The BRAVE project aims at supporting the full integration of EMAS (and of other voluntary certification schemes, such as the EU Ecolabel) in the EU and Member States environmental legislation as a leverage to facilitate its implementation by all the organizations (better regulation) and to remove, reduce, simplify the administrative costs and burdens for the EMAS registered organizations, as well as for companies adopting the EU Ecolabel or other forms of certification recognized according to Art. 45 of EC Regulation 1221/09, as a way to encourage the adoption and dissemination of voluntary environmental certification (regulatory relief).

Better Regulation means that other legal instruments (as Command and Control regulations) are modified so that burdens on organisations participating in EMAS are removed, reduced or simplified with a view to encouraging the efficient operation of markets and raising the level of competitiveness.

Regulatory Relief means that a registered (or certified) organization is considered as being compliant with certain legal requirements relating to the environment laid down in other legal instruments, identified by the competent authorities).

Partnership:
•  Sant’Anna School (coordinator)
• Istituto Andaluz de Tecnologìa (IAT) (Spain) 
• Chamber of Commerce of Valencia (Spain) 
• ARPA-Lombardia (Italy) 
• IEFE-Bocconi (Italy) 
• Ambiente Italia s.r.l.(Italy) 
• Confindustria Genova (Italy)
• Confindustria Liguria (Italy)