EMAS Regulation in Italian Clusters: Investigating the Involvement of Local Stakeholders

Merli, Roberto; D’Amico, Mara; Preziosi, Michele; Massa, Ilaria

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“…Italy also experimented a cluster-based approach to EMAS, which allowed industrial clusters to obtain recognition with an EMAS certificate. This approach promoted the diffusion of the scheme in single organizations and made local stakeholders more aware of the scheme [41,63,64].…”

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Why Companies Do Not Renew Their EMAS Registration? An Exploratory Research

2016

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Abstract:The Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) is the official Environmental Management System (EMS) issued by the European Union (EU). Italy is the country where EMAS is most widespread, accounting for over 1000 registered organizations. Since the entry into the force of the Regulation in 1997, the number of registrations has constantly grown until 2008, when the figures started to drop. The phenomena are due to both the decrease of the annual registration rate and the lack of renewals. According to the Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), in recent years, an increasing number of organizations decided to withdraw from EMAS registration. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the reasons of this negative trend. The first step consisted of a literature review concerning the main barriers, difficulties and costs incurred by EMAS-registered organizations. Subsequently, this information was integrated with data about the evolution of EMAS registrations and the results of a previous survey, which involved the entire population of Italian registered firms. The present exploratory research highlighted economic and operational domains concerning the cancellation trends that deserve a deeper investigation, which will be conducted through a questionnaire addressed to Italian firms that did not renew the registration in the last lustrum. The intended output will allow us to identify stakeholders' priority intervention areas in order to suggest an operative strategy to reduce EMAS cancellation rates, addressed to Member States (MS) Competent Bodies.

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Why Companies Do Not Renew Their EMAS Registration? An Exploratory Research

2016

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“…It needs to be emphasised that the previous research concerning the effects of EMAS implementation focused mainly on determining whether and what general environmental effects were achieved by the companies after participating in the system. The research shows that most frequently indicated benefits concerned systematisation and arrangement of previous environmental activities (Freimann, Schwaderlapp, 1996;Hillary, 1998 ), limiting the negative environmental impact mainly through the reduction of generated waste and the usage of resources and energy (Bültmann, Wätzold, 2000;Schucht, 2000;Umweltbundesamt, 2000;Braun, Grotz, 2002;Wenk, 2004;Hyršlova, Hajek, 2006;Vernon et al, 2009;Nycz-Wróbel, 2016a) and also improvement of environmental performance (Hillary, 1998;Morrow, Rondinelli, 2002;Hillary, 2004;Daddi et al,2011;Merli et al, 2014; Nycz-Wróbel, 2016a). More specific activities planned or implemented in order to improve environmental performance have been indicated in the research conducted among German and French companies.…”

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The paper provides a theoretical foundation of entrepreneurial ecosystems with strong focus on start-up ecosystem. The empirical purpose of the study is to identify the key actors, institutions and organisations which can provide a nurturing environment and services for the creation of the start-up ecosystem of the city of Poznań with regard to business-sciencegovernment collaboration. Design/methodology/approach: The research applies the method of in-depth semi-structured direct interview with experts in the field of support services to potential founders and start-ups with academic origin, the case study method, participatory observation, and reflection. The explorative qualitative study uses both descriptive and explanatory techniques. Findings: The research findings provide insight in the real nature of the local start-up ecosystem presenting its key stakeholders, the scope of their support and ways of creating a conducive environment for potential founders and start-ups. The research results highlight the importance of studying the interdependencies among key actors in the start-up ecosystem in order to provide them with necessary resources and to stimulate the synergy effect. Research limitations/implications: Research limitations resulting from the analysis of a purposefully-selected case of the start-up ecosystem do not allow formulating general conclusions. Nevertheless, it illustrates a real business practice and challenges of the development of the specific entrepreneurial ecosystem. Future research line will concern an in-depth analysis of the most critical obstacles in the process of start-up creation as well as the assessment of the interdependencies among the key stakeholders of the start-up ecosystem to look for more effective cooperation. Practical implications: The synthesis of the current reflections on entrepreneurial ecosystems and the research findings reflected here can benefit both employees of business incubators, researchers, and entrepreneurship teachers and become an inspiration for further analysis and extended research on problems associated with increasing the efficiency and sustainability of local start-up ecosystems and the need to build valuable relationships with key stakeholders. Originality/value: The originality of the conducted exploratory research lies in presenting the real business practice and challenges of the development of the specific entrepreneurial ecosystem, and thus contribute to the discussion on the dilemmas associated with conducting the more effective practice-oriented research on start-up ecosystems.

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EMAS Regulation in Italian Clusters: Investigating the Involvement of Local Stakeholders

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Why Companies Do Not Renew Their EMAS Registration? An Exploratory Research

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