# Organizations towards the Evaluation of Environmental Management Tools ISO 14001 and EMAS
## 4 Research Results and Discussion
In approximately 50% of surveyed organizations, ISO 14001 and EMAS systems had been in operation for over five years and benefits indicated by them were often different than in organizations in which EMS operated for shorter amounts of time. Figures 6 and 7 show the analysis of survey answers concerning internal benefits of EMS implementation depending on the system functioning duration. The answer regarding the internal benefits of improving the functioning of a company operating under the EMAS concept was indicated by 90.9% of organizations in which the system had been operating for over five years (Figure 6). The same benefit was reported much less (42.8%) by organizations in which EMAS operated for up to five years. Organizations that had implemented ISO 14001 also appreciated the impact of the system implementation on the improvement of the company's operation after a longer period of system functioning, but in this case their percentage was lower (36.4%) than in the case of  
Figure 5: Answers to the fifth question of the survey: Costs of EMAS/ISO14001 implementation in a company. EMAS (see Figure 7). The positive impact of the longer period of EMS operation was also found for the answers 4 and 5, concerning the improvement of the economic effects of the company's functioning and the increase in the environmental awareness of employees. It should be emphasized that answer 2, concerning the achieving compliance with regulations and raising environmental protection standards, was the internal benefit indicated by a relatively high number of companies, especially those which had implemented EMAS in the last five years (85.7%). However, it should also be noted that few EMAS certified organizations indicated answer 3, concerning greater availability of more favorable bank loans and funding from various sources, regardless of the system functioning duration. Figures 8 and 9 show the analysis of survey answers concerning the external benefits of EMS implementation depending on the system functioning duration. Figure 6: Analysis of internal benefits resulting from the implementation of EMAS depending on the duration of the system operation in organizations. Figure 7: Analysis of internal benefits resulting from the implementation ISO 14001 depending on the duration of the system operation in organizations. The results presented in Figure 8 show that the most important external benefit indicated by EMAS certified organizations was to build a better image of a \"green\" company. This answer was indicated by 100% of enterprises in which EMAS operated for over five years. However, on the other hand, the \"green\" image of organization was the least significant advantage for ISO 14001 certified companies (Figure 9). The most important external benefit for organizations that had implemented ISO 14001 was improvement of the state of the environment and environmental safety of the business. Such an answer was provided by more than half of the surveyed companies in which the system operated for over five years (54.5%). The next important external benefit for ISO 14001 certified companies was the increased trust and improved relations with the local community (45.5% of companies in which the system was functioning for over five years). These external benefits (answers 4 and 5), in contrast, were less significant for EMAS certified companies.