Effectiveness of EMAS: A case study of Polish organisations registered under EMAS

Matuszak‐Flejszman, Alina; Szyszka, Beata; Jóhannsdóttir, Lára

doi:10.1016/j.eiar.2018.09.005

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“…The anal-ysis of relevant indicators enables organisations to avail measurable information concerning their environmental performance and the effectiveness of their environmental activities. Studies on EMAS oriented towards effectiveness analysis and environmental performance have been conducted by Erkko et al [13], Pedersen [14], Iraldo et al [15,16], Daddi et al [17], Mazzi et al [18], Matuszak-Flejszman et al [19], Janik and Szafraniec [20], and Heras-Saizarbitoria et al [21].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…EMAS requires the registered organisations to manage and improve direct and indirect environmental aspects; thus, it would be reasonable to include indicators related to indirect aspects, as well. The current definition of core EMAS indicators is inadequate for organisations, as the direct aspects are not considered to be significant [19]. Annex IV, covering reporting based on environmental performance indicators, has been improved in a few areas:…”

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Effectiveness and Benefits of the Eco-Management and Audit Scheme: Evidence from Polish Organisations

Matuszak‐Flejszman

Paliwoda

2022

Energies

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Climate change and environmental pollution are considered to be among the main challenges faced by the modern world. The growth of environmental awareness and the adoption of a pro-environmental approach are considered to be the key megatrends with the greatest impact on the global economy in the upcoming years. According to Eurobarometer, EU citizens are particularly aware of the importance of protecting the environment. Although the negative environmental impact of European industry has improved over the past decades, EU citizens believe that there is further scope in terms of helping companies transition towards adopting more sustainable models. One of the factors contributing to the reduction in negative environmental impact is the participation of enterprises in voluntary programs such as the Environmental Management System (EMS), according to ISO 14001, or the Eco-management and Audit Scheme (EMAS). The whole population of Polish companies registered under the EMAS was included in the study and although the sample size was small, it was a full study, and for that reason allows for the generalisation and conclusion regarding the whole population of EMAS-registered companies in Poland. The results of the study conducted on EMAS-registered organisations in Poland in 2015 suggest that the average effectiveness of the EMAS observed between 2007 and 2014 was 66.4%. The aim of this study was to review the changes in EMAS effectiveness and benefits obtained by participating organisations after five years. The results indicate that the average effectiveness during the period of 2015–2020 increased to 79.1%; nevertheless, registered organisations recognise fewer benefits for participation in the scheme. The study has shown that as EMAS matures in organisations, it becomes more effective. It influences a lot of factors, such as environmental awareness and management commitment, the use of SRDs (including BEMPs), environmental performance indicators for specific sectors, the criteria for the excellence of assessing the level of environmental performance, and the skilful use of indicators in organisations.

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Effectiveness and Benefits of the Eco-Management and Audit Scheme: Evidence from Polish Organisations

Matuszak‐Flejszman

Paliwoda

2022

Energies

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“…Therefore, the concepts of effectiveness and efficiency are the subject of research on environmental management standards [19,20]. As already mentioned above, the literature on the subject refers to environmental efficiency [21][22][23]. In some publications, economic efficiency is often equated with environmental efficiency and includes the cost of CO 2 emission reduction [24].…”

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Administrative Efficiency of Environmental Protection Funds in Poland in the Years 2006-2019

Berbeka¹,

Bugdol²

2021

Pol. J. Environ. Stud.

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The objective of this paper was to determine the administrative efficiency of environmental protection funds in Poland in the years 2006-2019. The basic research method applied in the empirical part was an analysis of data contained in the documentation of environmental protection funds. This method allows the acquisition of information on the functioning of various organizations. The subject matter of the research was the activity of 16 provincial environmental protection and water management funds as well as the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management. Based on a series of 238 observations, the authors analyzed the activities of the fund system in the years 2006-2019. Having conducted a literature review, they decided that a quantifiable and applicable measure to assess the performance of the funds was their administrative efficiency expressed as percentages of resources allocated to the factual support of proposed projects and the functioning of the institutions themselves, respectively. The performed analyses covered the economies of scale and size of granted financial support disaggregated into non-reimbursable aid and reimbursable aid, as well as time series. The research showed a statistically significant relationship between the volume of provided aid and the level of costs (at the significance level of 0.05). The examination of changes in the cost-to-aid ratio in the years 2006-2019 does not provide optimistic conclusions in terms of optimisation of operating costs incurred by individual funds. Funds with relatively low operating costs recorded lower cost increases (in percentage points) than those with high operating costs. The research indicates that there are no mechanisms forcing or motivating the funds to improve their operational efficiency. The operationalization of the relationship between the type of provided aid (reimbursable vs. non-reimbursable) and the level of costs did not show any connection (the function fit measured by the coefficient of determination R2 did not exceed 0.01).

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“…The strong advantage of EMAS in environmental point view is that certified companies are obligated to monitor their activities and constantly strive to ameliorate obtained results forcing companies to improve pro-ecological activities. However, EMAS has not been approved by many companies due to the wide range of applications in various industries, so the number of companies covered by this certificate is gradually decreasing (Matuszak-Flejszman et al 2019).…”

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Methods and tools for environmental technologies risk evaluation: the principal guidelines—a review

Kowalska

Grobelak

Kacprzak

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Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol.

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The commonly used and developing engineering environmental technologies do not remain neutral for an ecosystem. The deepening climate changes are generally considered as the effects of human activities. There is thus no doubt that any human interference in the environment should be comprehensively checked at the beginning for all its positive and negative aspects for the environment as well as society health. There are two different analytical tools useful in environmental management: life cycle assessment (LCA) and risk assessment (RA). The first follows the product from “from birth to the grave” summing the environmental impact at all stages of its “life” including such elements like producing, used electricity, transport and many others. LCA refers to quantification and classification of all effects at all life stages and provides direct and indirect possible environmental interactions. On the other hand, risk assessment focuses on linking stressors and its possibilities and severity. RA tools reveal environmental and human health impacts of strictly separated elements, providing insight as to which emission consists of an important threat. This paper is focused on summarizing two the most used methods and tools for supporting the decision making process in use of environmental engineering technologies. In this paper, the fundamental differences between LCA and RA and benefits from their use has been contained.

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Effectiveness of EMAS: A case study of Polish organisations registered under EMAS

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Effectiveness and Benefits of the Eco-Management and Audit Scheme: Evidence from Polish Organisations

Effectiveness and Benefits of the Eco-Management and Audit Scheme: Evidence from Polish Organisations

Administrative Efficiency of Environmental Protection Funds in Poland in the Years 2006-2019

Methods and tools for environmental technologies risk evaluation: the principal guidelines—a review

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