Environmental Performance Evaluation and Analysis Using ISO 14031 Guidelines in Construction Sector Industries

Abstract

The construction sector is garnering increasing concern as an industry that generates significant pollution while suffering from a lack of adequate environmental performance evaluations. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the environmental performance of construction sector industries using the ISO 14031 standard in three dimensions: planning, using data and information, and reviewing and improving environmental performance evaluations. Using a descriptive and correlational approach, this study described and analyzed the level of implementation using a 7-point Likert scale questionnaire distributed to 1000 organizations in Saudi Arabia. The questionnaires were completed between May and December of 2018 and the results were measured against similar studies. The mean positive percentage responses were 31.36 and expressed the implementation levels of the three dimensions of environmental performance. The corresponding values for the three dimensions' items were 33.36, 29.83, and 30.95 respectively. The minimum Kendall correlation coefficients for each item in a dimension were 0.79, 0.79, and 0.83, respectively. The maximum correlation values between an item and a dimension to which the item did not belong were 0.25. This study answers a fundamental question regarding the implementation level values of environmental performance in construction organizations based on the ISO 14031 standard model and analyzes the pairwise correlation among the descriptor variables of the model. Further studies are needed to investigate the model structure using the principle component, factor analysis, and cluster analysis.

Prediction of implementing ISO 14031 guidelines using a multilayer perceptron neural network approach

“…The third dimension specifies the auditing and improvement of EPE efforts in the organization. Definitions of the 13 variables and the study’s questionnaire are given in Falqi, Alsulamy [ 1 ]. Each question is a binary variable answered by “yes” or “no”.…”

“…In recent year, business decision-makers have become interested in investigating the effect of implementation of both environmental management systems (EMSs) and environmental performance evaluation (EPE) given in ISO 14031 as indicated by Falqi, Alsulamy [ 1 ]. This interest is due to the befits of implementing EMSs that were categorized into environmental management practices, environmental performance, and awareness [ 2 ].…”

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Evaluating Association Between Implementation of Iso 14031 Guidelines and Iso 14001 Certification by Industrial Sector in Saudi Arabia

“…In recent years, environmental decision-makers are interested in investigating the effect of implementation of Environmental Performance Evaluation (EPE) guidelines given in the international standard ISO 14031:2013 (International Organization for Standardization [ISO], 2013) in industry within ISO 14001:2015(ISO, 2015 framework Falqi, Alsulamy, and Mansour (2020). This interest due to the relationship between EPE and corporate performance for the industrial organization (Orlitzky et al, 2011).…”