scholarly journals How Not to Incorporate Voluntary Standards into Smart Regulation: ISO 14001 and Ontario's Environmental Penalties Regulations

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stepan Wood ◽  
Lynn Johannson
Keyword(s):  
Iso 14001 ◽  
Voluntary Standards ◽  
Smart Regulation

scholarly journals Costs, Benefits, and Motivations for ISO 14001 Adoption in China and Around

2006 ◽  
Vol 1 (3/4) ◽  
pp. 239
Author(s):  
Susan Summers Raines ◽  
Tan Rong ◽  
Xu Fei
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Management System ◽  
National Level ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Environmental Management System ◽  
Iso 14001 ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Voluntary Standards ◽  
Iso 14001 Certification

In an attempt to overcome barriers to trade posed by numerous and often contradictory national-level enveironmental requirements, the International Orgnaization for Standardization (ISO) has created a voluntry set of uniform environmental management system guidelines for firms, formally known as ISO 14001. Firms may decide to implement an ISO 14001 environmental management system (EMS) and become third-party certified in order to improve their environmental management and to increase their marketability. This study examines the relative costs, benefits, and motivations for ISO 14001 certification for China compared to other economically developing and developed countries. These comparisons allow us to better understand the ways in which the unique economic and political conditions within China affect the incentives for Chinese firms to join in voluntary self-regulatory measures. Survey results indicate that ISO 14001 certified firms in China and experiencing benefits equal to or greater than their peers in other countries. Benefits to environmental management appear to be significant and they generally outweigh the costs of implementation and certification. However, as with most voluntary standards, the potential for abuse remains. Therefore regulators and policy makers are advised not to grant regulatroy relief or reduced inspections except on a case-by-case basis.

scholarly journals Exploration of the Factors that Influence the Implementation of Environmental Management Systems—The Case of Slovakia

Economies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 68
Author(s):  
Eva Petrová ◽  
Tomáš Štofa ◽  
Michal Šoltés
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Environmental Management System ◽  
Iso 14001 ◽  
Firm Characteristics ◽  
Voluntary Standards ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Business Entities ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Share Information

Considering internationally accepted voluntary standards of an environmental management system (EMS) as tools that can help businesses meet the agenda for sustainable development and environmental wellbeing, this study aims to examine selected firm characteristics and financial performance that are potentially related to decisions of business entities in the matter of voluntary EMS implementation. We conduct empirical research based on logistic regression to study Slovak firms that are or are not certified according to ISO 14001 and EMAS standards. Our results suggest that there are several factors potentially determining the positive company choice to adopt voluntary EMS. We have confirmed the positive effect of firm size and research and development, however, we were not able to confirm the effects of foreign ownership and profitability effects. In the case of indebtedness, we have found a stronger negative effect of long-term debt. Our results also suggest a positive effect of owning a website, where companies can share information about their certificates. On the other side, especially younger companies tend to be interested in voluntary EMS.

Wykorzystanie doświadczeń z systemem jakości przy wdrażaniu systemu zarządzania środowiskowego wg normy ISO 14001 (II)

1999 ◽  
pp. 30-32
Author(s):  
Piotr Grudowski
Keyword(s):  
Iso 14001

Wykorzystanie doświadczeń z systemem jakości przy wdrażaniu systemu zarządzania środowiskowego wg normy ISO 14001 (II)

El valor agregado de un sistema de gestión ambiental más allá de la certificación

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier Augusto Vera Solano ◽  
Julio Eduardo Cañón Barriga
Keyword(s):  
Iso 14001

Este documento analiza cómo un modelo de gestión bien adoptado puede convertirse en una herramienta que genera beneficios ambientales palpables cuando los programas que en él se implementan efectivamente cumplen con su objetivo y además se hace una valorización real de las salidas de los procesos como residuos sólidos, aguas residuales, consumo de energía y comportamientos ambientales de los trabajadores que se involucran en el propio funcionamiento del modelo de gestión ambiental.La metodología utilizada hace parte de una revisión de literatura científica que se ha venido realizando acerca del desempeño ambiental de las empresas certificadas en ISO 14001 y de los variables internas y externas que pueden incidir en el mismo. Existe un alto porcentaje de empresas que tienden a integrar en su nivel organizacional el aspecto ambiental sea solo por mantener un reconocimiento o porque efectivamente desean contribuir a la solución de la reducción de la contaminación. Los resultados parciales indican que un gran número de empresas solo implementan  los sistemas de gestión ambiental por un interés de mejora de imagen, competitividad del mercado, presiones externas entre otras  y muy pocas adoptan cambios fundamentales en la parte ambiental, contrariando la premisa principal de la política ambiental que muchas organizaciones divulgan.

Simple System Setup for ISO 14001

2005 ◽  
Vol 59 (11) ◽  
pp. 1649-1657
Author(s):  
Noboru Takahisa
Keyword(s):  
Iso 14001 ◽  
Simple System
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