Trends in Environmental Management Systems Research. A Content Analysis

Abstract

Environmental Management Systems (EMS) represent a solid opportunity for companies that voluntarily undertake a path towards the adoption of environmental protection policies. Many studies investigated the link between EMS and improvement of environmental performance, demonstrating how the adoption of an international standard as ISO 14000 or EMAS guarantees the company an improvement in its performance and an increase in transparency towards stakeholders. However, scientific research in this field reflects the strong variability due to the breadth and diversity of sectors in which the two international standards can be adopted. The aim of this work is to analyse, through textual statistics and text mining methods, the trends that characterize scientific production, highlighting most debated topics useful for developing new research perspectives in this research field.

Evaluating the compliance of environmental management systems: evidence from Moroccan banks

“…In the same vein, other researchers have found the same result for the case of EMAS (Heras-Saizarbitoria et al, 2014;Tourais and Videira, 2016). Nevertheless, while many empirical studies have demonstrated how the adoption of an international standard guarantees improved environmental performance for the company and increased transparency toward stakeholders (Fagioli et al, 2022), other studies have revealed an unclear relationship and have come up with contradictory results (Testa et al, 2014;Boiral et al, 2018;Erauskin-Tolosa et al, 2019). While some studies have examined the effect of adopting an EMS based on certifiable standards, including the European EMAS and ISO 14001 standards, on environmental performance, others have examined the impact of public incentives on the adoption of these environmental management tools.…”

“…Recent studies have attempted to examine the impact results of the two main standards, namely ISO 14001 (Boiral et al, 2018;Sartor et al, 2019) and EMAS (Heras-Saizarbitoria et al, 2014;Tourais and Videira, 2016). More precisely, some researchers have found a positive relationship between ISO 14001 adoption and environmental performance (Boiral et al, 2018;Sartor et al, 2019;Fagioli, Paolotti, & Boggia, 2022). In the same vein, other researchers have found the same result for the case of EMAS (Heras-Saizarbitoria et al, 2014;Tourais and Videira, 2016).…”

Potential of Advanced Technologies for Environmental Management Systems

“…Two standards, ISO and EMAS, allow for a clear improvement in environmental performance. However, many studies focus on the need for a broad environmental assessment linked to production processes and pollution, energy consumption, and waste management issues [92,93]. In addition, both Amazon and Microsoft are committed to using 100% renewable energy to power their servers by 2025 [87,94].…”

Non-Incomes Risk Mitigation Mechanisms for Cultural Heritage: Role of Insurances Facing Covid-19 in the Italian Context

“…Insurance, so far, is an active tool for unexpected losses [39] caused by natural hazards. It might aid in well in depth understanding all the aspects of the risks connected to catastrophic events [40] and in decreasing the related immediate long-term financial losses [41].…”