IMPLEMENTATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS STANDARDS: IMPORTANT FACTORS IN CORPORATE DECISION MAKING

Konstantinos I. Evangelinos () and George Halkos
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Konstantinos I. Evangelinos: Environmental Policy & Management Group, Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, 4th Floor Royal School of Mines Building, London, SW7 2BP, London

Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management (JEAPM), 2002, vol. 04, issue 03, 311-328

Abstract: While environmental management systems standards (EMSS) have been advocated by policy makers and consultants on the basis of a number of benefits associated with their implementation, some companies are reluctant to implement them. This paper tests four hypotheses with regard to the significance of a number of factors in a company's decision to implement EMSS. Specifically, it assesses whether a company would be more likely to implement EMSS if its management has a positive perception of environmental issues; if there are pressures on the company to improve its environmental performance; if opportunities arise through its environmental activities; and if it operates in sensitive environmental conditions. For this purpose, Greek companies in the process of EMSS implementation were surveyed and their responses compared with companies that had not decided up to that point to implement the standards. Specific aspects of the hypotheses posed were supported and confirmed a range of factors that are important in a company's decision to implement EMSS.

Keywords: ISO 14001; EMAS; EMSS; decision making; environmental management; Greece (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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