Analysis of benefits and difficulties associated with firms' Environmental Management Systems: the case of the Spanish automotive industry

Peña, María Luz Martín; Díaz‐Garrido, Eloísa; López, José María Sánchez

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.01.085

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“…In some cases a negative outcome was reported due to the non-realization of expected benefits [18,28]. One of the main constraints in evaluating the certification concerns the uncertainty of the benefits generated [29].…”

Section: Iso 14001: Firms' Constraints and Difficultiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In addition, companies encounter several difficulties when implementing the EMSs. 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].…”

Section: Iso 14001: Firms' Constraints and Difficultiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Also, the necessary compliance with legislation is a significant barrier to implementation [32]. Other difficulties concern organizational structure and culture as well as low commitment of management [18,28,31,[45][46][47]. Disadvantages of certification also concern a lack of market recognition, difficulties in meeting stakeholders' and consumers' demands, and inefficient external communication activities [18,41].…”

Section: Iso 14001: Firms' Constraints and Difficultiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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

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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

confidence: 99%

Section: Iso 14001: Firms' Constraints and Difficultiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Iso 14001: Firms' Constraints and Difficultiesmentioning

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

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“…The impacts on firms of the application of ISO 14001 have been deeply investigated by scholars. Recent works concerning benefits of ISO 14001 implementation are [27,[31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41]. Scholars also investigated barriers and constraints to ISO 14001 adoption and maintenance [25,27,30,33,34,37,39,[41][42][43][44][45].…”

Section: Previous Surveys On the Application Of Emas In European Firmsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Promoting Sustainability through EMS Application: A Survey Examining the Critical Factors about EMAS Registration in Italian Organizations

2016

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Abstract:One of the tools set by the European Community (EC) to reduce the environmental impact of firms is EMAS Regulation (Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009), setting up an Environmental Management System (EMS), which aims for a continuous improvement of environmental performances. Italy has the highest number of certified organization among all European Member States, accounting for over one thousand registrations. The paper presents the result of a survey conducted through a questionnaire about EMAS implementation and targeted to all Italian registered organizations. Of nearly 1000 organizations, over 500 answers were collected. The main goal is to understand how organizations experience the scheme, focusing on main drivers for its adoption, main difficulties encountered, and perceived benefits. In particular, survey results contribute to define a reflection on the difficulties regarding EMAS diffusion among European companies. Aspects identified as critical can lead to a contraction of registration requests, especially those formulated by SMEs, which constitute the majority of Italian companies. Moreover, perceived difficulties might affect the firms' willingness to renew EMAS registration. Data provided by the Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA) recently highlighted the increasing rate of firms who decide to withdraw from registration. This study offers interesting inputs related to main critical issues in EMAS implementation, which can be the baseline for future research on companies that abandon the certification scheme, in order to provide suggestions for the improvement of its effectiveness both for national and communitarian institutions.

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“…Other stakeholders cannot act in this way and for these other stakeholders, their concerns are more likely to be heard through other mechanisms, such as lobbying the regulators for punitive action and engaging the media to create public awareness (this is shown by arrows "9" pointing from right to left, linking environmental legitimacy (EL) and environmental accountability (EA) to stakeholder pressure through regulators (SP1) and the media (SP2)). In this regard, a study by Martín-Peña et al (2014) on a sample of manufacturers and suppliers in the Spanish automotive industry found not only that EMS improves environmental performance, but it also improves firm's market position, access to environmental technologies, and stakeholder relation.…”

Section: The Influence Of Stakeholder Pressure On Financial and Envirmentioning

confidence: 99%

A comprehensive literature review on, and the construction of a framework for, environmental legitimacy, accountability and proactivity

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Analysis of benefits and difficulties associated with firms' Environmental Management Systems: the case of the Spanish automotive industry

Cited by 93 publications

References 68 publications

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

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

Promoting Sustainability through EMS Application: A Survey Examining the Critical Factors about EMAS Registration in Italian Organizations

A comprehensive literature review on, and the construction of a framework for, environmental legitimacy, accountability and proactivity

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