ISO 14001 certified plants in Brazil – taxonomy and practices

Gavronski, Iuri; Paiva, Ely Laureano; Teixeira, Rafael; Andrade, Marta Cleia de Andrade

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.08.025

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“…The overall response rate of 17% was unevenly distributed between the two states (37% in Rio de Janeiro and 10% in Rio Grande do Sul). The survey response rate is compatible to that of other studies conducted with Brazilian companies (Gavronski et al, 2012;Jabbour, 2010). To access the response bias, we compared early responses to late ones, having found no significant difference between the groups (p>0.05).…”

Section: Data For This Study Was Collected In a Survey Of Firms Locatsupporting

confidence: 73%

“…Exploratory studies in Brazil have identified different profiles of environmental management among ISO 14001 certified firms (Gavronski et al, 2012;Jabbour et al, 2012). In general, the adoption of environmental standards is often considered a proactive environmental strategy that goes beyond compliance and has positive impacts on environmental management (Delmas & Toffel, 2008;Gavronski, Ferrer, & Paiva, 2008).…”

Section: Voluntary Normsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Regarding environmental performance, emerging economies are more tolerant in terms of polluting activities and present exploitative behavior towards the natural environment (Child & Tsai, 2005;Hoskisson, Wright, Filatotchev, & Peng, 2013). Although economic expansion has intensified the pressure on the natural environment, there are few studies about environmental management in emerging economies (Aravind & Christmann, 2011;Child & Tsai, 2005;Gavronski, Paiva, Teixeira, & Andrade, 2012).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Drivers of environmental management in the Brazilian context

Berardi

Brito²

2015

BAR, Braz. Adm. Rev.

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The demand for improved environmental practices inside firms has increased around the world. However, in the process of implementation of environmental management, policy may be decoupled from practice, generating doubts about its effectiveness. This study investigates an overlooked middle step in the environmental management process, analyzing the strength of the main environmental drivers in improving environmental practices inside firms. We developed a set of hypotheses about the influence regulation, voluntary norms and stakeholder pressure have upon environmental management practices, considering the institutional context and different enforcement of these drivers. We use a cross-sectional survey of 150 Brazilian firms to gather information about environmental management and test our hypotheses in a Structural Equation Model. The findings confirm the importance of command and control instruments as well as stakeholder pressure in promoting better environmental practices inside firms. Yet, the results demonstrate that voluntary norms did not influence management practices even though they were perceived as a market opportunity.

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Section: Data For This Study Was Collected In a Survey Of Firms Locatsupporting

confidence: 73%

Section: Voluntary Normsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Drivers of environmental management in the Brazilian context

Berardi

Brito²

2015

BAR, Braz. Adm. Rev.

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“…These standards focus on the implementation of control systems, the central purpose of which is to manage corporate environmental and social responsibility (CSR) [1,2]. Many studies have been conducted to assess firms' subsequent socio-ecological performance, that is, whether firms actually improve their environmental, quality, and social (health) control performance as a result of their decision to certify under such management system standards [3].…”

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confidence: 99%

Does Adoption of Management Standards Deliver Efficiency Gain in Firms’ Pursuit of Sustainability Performance? An Empirical Investigation of Chinese Manufacturing Firms

2016

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Building on longitudinal data from 73 Chinese manufacturing firms during 2009-2012, we assess whether and how firms gain higher efficiency in achieving their sustainability goals by adopting management practice standards (ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and/or OHSAS 18001). We propose four pathways for firms to gain sustainability efficiency in their certification journey: participation, qualitative integration, quantitative expansion, and temporal accumulation. Our results confirm that firms certifying management standards gain higher efficiency in pursuing their sustainability goals than firms without these standards. We also find some support for increased efficiency effect in firms with diverse management systems over firms with only a single certificate in 2011. Finally, our results highlight the experiential and temporal accumulation effect of such efficiency gains, that is, firms with prior certification experience or having a longer certification history demonstrate higher efficiency gains in pursuing their sustainability goals.

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“…Research on the successful implementation of management systems is extensive in the case of quality management (ISO 9001) (Lafuente, Bayo-Moriones & García-Cestona, 2010;Georgiev & Georgiev, 2015), environmental management (ISO 14001) (Gavronski, Paiva, Teixeira & De Andrade, 2013;Ciravegna & Da Fonseca, 2015), and occupational health and safety management (OHSAS 18001) (Granerud & Rocha, 2011;Abad, Lafuente & Vilajosana, 2013). During the last decade, the integration of management systems has become an increasingly important strategy adopted by organisations, as it represents an alternative to operating with multiple management systems in parallel that cover different technical functions (Abad, Dalmau & Vilajosana, 2014).…”

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confidence: 99%

An analysis of the perceived difficulties arising during the process of integrating management systems

Abad¹,

Cabrera

Medina

2016

JIEM

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Abstract:Purpose: This study empirically scrutinises the difficulties that result from the integration of management systems and analyses the role of strategic actions and organisational factors on the difficulties-integration relationship.Design/methodology/approach: For the empirical application we use a unique dataset of Spanish certified firms (ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001) with integrated management system. We employ an analysis based on nonparametric tests to detect differences in the distribution of perceived difficulties across groups of firms grouped according to strategic choices and business size. Findings:Results show that the most relevant difficulty faced by managers is the employees' resistance to chance. Also, results suggest that the effective integration of management systems is conditioned by the sequence of integration of the systems, the integration level achieved and the structure governing the new integrated system. We also report a negative relationship between perceived difficulties and firm size. Practical implications:For business strategists, our results underline the relevance of designing governance structures that match the requirements of the integrated system and interlock -860-Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management -http://dx.doi.org/10. 3926/jiem.1989 organisational and technical aspects at the design stage of the new integrated system. Additionally, the findings suggest that managers should also develop communication actions that increase the participation and involvement of workers at all stages of the integration process.Originality/value: Most research emphasises the benefits of integrated management systems.By analysing the difficulties that arise during the integration process, this study contributes to fill a gap in the literature on the problems associated with processes of organisational change, in our case the integration of management systems.

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ISO 14001 certified plants in Brazil – taxonomy and practices

Cited by 43 publications

References 58 publications

Drivers of environmental management in the Brazilian context

Drivers of environmental management in the Brazilian context

Does Adoption of Management Standards Deliver Efficiency Gain in Firms’ Pursuit of Sustainability Performance? An Empirical Investigation of Chinese Manufacturing Firms

An analysis of the perceived difficulties arising during the process of integrating management systems

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