Abstract
This paper reviews the empirical literature based on the Chinese background from 1998 to 2018 to summarize the motivations and consequences of enterprises adopting the ISO14001 standard. Specifically, this paper sorts out and comments on the internal and external driving factors of Chinese enterprises adopting ISO14001 certification and the actual impact of implementing certification on the economy and the environment, and puts forward the inadequacies of existing research and future research directions.
Highlights
In recent years, industrial development and economic globalisation have allowed developing countries such as China to achieve unprecedented economic growth over the past two decades
1) External Driving Factors The existing research based on Chinese background has mostly discussed the external driving factors of adopting ISO14001 certification in the following four aspects: a) The first factor is the impact of customer pressure and demand or other interest groups, which is mainly manifested in the customers’ pursuit of green environmental protection and international trade requirements
The results show that ISO9000 quality management system certification, HACCP hazard analysis and critical control point certification do not play a significant positive role in reducing the risk of melamine pollution, while ISO14001 environmental management system increase the risk of melamine pollution [29]
Summary
Industrial development and economic globalisation have allowed developing countries such as China to achieve unprecedented economic growth over the past two decades. It is of practical significance to study the adoption and implementation of Chinese ISO14001 standard for promoting win-win development of economy and environment, and the promotion of ISO14001 certification in developing countries. This paper takes China, the largest economy of developing countries, as the research object, to help better understand the situation of Chinese enterprises adopting ISO14001 standards, so as to provide reference for other developing countries. The number of Chinese certifications is among the highest in the world, due to the difficulty in obtaining certification data, the empirical research on ISO14001 certification is still in its infancy, lagging behind developed countries such as Europe and the United States. This paper analyzes the current research status of Chinese environmental certification by reviewing the empirical research on Chinese environmental management system certification published between 1996 and 2018, and seeks evidence support for the country’s modern ecological sustainable development
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