Developing a framework for sustainability management in engineering SMEs

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

“…This is a particularly important issue for small and medium-sized companies (SMEs), which are considered to make up the vast majority of business in Europe) [2]. They are quoted as contributing 70% of global environmental pollution, with the majority coming from the manufacturing sector [3]. Thus, following both the Rio Conference in 1992 and GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) negotiations, international standards have become important for succeeding and for getting access to the markets; at the same time, there has been an increase in the interest of environmental management.…”

Greening of Malaysian School Human Resource Management by Green Intellectual Capital and Healthy Organization

“…He found that employees with better training is vital to promote a good environmental management system in any organization and build an effective organizational culture. Burke & Gaughan [35] found that professionals were concerned with the environmental stance of a company on the study on impact of environmental principles on recruitment. Besides, Jabbour et al [36] again done a research on impact of HRM and environmental management on organizational performance of the company.…”

Consequence of QMS ISO 9000 and EMSISO 14000 Implementation on CZ/ SK Enterprise Performance with Respect to Sustainability

“…By implementing a sustainability network within a real commitment towards improved performance, benefits to bottom line will result, improving the efficiency of operations, communication and interaction with stakeholders, and reduced negative effects on society and the environment. Existing tools and strategies that assist in the implementation of ISO 14001 still remain fragmented, trying to solve the ailmentsof all SMEs (Burke, 2007).…”