scholarly journals Acquisition of ISO 14001 Certification. International Standards for Environmental Management. ISO 14000 Series.

1998 ◽  
Vol 49 (5) ◽  
pp. 445-451
Author(s):  
Hiroshi KUWAYAMA
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Iso 14001 ◽  
Iso 14000 ◽  
Iso 14001 Certification

Perceptions of Legitimacy and Efficacy in International Environmental Management Standards: The Impact of the Participation Gap

2003 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 47-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Summers Raines
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Iso 14001 ◽  
Management Standards ◽  
Management Standard ◽  
Iso 14000 ◽  
The Impact

What is the impact on perceptions of legitimacy and efficacy when key stake-holders are absent during the creation of international standards? Can these international standards setting bodies adequately address the needs of all countries when often working in the absence of developing countries? This study examines the process through which one international environmental management standard (ISO 14001) was created and analyzes its perceived legitimacy and efficacy among developing country stakeholders relative to those from developed countries. Data for this project come from interviews with 42 delegates to the ISO 14000 standards-drafting sessions in Malaysia and 133 surveys of ISO 14001 certified firms in 16 countries. The article concludes that stakeholder absence impacts both legitimacy and efficacy of ISO 14001 in interesting and unexpected ways.

scholarly journals A contribution of the Cleaner Production Program to the ISO 14001 Management System: a case study in the metal-mechanic sector

2009 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando Magnani Cervelini ◽  
Maria Tereza Saraiva Souza
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Management System ◽  
Environmental Management System ◽  
Cleaner Production ◽  
Iso 14001 ◽  
Production Program ◽  
System A ◽  
Iso 14000

The aim of this work is to identify the contributions of the Cleaner Production Program to the Environmental Management System certified to ISO 14000. The results of the research indicate that the procedure standardization demanded by normalization leads the company to adopt environmentally adequate procedures; besides, the implementation of the Cleaner Production Program acts as a complementary tool in the EMS, with a view to improving environmental performance.

Stakeholder representation in international environmental standardisation - Joint Communiqué by ANEC, ECOS, and the Pacific Institute

elni Review ◽  
2008 ◽  
pp. 93-96
Author(s):  
Franz Fiala ◽  
Ralf Lottes ◽  
Jason Morrison ◽  
Nina Klemola
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Stakeholder Participation ◽  
Stakeholder Involvement ◽  
Technical Committee ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Iso 14000 ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Public Interest Groups

International standardisation in the field of the environment has long been considered an important tool in contributing to sustainable production and sustainable development policies at the global level. This has in particular been the aim of the ISO 14000 series of standards on environmental management, developed by ISO Technical Committee (hereinafter referred to as ‘TC’) 207 on Environmental Management. To help ensure that the International Standards developed by ISO enjoy a degree of credibility and legitimacy, the ISO Strategic Plan lists as one of its key objectives the need to ensure that interested and affected stakeholders are adequately involved in ISO’s work and processes. The importance of ensuring the participation of public interest groups is also echoed in the ISO Code of Ethics. Despite the noble objectives of openness and transparency, consumer and environmental NGOs have long wrangled with the issue of business dominance and the marginalisation of public interests in standardisation. To help improve this imbalance in the particular case of ISO TC 207, a mixed group of NGO representatives and the TC leadership – the so-called NGO-CAG Task Force – was tasked in 2003 with developing a pair of operating procedures to improve the balance of stakeholder participation in the work of the TC. This paper reflects the long process of development of operational procedures for balanced stakeholder involvement in ISO TC 207 on Environmental Management, and highlights the need for a change in the way environmental standards, supporting broader public policies, are developed.

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 The ISO 14001 environmental management system, a lever for performance and competitiveness of the Moroccan industrial company

2021 ◽  
Vol 240 ◽  
pp. 02007
Author(s):  
Sarra Gazoulit ◽  
Khadija Oubal
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Management System ◽  
Environmental Management System ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Iso 14001 ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Industrial Companies ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Industrial Company

For some years now, Moroccan industrial companies have begun to integrate the environment into their management and to set up an environmental management system, in compliance with international standards, in order to meet the requirements of stakeholders. The fact remains that this management tool has enabled companies to control the impact of their activity on the environment by promoting manufacturing excellence. On a sample of twenty-two large industrial companies with a response rate of 55%, we conducted a quantitative and qualitative study, which allowed us to show the importance of EMS iso 14001 on the performance and competitiveness of the Moroccan industrial company.

