Environmental management systems: Does certification pay?

Krätschell, Karoline; Zwick, Lina

doi:10.1016/j.eap.2018.02.006

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“…Although some scholars doubt the effect of EM [33,34], our empirical research gives evidence that EM contributes to firms’ GPI. The implementation of EM could decompose the organization’s environmental objectives into middle-level departments and grass-root employees.…”

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confidence: 68%

“…Many scholars and business practitioners still have doubts about the effect of EM. They hold that it is not the core function of firms, but a decoration or even a burden [33,34]. Through the study of the influential mechanism, the research offers a conceptual framework that could remedy this theoretical deficiency and enhance the confidence of business in EM.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Influence of Environmental Management on Green Process Innovation: Comparison of Multiple Mediating Effects Based on Routine Replication

Zhang

2019

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Although green process technology is vital to sustainable development, few articles focus on how to implement it from the perspective of firms. This article tries to answer this question. Being set as an antecedent of green process innovation, the influence of environmental management is analyzed and the influential path is elaborated. Hypotheses are tested by means of multivariate regression analysis and bootstrap method. The results show that environmental management is conducive to firms’ green process innovation, and the influence is through zero-order routine replication and higher-order routine replication. The mediating effect played by the interaction between the two is stronger than that of the individual. Implications are given to academia and practitioners.

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Section: Empirical Results and Discussionmentioning

confidence: 68%

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confidence: 99%

Influence of Environmental Management on Green Process Innovation: Comparison of Multiple Mediating Effects Based on Routine Replication

Zhang

2019

IJERPH

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“…Even though certification related to international management system standards is voluntary, few companies, if any, are willing to forego certification, mostly due to the signaling effects. The study carried out by Frondel and coauthors [36] indicated that the application of management system standards without certification does not influence company performance at the same level as in the case of certified companies.…”

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confidence: 99%

The Factors Affecting the Environmental Practices of Companies: The Case of Serbia

2019

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Environmental practices are often considered external to the business, and the impacts of self-regulation and other CSR company practices on environmental practices are important but not fully understood-especially in transitional and developing countries. The aim of this paper is to explore factors that influence the environmental practices of companies operating in Serbia. We observed four types of self-regulations (core values, codes of conduct, ISO 9001, and ISO 14001); the level of CSR practices in relationships with employees, customers, the local community, and society, and related to business transparency; as well as company features related to types of operations (manufacturing vs. service), size, and internationalization (multinational ownership and export activities). Based on the SEM analysis of data collected from 178 companies operating in Serbia, the findings showed that smaller, manufacturing companies that applied the observed types of self-regulations, which have a higher level of employee relations and are more social and community involved, are more likely to have higher levels of environmental practice. Among the observed self-regulation types, only ISO 14001 certification proved to have an individual effect on company environmental practices. However, our results also showed that the influence of core values, applied codes of conduct, and ISO 9001 certification cannot be neglected.Sustainability 2019, 11, 5960 2 of 17 the decoupling phenomenon, the discrepancy between policies and practice, or the formal adoption of self-regulation by a company that does not become incorporated into the day-to-day routine [16] has its roots in the company's intention to communicate more than achieve [11]. The public disclosure of self-regulations related to environmental activities in order to present a proactive environmental image by providing greenwashing [3] raises concerns related to the effectiveness of such self-regulations.

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“…The first internal approach is characterized by the proactive and voluntary actions of the company. These actions are framed by the following:The proactive and voluntary implementation of an environmental management system that presents an ideal framework for the integration of the measurement tools, the environmental indicators and the auditing process (Zilahy, 2017; Frondel et al , 2018) or through the allocation of the environmental objectives (Saadi et al , 2011; Saadi and Djebabra, 2015);The deployment of knowledge management to yield the environmental knowledge that presents the necessary base for the proactive and voluntary actions (Djebabra et al , 2011). …”

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confidence: 99%

Proposal of a hybrid decision-making model for the alignment of the environmental performance

Boulagouas

Chaib

Djebabra

2020

MEQ

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PurposeDecoupling of pressures ranging from regulatory compliance and stakeholders expectations to business competitiveness and sustainability, companies need to align their environmental strategies with a broader consideration of these influences. This paper aims at developing a dynamic alignment model to enhance the environmental performance that considers the influential pressures based on a multi-criteria decision-making process.Design/methodology/approachAuthors have proposed a dynamic model for the alignment of the environmental performance based on a hybrid multi-criteria decision-making approach combining the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS). This model considers contemporary strategic dynamism of the environmental performance and provides a methodology to assist companies prioritizing the environmental aspects based on the influential pressures and deciding on the enhancement pathways.FindingsThe proposed model based on a hybrid multi-criteria decision-making process allows prioritizing the environmental aspects considering the allocated weights to the alignment-triggered pressures and draw the way to develop different pathways to improve the alignment.Practical implicationsThe proposed dynamic alignment model presents an instrument for the continuous alignment of the environmental performance and an effective management of changes and contributes to minimize gaps and divergences.Originality/valueIn this paper, the environmental performance has been approached through the contemporary strategic dynamism with the deployment of the multi-criteria decision-making techniques to yield an alignment framework for the environmental decision that combines the internal and external approaches for an effective and sustainable improvement of the environmental performance.

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Environmental management systems: Does certification pay?

Cited by 20 publications

References 21 publications

Influence of Environmental Management on Green Process Innovation: Comparison of Multiple Mediating Effects Based on Routine Replication

Influence of Environmental Management on Green Process Innovation: Comparison of Multiple Mediating Effects Based on Routine Replication

The Factors Affecting the Environmental Practices of Companies: The Case of Serbia

Proposal of a hybrid decision-making model for the alignment of the environmental performance

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