Evaluation of Italian Companies' Perception About ISO 14001 and Eco Management and Audit Scheme III: Motivations, Benefits and Barriers

Murmura, Federica; Liberatore, Lolita; Bravi, Laura; Casolani, Nicola

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.10.337

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“…The adoption of internal self-regulation (core values and codes of conduct) is higher than in our previous study [14]. Regarding the influence of ISO 14001 certification, our results comply with the studies carried out by Djekic and coauthors [25,42]; Murmura and coauthors [43]; and Testa and coauthors [44]. However, our results suggest that the benefits of the implementation of ISO 14001, seen through higher levels of observed environmental practices, can be enhanced by the adoption of other forms of company-specific self-regulation.…”

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“…Many studies provide evidence that the application of an environmental management system based on ISO 14001 requirements positively affects companies' environmental performance [25,[42][43][44]. However, ISO 14001 is a generic standard related to environmental management and does not define specific level of environmental performance "but focuses on requiring organizations to comply with the specified characteristics of the system with such compliance expected to assist organizations in achieving their own environmental objectives" [45].…”

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The Factors Affecting the Environmental Practices of Companies: The Case of Serbia

2019

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Environmental practices are often considered external to the business, and the impacts of self-regulation and other CSR company practices on environmental practices are important but not fully understood-especially in transitional and developing countries. The aim of this paper is to explore factors that influence the environmental practices of companies operating in Serbia. We observed four types of self-regulations (core values, codes of conduct, ISO 9001, and ISO 14001); the level of CSR practices in relationships with employees, customers, the local community, and society, and related to business transparency; as well as company features related to types of operations (manufacturing vs. service), size, and internationalization (multinational ownership and export activities). Based on the SEM analysis of data collected from 178 companies operating in Serbia, the findings showed that smaller, manufacturing companies that applied the observed types of self-regulations, which have a higher level of employee relations and are more social and community involved, are more likely to have higher levels of environmental practice. Among the observed self-regulation types, only ISO 14001 certification proved to have an individual effect on company environmental practices. However, our results also showed that the influence of core values, applied codes of conduct, and ISO 9001 certification cannot be neglected.Sustainability 2019, 11, 5960 2 of 17 the decoupling phenomenon, the discrepancy between policies and practice, or the formal adoption of self-regulation by a company that does not become incorporated into the day-to-day routine [16] has its roots in the company's intention to communicate more than achieve [11]. The public disclosure of self-regulations related to environmental activities in order to present a proactive environmental image by providing greenwashing [3] raises concerns related to the effectiveness of such self-regulations.

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The Factors Affecting the Environmental Practices of Companies: The Case of Serbia

2019

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“…In addition, the perception of EMS as time-consuming and characterized with convoluted documentation have also been reasons for not certifying to an EMS (Cassells, Lewis, & Findlater, 2011). By contrast, a study by Murmura, Liberatore, Bravi, and Casolani (2018) shows that companies in developed countries face less barriers as they understand the benefits from EMS certification. These factors explain the lower intention of companies to take up EMS certification in developing countries and SMEs.…”

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Evaluating the organizational intention to implement an Environmental Management System: evidence from the Indonesian food and beverage industry

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The over‐exploitation of natural capital and unsustainable production practices has contributed to increased pollution, biodiversity loss, drought, and deforestation. The food and beverage (F&B) sector is one of the largest contributors to the Indonesian economy but it is also responsible for various environmental impacts. Implementing Environmental Management Systems (EMS) is one way to promote improved sustainable practices within organisations, particularly those within the F&B sector. This research investigates the drivers, barriers and incentives for implementing EMS and their causal relationships. Data were collected from 59 F&B companies in East Java, Indonesia. The results indicate that the implementation of EMS tends to be driven internally in an effort to enhance market competitiveness. There is a need for institutions to exert pressures to develop organizational capability to implement EMS. External barriers are significant impeding factors, while internal barriers do not have a direct link to EMS implementation. The moderating role of technical incentives underlines the need to improve infrastructure and policy to support EMS implementation. Theoretical and practical insights for governments and industries are also discussed.

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“…An in-depth review of the literature allowed us to identify the main motivational factors that drive organizations to implement ISO 14001, which are related to environmental regulations, the market, and/or the pursuit of better economic and environmental performance [5,[27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38].…”

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“…Lastly, the literature review also suggests, albeit inconclusively, that market-related factors can act as a major motivational force in the adoption of the standard [77], giving companies a competitive edge [78,79] in both internal and external markets through the drive to improve customer satisfaction [8] and the image and reputation of the organization [6,32,34,38,43,71,80], as well as the agri-food sector as a whole [24,29].…”

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Motives, Barriers, and Expected Benefits of ISO 14001 in the Agri-Food Sector

2020

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Over time, sustainability has gained a greater presence in companies and with consumers around the world, although it can be said that there is still some confusion in its conceptualization and in the identification of the driving factors. A part of the literature considers that environmental management systems (EMS) such as ISO 14001 are facilitating factors that allow organizational remodeling towards more sustainable production. For a better understanding, this paper presents a qualitative study with semi-structured interviews to analyze the perceptions that managers, employees, and quality managers have about the concept of sustainability and, given that environmental management systems are considered as motivational factors, it also analyzes the perceptions they have about the motivations, barriers, and expected benefits of their adoption in the olive food industry in southern Spain. It is possible to point out the existence of some confusion about the concept of sustainability, and that both regulatory and market factors such as image and reputation improvement, differentiation, and sales increases, especially in exports, are considered to be motivational for their implementation. This work contributes to the literature on sustainability and environmental management systems in sectors of activity with high environmental involvement, such as the agri-food industry.

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Evaluation of Italian Companies' Perception About ISO 14001 and Eco Management and Audit Scheme III: Motivations, Benefits and Barriers

Cited by 69 publications

References 43 publications

The Factors Affecting the Environmental Practices of Companies: The Case of Serbia

The Factors Affecting the Environmental Practices of Companies: The Case of Serbia

Evaluating the organizational intention to implement an Environmental Management System: evidence from the Indonesian food and beverage industry

Motives, Barriers, and Expected Benefits of ISO 14001 in the Agri-Food Sector

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