EMAS participants operate a standardised environmental management system to ISO 14001 and undergo annual audits by state-approved, independent environmental assessors. They publish their environmental data, including resource and energy consumption, emissions, waste, etc., in detail in their annual environmental statement. They also set environmental targets and publish how environmental performance will be continuously and systematically improved.
Thanks to its exemplary and innovative environmental management, Viessmann is recognised as an environmental pioneer. Viessmann Werke, with its sites in Allendorf (Eder), was the first company in the heating technology sector and the second company in Germany to be certified in accordance with the Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) in 1995. Today, the Viessmann site in Allendorf (Eder) has the oldest entry in the EMAS site register.