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## ECHA Integrated Management System Strategy and Framework 

8. Increase sustainability in the day-to-day  operations of ECHA by carefully using natural resources and making corresponding choices when selecting products and services from external vendors. 

The progress towards the achievement of the strategy will be measured annually. The assessment will be based on the criteria as stipulated in the following framework. 

## II. INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FRAMEWORK 

ECHA’s Integrated Management System Framework is the tool to implement ECHA’s Integrated Management System Strategy through four high-level components: (1) Governance, (2) Strategy, planning and risk management, (3) Operations and operational structure, and (4) Evaluation and improvement. 

Each component includes a number of respective principles and characteristics to be deployed into operational and governance processes, aiming to maintain oversight, track progress and adjust accordingly. The structure of the framework and its components follows the Internal Control Framework’s structure as stipulated in the Financial Regulation. Quality, environmental, security and business continuity management, sustainability and efficiency principles, including a continual improvement focus are embedded as an integral part of that structure. There is an explicit focus on the need to ensure both a high level of performance of ECHA and compliance with relevant legislations and ECHA’s Financial Regulation. 

## 1. Governance 

## Component: 1.1 Mission and vision 

Principles:  Demonstrating what ECHA believes it is there for and what it wants to achieve, through its commitment to stakeholders and in alignment with ECHA’s strategy. 

## Characteristics 

Senior management is clearly defining the Agency’s Mission and Vision in alignment to its strategy, and communicating them to staff and external stakeholders, aiming to ensure stakeholders’ understanding and commitment. 

## Component: 1.2 Ethical and organisational values 

Principles: Promoting commitment to transparency, integrity and ethical values 

## Characteristics 

Senior management defines the ethical and organisational values it stands by, through an open and transparent dialogue, involving management, staff and stakeholders. 

