Application of Environmental Awareness and Environmental Management System towards Behavior at Palm Cooking Oil Company, Bekasi City

Abstract

Environmental pollution generally occurs because of the behavior of workers who are not environmentally friendly. The purpose of this research is to analyze the relationship of environmental awareness to the behavior of workers of palm cooking oil company; examine the relationship of implementation of ISO 14001 environmental management system to the behavior of workers; analyzing the relationship of implementation of ISO 14001 environmental management system and environmental awareness simultaneously to the act of workers. The results were processed by univariate, bivariate, and multivariate methods. The results of the analysis show a weak and unidirectional relationship between environmental awareness and employee behavior with correlation value (R=0.23). Different results on the ISO 14001 environmental management system with worker behavior. The results show no relationship between the ISO 14001 environmental management system and workers’ behavior with correlation values (R=0.39). While the correlation between environmental awareness and ISO 14001 environmental management system to worker behavior showed a strong correlation with correlation value (R=0.56). The conclusion that can be drawn from the results of the analysis is the awareness of the environment plays an essential role in the behavior of workers in the eenvironment. Corporate programs such as the ISO 14001 environmental management system can not run effectively without the support of environmental awareness.