Integration of quality and environmental management systems

Abstract

Discusses quality and environmental management systems integration. Concepts of a system and a “system of systems” are addressed, followed by a description of different management systems, and their interrelations and integration. Subsequently, strategies for integration of the quality system based on the ISO 9001 standard and the ISO 14001 environmental management system are presented. The harmonization of related audit sub‐systems, namely ISO 10011 and ISO 14010/11/12 is also addressed. Finally, a discussion on the development of a generic performance management system is provided.

The support of Quality Management to sustainable development: a literature review

“…Further, an integrated management system is seen as one way to identify aspects of a QM system that could be supportive of sustainability in general. Aboulnaga, 1998;Bernardo et al, 2009Bernardo et al, , 2012de Oliveira, 2013;Fresner and Engelhardt, 2004;Jabbour, 2010;Jonker, 2000;Jørgensen et al, 2006;Karapetrovic and Casadesús, 2009;Karapetrovic and Willborn, 1998;Kuei and Lu, 2013;Li, 2013;Matias and Coelho, 2002;Matias and Coelho, 2011;Pojasek, 2006;Pun and Hui, 2002;Rebelo et al, 2014;Rocha et al, 2007;Rodríguez-Ant on et al, 2012;Salomone, 2008;Santos et al, 2011;Seghezzi, 2001;Simon et al, 2011;Tarí and Molina-Azorín, 2010;To et al, 2012;Dale, 1998, 1999a,b;von Ahsen and Funck, 2001;Zeng et al, 2007;Zeng et al, 2011 II. QM as support to environmental management system implementation and to managing sustainability (22 articles)…”

Integration of management systems: A methodology for operational excellence and strategic flexibility

“…Literature in this stream elaborates the concept of integration and provides the basis for more recent IMS literature. Noteworthy works in this stream include Griffith (2000), Karapetrovic (2003), Karapetrovic and Willborn (1998), and Wilkinson and Dale (1999, 2001, 2002. Second stream: The second stream of literature focuses on further exploration of IMS and in particular on proving the legitimacy of IMS.…”

Embedding Sustainable Development in Organizations Through an Integrated Management Systems Approach

“…In recognition of this trend, a comprehensive approach for integration has been developed around the concept of systems theory. In their seminal work on IMS, Karapetrovic and Willborn (1998) defined integration as "linking two systems in a way that results in a loss of independence of one or both means that these systems are integrated" (Karapetrovic and Willborn, 1998). In a similar manner, Bernardo et al (2008) explained that integration is "a process of linking different standardized MSs into a unique MS with common resources aiming to improve stakeholders' satisfaction".…”