The benefits associated with ISO 14001 certification for construction firms: Turkish case

Türk, Ahmet

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2008.11.001

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“…First, costs of implementation and maintenance are often higher than expected, especially for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) [28,31,[37][38][39][40][41]. Another barrier is the complexity of operations and methodologies required to implement the EMS, especially when there is a lack of internal staff expertise [18,30,37,[40][41][42][43][44]. Also, the necessary compliance with legislation is a significant barrier to implementation [32].…”

Section: Iso 14001: Firms' Constraints and Difficultiesmentioning

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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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Section: Iso 14001: Firms' Constraints and Difficultiesmentioning

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“…These have led to implementation and development of the ISO 14001 standard for assessing environmental management processes. Today, all over the world, many firms are seeking ISO 14001 certification [4]. Thus, improved environmental management in the industrial sector is required to protect the environment, protect human health and property, and to satisfy environmental requirements associated with international trade [5].…”

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Certification and Integration of Environment with Quality and Safety - A Path to Sustained Success

Santos¹,

Rebelo²,

Barros³

et al. 2012

Sustainable Development - Authoritative and Leading Edge Content for Environmental Management

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“…el hotelero (19), el sector de la construcción (20), la industria canadiense de papel y pulpa (21) o en complejos deportivos (22), aunque los estudios aplicados al sector cerámico aún son escasos (11,23).…”

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ISO 14001 y variables económicas, ¿hay alguna relación? Análisis de las empresas certificadas del sector cerámico español

Peiró-Signes¹,

Segara-Oña²,

Mondéjar-Jiménez³

et al. 2013

Bol. Soc. Esp. Ceram. Vidr.

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Es un hecho constatable el incremento de la adopción de prácticas medioambientales certificadas de manera formal a través de sistemas de gestión medioambiental. De su implantación, que tiene un elevado coste para las empresas, se espera la generación de beneficios, aunque no se ha documentado aún si existe relación entre la implantación de la ISO 14001 y su influencia en la mejora de los indicadores económicos a lo largo del tiempo. En este trabajo se analiza la relación entre la implantación de un sistema de gestión medioambiental, la ISO 14001, y el comportamiento económico en el corto, medio y largo plazo de las empresas del sector cerámico español. Se estudian los indicadores económicos para cada una de las 66 empresas productoras que han implantado la citada norma desde 1996 hasta el año 2009 a través de la comparación con su grupo de control. Los resultados indican que la ISO 14001 no influye en los resultados de las empresas del sector cerámico, ya que no se han encontrado diferencias significativas en los valores de ingresos de explotación ni en el incremento de los ingresos a largo plazo en ninguno de los tres horizontes temporales, corto, medio y largo plazo, obteniendo resultados opuestos a los esperados. Palabras clave: Sector cerámico español, ISO 14001, resultados económicos, SGM, event studyAnalysis of the impact of ISO 14001 in the economic variables of the Spanish ceramic tile industry's companies.The increased in the adoption of formally environmental certified practices through environmental management systems is a provable fact. Its implementation, which has a high cost for the companies, is expected to generate benefits, although the relation between the implementation of ISO 14001 and its influence on the improvement of economic indicators over time has not been documented. This paper analyzes the relation between the implementation of an environmental management system, the ISO 14001, and economic performance in the short, medium and long term for the companies of the Spanish ceramic tile industry. It explores the economic indicators for each of the 66 manufacturing companies which have implemented the aforementioned standard from 1996 until 2009 through a comparison with a control group. Results show that ISO 14001 does not affect the economic results of the studied companies. We have not found significant differences in the operating income values, neither in the increase in revenues in the long term in any of the three analyzed periods, contrary to the expected results. Vol 52, 1, 15-24, enero-Febrero 2013 ISSn 0366-3175. eISSn 2173-0431. doi: 10.3989/cyv.22013 Keywords: Spanish ceramic tile industry, ISO 14001, economic performance, EMS, event study. Boletín de la Sociedad española de Cerámica y Vidrio IntrOduccIón.En un mundo donde las preocupaciones ambientales aumentan (1) y las barreras comerciales disminuyen, el consenso sobre la gestión ambiental y los estándares de certificación tiene gran atractivo para los sectores que operan a nivel internacional (2).La gestión medioambiental...

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The benefits associated with ISO 14001 certification for construction firms: Turkish case

Cited by 95 publications

References 17 publications

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

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

Certification and Integration of Environment with Quality and Safety - A Path to Sustained Success

ISO 14001 y variables económicas, ¿hay alguna relación? Análisis de las empresas certificadas del sector cerámico español

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