The state of ISO 14001 certification in Greece

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

“…Even in these industries, however, most sectors with the highest EMS penetration levels can generally be considered as environmentally hazardous. In this meaning, construction sector has statistically significant influence on environment [17]. Christini et al…”

What Drives Substantive Versus Symbolic Implementation of ISO 14001 in a Time of Economic Crisis? Insights from Greek Manufacturing Companies

“…Second, while the stagnating state of the Greek economy weakened the country's institutions, it did not halt ISO 14001 certifications, which increased by a staggering 225 per cent during the course of the crisis (ISO 2013). Third, the few studies on ISO 14001 in Greece (Georgiadou and Tsiotras 1998;Kassolis 2007;Lagodimos et al 2007;Nikolaou et al 2012;Psomas et al 2011) do not focus on factors influencing substantive implementation of the standard, making the Greek context of ISO 14001 internalization relatively unexplored.…”

Environmental management system ISO 14001: effective waste minimisation in small and medium enterprises in India

“…The relationship between the nature of firms' activities and their ISO 14001 certification status has been established by several studies. Manufacturers are generally found to be the first movers in ISO 14001certification (Blackman, 2012;King et al, 2005;Lagodimos, 2007;. However, the service SMEs (mostly represented by the IT sector) in the M A N U S C R I P T A C C E P T E D ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT study area are significant generators of solid waste in the form of E-waste (white goods, cellular phones and PCs) as well as scrap metal, packaging/paper and plastics, which can prove hazardous to human if managed incorrectly (Wath et al, 2011).…”

“…Unsurprisingly many studies find ISO uptake to occur primarily among larger firms with the requisite financial means (e.g. del Brio et al, 2001;Hillary, 2004;Lagodimos et al, 2007;Nishitani, 2009;Khanna, 2010a;Campos, 2012;Agan et al, 2013;Halila and Tell, 2013). Similarly, SMEs among the 200 small and large companies in Hong Kong studied by Chan and Li (2010) regard a lack the resources and expert help as key problems with the ISO14001 implementation, with only 7% of the total SME population expressing an interest in the future adoption and implementation of the ISO 14001 standard.…”