Abstract
The modern enterprises consider the sustainable development as the one of basic conceptions of one’s activity. In recent years, an increasing number of private as well as public organizations have been engaged with implementation and using of environmental management systems (EMSs). The research is built up by two main parts. In the first, author prepared theoretical analyses of literature and scientific publications. The second part based on survey results collected from Latvian companies using in depth interviews. Author proposes that the process of environmentally oriented business should be studied as a multi-dimensional issue. Company’s external and internal environment elements were shown. In article author also investigated different factors influencing company’s environmental management and motives of implementing EMS.
Highlights
In according to “Agenda 21” what was held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 and later such documents provide an appropriate quality of life nowadays and in the future is possible through the change-over of civilized world to the model of sustainable development (United Nations 1992)
The official themes for Rio+20 were the green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication, and the institutional framework for sustainable development
The results reveal that competitive motivations and management commitment are the most important factors explaining why firms incorporate environmental issues into their strategic planning process
Summary
In according to “Agenda 21” what was held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 and later such documents provide an appropriate quality of life nowadays and in the future is possible through the change-over of civilized world to the model of sustainable development (United Nations 1992). After the literature review and made researches Tambovceva (2008) offers her own definition of the term: “Environmental management is the planning, implementation and control of strategic, tactical and operational measures for prevention, reduction and elimination of damage caused to the environment as well as purposeful usage of market advantages gained thereof ”. Many organizations present their environmental work in the form of annual reports and use the indicators in them for follow-up. The aim of analytical research is to support studies of the influencing factors for EMS
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