FRONTIERS OF ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION-ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS: A REGULATOR'S PERSPECTIVE

1996 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 638
Author(s):  
M. J. Stone
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Leading Edge ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Iso 14001 ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Environmental Management Systems ◽  
Management Approach

Leading edge companies throughout the world have embraced management systems to achieve optimal sustainable performance in the ever changing business environment of the 1990s.Given that the natural environment and environmental performance have become one of the major issues affecting organisations, the need for integrating environmental management with all the other components of an organisation's overall management approach is now widely recognised.Systems interface best with systems. For environmental management to interface effectively with an organisation's other management systems, a systems approach to environmental management would seem the best. The release in November last year of the draft international standards (ISO 14000 series) on environmental management systems (EMS) has provided organisations with an internationally recognised means for this to occur and provided an additional benchmarking tool.It follows that environmental regulatory systems are required to enable regulators to effectively interface with company EMSs. Regulatory theory suggests that outcomes-based approaches are preferable to prescriptive approaches. Those parts of EMS standards which detail the requirements for particular system elements could provide the nexus for the company, regulator and community in future co-regulatory frameworks.These EMS standards refer to both regulators and the community as 'Interested Parties' being either 'concerned with or affected by the environmental performance of an organisation'.The Interim EMS specifications standard, released in Australia and New Zealand as AS/NZS ISO 14001(Int):1995 refers to 'Interested Parties' in only two EMS elements, 'Objectives and Targets' and 'Communication'. It is here that there are potential benefits and opportunities for companies, regulators and the community to cooperate in the emerging climate of these new international standards.

scholarly journals Valuation of Environmental Management Standard ISO 14001: Evidence from an Emerging Market

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hammad Riaz ◽  
Abubakr Saeed ◽  
Muhammad Baloch ◽  
Nasrullah ◽  
Zeeshan Khan
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Emerging Market ◽  
Iso 14001 ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Organizational Response ◽  
Government Organizations ◽  
Management Standard ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Iso 14001 Certification ◽  
The Impact

ISO 14001 (Environmental Management Standard) helps corporations to build legitimacy and goodwill, and can be also viewed as an organizational response to institutional pressure to act proactively towards the environment. The purpose of this paper is to investigate how investors in the emerging country value voluntary environmental management standard ISO 14001 certification. The impact of voluntary environmental management standard ISO 14001 on market performance is still not clear. By using event study methodology, this study matched ISO-certified firms with non-certified ones based on three different matching principles that include return on assets, size, and industry. The findings indicated that investors negatively valued ISO 14001 in both the short and long run. The study recommended policy implications for managers, policy makers, and non-government organizations.

AN INDIAN EXPERIENCE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

2010 ◽  
Vol 07 (04) ◽  
pp. 423-445 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. K. KHANNA
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Management System ◽  
Environmental Management System ◽  
Cleaner Production ◽  
Iso 14001 ◽  
Export Market ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Iso 14001 Certification ◽  
Indian Industries

The last two decades have seen a remarkable increase in both interest and reactions to the concept of preserving the environment. This can be attributed to the increasing statutory and regulatory requirements of government and the pressure from consumers and the life-threatening of global ecosystem deterioration. Therefore, organizations are constantly under pressure to develop and implement Environmental Management System (EMS). While some sincere efforts have been made by the Indian organizations to implement EMS and their performance have been very good, still countrywide efforts are not adequate. This paper presents the adoption of EMS in Indian organizations, extent of EMS elements used and the status of implementation of cleaner production activities by the industries. This paper also presents the benefits accrued by the Indian industries based on 56 industries feedback who are either ISO 14001 certified companies or in the advance stage of ISO 14001 implementation. This has been supplemented by some case studies of the leading Indian organizations. Most of the Indian organizations feel that EMS has a positive effect in their performance. It is observed that Indian organizations are more inclined towards getting ISO 14001 certification rather than taking full advantage of EMS However, it is evident from the statistical analysis that overall adoption of cleaner production activities are at the low level. The majority of the organizations seem to be implementing EMS out of pressure from competition, customer, government, domestic and export market. The paper concludes that though environmental awareness is on the increase in India, and commitment as well as compliance levels are far higher than before, India still lags behind in the implementation and has to go a long way. The investigation and research findings are still exploratory. Future research can focus on the organizations that are at the initial stage of EMS implementation and comparison can be drawn. Future research can focus on sector wise performance. Broadly based and larger sample size would provide better picture of EMS implementation status in Indian organizations. Analysis is based on questionnaire based feedback. The study has been able to identify the extent of the usage of key EMS elements, implementation of cleaner production activities and drivers for the implementation of EMS. The findings have been supported by the select Indian case studies.

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