Opportunity and Risk Adaptation in Environmental Management System

Abstract

Organizations, in general, use Environmental Management System (EMS) from ISO 14001:2015 Standard. During the preparation phase, they shall determine their risks and opportunities following Risk Management System (RMS). EMS’s newest standard emphasizes the risks, as potential adverse impact, and the opportunities, like potential beneficial impact. However, Organizations tend to use the RMS to manage the threat only while putting aside the opportunity. This traditional paradigm should be changed to optimize the “opportunities” that can proactively trigger the action to achieve breakthroughs, especially in environmental performance. This research was conducted qualitatively and compared the literature studies with the selected informants’ experiences. From the in-depth interviews analysis result, EMS practitioners know the ”opportunity” potential role to improve the current management system, but not easy to be implemented. The main reasons why the “opportunity” is not popular are limitations in understanding methods of quantification of “opportunity,” habits in controlling adverse risks, and “opportunity” concepts considered uncommon and still new.

Contribution to the Implementation of an Integrated Management System in Accordance with ISO 9001: 2015, ISO 14001: 2015 and ISO 45001, 2018 Standards: A Case Study of AMENHYD Company in Algeria

“…On September 15, 2015, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) released the ISO 14001: 2015 standard, which had revised previous versions of the system (ISO, 2015). It contains general guidelines, making it easier for any type and magnitude of organizations to run EMS (Anandagiri, Nowo, and Syahnoedi, 2021). The popularity of ISO 14001 as an international standard for effective environmental management extends to the construction industry (Chiarini 2019; Johnstone 2020; Mosgaard and Kristensen 2020; To and Lam 2021).…”

“…ISO 14001 (Environmental Management System) is a company management system that aims at ensuring that the processes used and the products produced have fulfilled commitments to the environment, especially in the effort to fulfill environmental regulations, pollution prevention and commitment to continuous improvement (Fahmi, Mustofa, Rochmad, Wahyuni, and Irwansyah, 2021). Also, Anandagiri et al (2021) define ISO 14001:2015 as "a standard that aims to be a frame of reference for organizations to protect the environment and respond to change by balancing sustainability pillars, namely environmental, social, and economical" (Anandagiri, Nowo, and Syahnoedi, 2021).…”