Progress
On track or target met
On track or target met

Desired direction: Increase

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Headline data

Number of organizations with EMAS or Ecolabel
Year Value Units Series
2022 93 Organizations Number of organizations with an Environmental Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS)
2021 85 Organizations Number of organizations with an Environmental Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS)
2023 99 Organizations Number of organizations with an Environmental Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS)
2016 40 Licenses Number of Ecolabel licenses (European Ecolabel)
2024 65 Licenses Number of Ecolabel licenses (European Ecolabel)
2023 61 Licenses Number of Ecolabel licenses (European Ecolabel)
2012 16 Licenses Number of Ecolabel licenses (European Ecolabel)
2011 15 Licenses Number of Ecolabel licenses (European Ecolabel)
2015 19 Licenses Number of Ecolabel licenses (European Ecolabel)
2020 55 Licenses Number of Ecolabel licenses (European Ecolabel)
2010 13 Licenses Number of Ecolabel licenses (European Ecolabel)
2017 43 Licenses Number of Ecolabel licenses (European Ecolabel)
2022 58 Licenses Number of Ecolabel licenses (European Ecolabel)
2021 57 Licenses Number of Ecolabel licenses (European Ecolabel)
2018 52 Licenses Number of Ecolabel licenses (European Ecolabel)
2014 19 Licenses Number of Ecolabel licenses (European Ecolabel)
2019 51 Licenses Number of Ecolabel licenses (European Ecolabel)
2013 18 Licenses Number of Ecolabel licenses (European Ecolabel)

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Footnote:

Methodological sheet of the indicator available for the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country.

Available indicator

Number of organizations with EMAS or Ecolabel
Target

12.6 Encourage companies, especially large and transnational companies, to adopt sustainable practices and to integrate sustainability information into their reporting cycle
Goal

12- Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
Definition

Number of organizations with an Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) and number of European Ecolabel (EU Ecolabel) licenses
Theoretical formula \[NOEMAS_{t}\]

where:

$NOEMAS_{t}$ = Number of organizations with an Eco-Management and Audit Scheme in year $t$

\[NLEEE_{t}\]

where:

$NLEEE_{t}$ = number of European Ecolabel licenses in year $t$
Available disaggregations

Province
Frequency

Annual
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Indicator calculated using a methodology harmonised across the central statistical bodies of the autonomous communities
Data last updated 2025/06/11
Metadata last updated 2025/06/18

Source 1

IHOBE
Organisation IHOBE
Periodicity Annual

This section provides more information about the United Nations indicator or the European Union Sustainable Development Indicator, such as its rationale, international results, metadata, and other relevant statistics.

Rationale

While the private sector has a critical role to play in the attainment of the SDGs, Target 12.6 and Indicator 12.6.1 are the only ones specifically monitoring the practices of private sector entities.

While Indicator 12.6.1 counts the number of companies producing “sustainability reports”, the custodian agencies consider the indicator an important opportunity not only to monitor and promote the growth in sustainability reporting globally, but also to monitor and promote high quality reporting, promote the integration of sustainability information into the annual reporting cycle of companies, and promote sustainability practices by companies (as mentioned in the Target under which the indicator falls).

EMAS is a voluntary instrument of the European Union that helps organisations of any size and in any sector to continuously improve their environmental performance. Having EMAS certification does not automatically mean that organisations or their products are more environmentally friendly than comparable organisations and products. EMAS involves a reporting obligation requiring organisations to submit environmental statements. These statements include reporting on the main environmental impacts of the organisation in question as well as data pertaining to energy and material efficiency, emissions, water, waste and use of land/biodiversity.

The EU Ecolabel is a voluntary scheme promoting goods and services that clearly demonstrate environmental excellence, based on standardised processes and scientific evidence. EU Ecolabel is the only EU-wide ISO 14024 Type I ecolabelling scheme. Recognised throughout Europe, it is multi-criteria and tackles the main environmental impacts of products along their full lifecycle, from extraction of raw material to disposal. The EU Ecolabel is third-party verified, which means independent experts are responsible for checking compliance with the EU Ecolabel criteria.

Source: United Nations Statistics Division, European Commission
Comparability between the available indicator and the UN indicator

The available indicator partially complies with the United Nations metadata.
International results

Number of companies publishing sustainability reports with disclosure by dimension, by level of requirement (Number) EN_SCP_FRMN UNSTATS
Link to UN metadata

Metadata 12-6-1.pdf
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