Averting Environmental Justice Claims? The Role of Environmental Management Systems

Abstract

Daniel (David) Edwards, Jr., is a research and evaluation analyst at the North Carolina Department of Correction. He examines correctional interventions and the factors infl uencing offenders' transition from supervision back into the community.

The comprehensiveness of environmental management systems: The influence of institutional pressures and the impact on environmental performance

“…Such an approach is problematic given respondents have different interpretations of the exact nature of an EMS. Furthermore, even if the users of an EMS were successfully captured, this approach ignores the comprehensiveness of the EMS (Edwards and Darnall, 2010) and hence, fails to distinguish between EMS users. Alternatively, other studies (Johnstone and Labonne, 2009;Anton et al, 2004;Khanna and Anton, 2002) have used the total number of environmental practices implemented by organisations as a proxy for the comprehensiveness of EMSs.…”

“…Previous literature has examined the association between organisational factors such as size (Edwards and Darnall, 2010;Gonz alez-Benito and Gonz alez-Benito, 2006), quality management systems (Johnstone and Labonne, 2009;Henriques and Sadorsky, 2007a), financial resources (Clarkson et al, 2011;Johnstone and Labonne, 2009), and management capabilities (Sangle, 2010;Delmas and Toffel, 2004) with the use of EMSs and other proactive environmental management initiatives. Other research has investigated the influence of the institutional pressures exerted by a variety of stakeholders such as government Uchida and Ferraro, 2007;Delmas and Toffel, 2004), customers (Sangle, 2010;Khanna and Anton, 2002;Darnall et al, 2000), employees Kirkland and Thompson, 1999), and the community (Sarkis et al, 2010;Henriques and Sadorsky, 1996) on environmental management initiatives.…”

Environmental justice in the oil refinery industry: A panel analysis across United States counties

“…Edwards and Darnall (2010 [65]) suggest that, at least in relation to manufacturing facilities, the use of voluntary instruments, especially environmental management systems (EMS), can help organizations achieve societal legitimacy. This is particularly important for emissions of facilities in areas where low-income groups or ethnic minorities form a high proportion of the local population.…”

How Do Different Types of Local Governments' Sustainability Programs Relate to Their Environmental Outcomes

“…Income and race have been considered as important community characteristics by which to determine a community's interest in environmental quality (Edwards & Darnall, 2010). By using the 2010 American Community Survey from the U.S. Census Bureau, each locality's median household income and the proportion of Caucasian population were determined.…”