Environmental management systems: Opportunities for improved environmental and business strategy?

Darnall, Nicole; Gallagher, Deborah Rigling; Andrews, Richard; Amaral, Deborah Silva do

doi:10.1002/1520-6483(200021)9:3<1::aid-tqem1>3.0.co;2-l

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“…The problem of lack of experience of users with EMAS or EMS in general is also a problem discussed in the literature [14]. Understanding the scheme and the language used is problematic and applies to EMS in general [12,14] and also specifically to EMAS [31,32] and ISO 14001 [34,75]. For example, due to a lack of competence and knowledge, there may be problems in identifying environmental aspects [12,14].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

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The Barriers for Voluntary Environmental Management Systems—The Case of EMAS in Hospitals

Seifert

2018

Sustainability

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Abstract:The adoption of formal environmental management systems (EMS) according to EMAS (Eco-Management and Audit Scheme) represents a voluntary approach that aims to increase corporate environmental performance. Though EMAS can offer several advantages for organizations, registration numbers are falling. In the hospital sector, the dissemination of EMAS is low. The question arises as to what hinders hospitals when planning, implementing, and maintaining such voluntary environmental management initiatives. The results from interviews with environmental managers in EMAS registered hospitals reveal problems such as high initial effort for creation of the required documents, or lacking knowledge and staff awareness. The barriers are presented in a model synthesizing the problems chronologically on the organizational, group, and individual level. The challenges for the adoption of EMAS as a voluntary environmental management approach in hospitals are discussed. This paper contributes by creating an understanding of the barriers organizations might face when implementing an EMS. Thus, measures to actively manage and overcome barriers can be developed by organizations, consultants, reviewers, policy makers, and researchers.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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The Barriers for Voluntary Environmental Management Systems—The Case of EMAS in Hospitals

Seifert

2018

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“…This relationship may be due to the fact that the disclosure of information may be favoured or hindered by the size of the university (as Darnall et al, 2000, have suggested for other public institutions). While small universities have the advantage that the implementation of a disclosure system is simpler, as regards organization, management and revelation, larger universities -owing to the higher amount of competences they have to deal with-would need a higher degree of control which can mean that the disclosure of financial information may be lower.…”

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Universities’ Websites: Disclosure Practices and the Revelation of Financial Information

Gallego

García²,

Rodríguez³

2009

IJDAR

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Despite the social importance of universities and their significance as receivers of public funds, hardly any research exists about their disclosure of financial information. The scarce research that has been done has focused on countries such as the United States, New Zealand, Austria, the United Kingdom and Norway. In addition, the Internet is used widely on behalf of public bodies as a way to improve their relations with citizens, through greater disclosure of information and the possibility of doing administrative business and paperwork online. Considering both topics, this work has a twofold objective: (1) to analyse the disclosure of information revealed online by Spanish universities, focusing on several issues, such as financial information, corporate governance, social responsibility and strategy, teaching and research activities, etc.; and (2) to observe the factors that explain the disclosure of financial information through Spanish universities' websites, focusing mainly on size, leverage, university profitability, governance, type of university, research orientation, age of the university and its internationality etc. This study takes into account the whole population of Spanish universities (70 universities: 48 public and 22 private). The findings obtained emphasize that university websites mainly disclose information on teaching and research activities and on governing bodies; to a lesser extent, they reveal information on their social responsibility and strategic aspects; and finally, the volume of financial information disclosed remains quite small, mainly including their budgets. Furthermore, the universities with lower levels of leverage disclose more information online, whereas those with higher volumes of debt are more reluctant to reveal their internal situation on the Internet.

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“…Many empirical studies validate empirically that there is a relationship between the motivations and benefits achieved (environmental performance, efficiency and profitability, among others) from the implementation of EMSs, and it is positive, i.e., the higher the internal or external motivational level, the higher the degree of perceived benefits [24,34,56,58,[74][75][76]. For these reasons, we propose the following hypotheses:…”

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Sustainability and EMAS: Impact of Motivations and Barriers on the Perceived Benefits from the Adoption of Standards

Álvarez‐García

Río‐Rama

2016

Sustainability

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Abstract:The objective of this paper is to analyze the influence of the sources of motivation that lead companies to adopt a global standard of the Environmental Management System and the barriers found in the process, on the perceived benefits of the implementation and certification of the standard. To achieve the objectives proposed, primary data were collected using a survey questionnaire that was administered to a representative sample of companies certified as EMAS-Eco-Management and Audit Scheme of the Autonomous Community of Galicia (sample of 114 of the 255 companies). An extensive review of the academic literature published on ISO 14001 and EMAS about motivations, barriers and benefits was carried out in order to establish the working hypotheses that are analyzed using structural equation models as the statistical tool. The findings of this study show that the motivations positively affect the benefits derived from implementation, noting that the internal motivations (related to efficiency; improved performance, productivity and profitability) have a stronger influence on the benefits than the external motivations (related to stakeholders' social pressure). In addition, the motivations also affect the perceived barriers, and these affect the benefits negatively, i.e., the higher the barriers encountered, the lower the perceived benefits. The results obtained allow us to identify important implications for managers, which will help them establish management strategies in the field of environmental management.

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Environmental management systems: Opportunities for improved environmental and business strategy?

Cited by 77 publications

References 2 publications

The Barriers for Voluntary Environmental Management Systems—The Case of EMAS in Hospitals

The Barriers for Voluntary Environmental Management Systems—The Case of EMAS in Hospitals

Universities’ Websites: Disclosure Practices and the Revelation of Financial Information

Sustainability and EMAS: Impact of Motivations and Barriers on the Perceived Benefits from the Adoption of Standards

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