committee |
| LCA | Life Cycle Assessment |
| MRA | Mutual Recognition Agreement |
| NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement |
| NGO | Non-Governmental Organization |
| ODA | Official Development Assistance |
| OECD | Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| OECF | Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund |
| PDCA | Plan-Do-Check-Act |
| PPP | Polluter Pays Principle |
| pr-EN | proposal of EN |
| PRP | Potential Responsible Parties |
| RC | Responsible Care |
| RCRA | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 |
| SAGE | Strategic Advisory Group on Environment |
| SARA | Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act |
| SRI | Socially Responsible Investment |
| TC207 | Technical Committee |
| TSCA | Toxic Substance Control Act |
| UKAS | United Kingdom Accreditation Service |
| UNCED | United Nations Conference on Environment and Development |
| UNCTAD | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
| UNEP | United Nations Environment Programme |
| WCED | World Commission on Environment and Development |
| WICE | World Industry Council for the Environment |
| WICEM | World Industry Conference on Environmental Management |
| WTO | World Trade Organization |
Note: ISO is derived from "isos" in Greek meaning "equal".
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