Motives, barriers and expected benefits of ISO 14001 in the agri-food sector

Rocio Carillo Labella (), Fatiha Fort and Manuel Parras-Rosa
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Rocio Carillo Labella: Montpellier SupAgro - Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier, Department of Business Organization, Marketing and Sociology - UJA - Universidad de Jaén, UMR MOISA - Marchés, Organisations, Institutions et Stratégies d'Acteurs - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - CIHEAM-IAMM - Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier - CIHEAM - Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Montpellier SupAgro - Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement
Manuel Parras-Rosa: Department of Business Organization, Marketing and Sociology - UJA - Universidad de Jaén

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Abstract: 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.

Keywords: olive oil sector; agri-food sector; sustainability; environmental management systems; ISO 14001; gestion environnementale; huile d'olive; industrie agro-alimentaire; durabilité (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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Published in Sustainability, 2020, 12 (5), pp.1-19. ⟨10.3390/su12051724⟩

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DOI: 10.3390/su12051724

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