Environmental Management System Standards Research Articles

An intuitionistic fuzzy-based model for performance evaluation of EcoPorts

The EcoPort performance level serves as a basic indicator to determine the environmental status of a port and its achievement of certification standards. The European Sea Ports Organization has defined ten essential EcoPort criteria that contribute significantly to the assessment of EcoPort performance. The primary motivation for this study is to determine the importance of the criteria from the perspective of academics and chief officers, as well as to evaluate the EcoPort performance of six port authorities that comply with three basic certification standards for environmental management systems. The research methodology and application are conducted in four phases. In the first phase, experts, criteria, and alternative ports are identified. In the second phase, the importance levels of experts are determined using neutrosophic sets, while the criteria are weighted using the intuitionistic fuzzy weighting averaging operator. In the third phase, the alternative ranking order method accounting for two-step normalization (AROMAN) based on the intuitionistic fuzzy sets is introduced to evaluate the EcoPort performance of the ports. In the fourth phase, the results are supported by sensitivity analysis scenarios. The research results identified air pollution as the most critical criterion, while the Valencia Port Authority secured the highest rank in terms of EcoPort performance. Ultimately, this research contributes to the literature by developing and applying the new IF-AROMAN method for EcoPort performance evaluation.

Integrated management system as a tool for sustainable development of the organization

Sustainable development of organizations implies stable socio-economic development without disturbing natural ecosystems and improving the quality of people’s lives, taking into account the economic capacity of the biosphere. The article considers the stages of implementation of integrated management systems on the example of a fuel company. Integrated management systems are essential to the efficient and sustainable operation of an organization. Integrated management systems include two or more international standardized management systems in the field of environmental protection, industrial safety and labor protection. These management systems are interconnected and operate in organizations as a single system. The paper shows the benefits for the organization when using integrated management systems based on the requirements of the ISO 14001 Occupational health and safety management systems and ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems standards. Emphasis is placed on innovations in ISO 14000:2015 standards. Methods for determining the opportunities and risks of an organization in the field of industrial safety, labor protection, and the environment are shown. Keywords: sustainable development; integrated management systems; risks.

RISK ASSESSMENT AND RISK MITIGATION IN A SUSTAINABLE TUNA SUPPLY CHAIN

This study aimed to conduct a risk assessment and minimize the risk of sustainable tuna supply chains in Ambon. The House of Risk (HOR) approach was utilized in this study to identify risk occurrences and risk agents in three aspects of sustainability. The study results identified 15 risk events and 26 risk agents consisting of four risk events and five risk agents on the environmental dimension, five risk events and eleven risk agents on the social dimension, six risk events, and ten risk agents on the economic dimension. The HOR phase I shows that the risk agent with the highest Aggregat Risk Priority (ARP) value is the lack of environmental management system standards (A4), and the risk agent with the lowest ARP value is inhumane treatment/harassment (A12). Based on the Pareto principle, 7 Risk Agents will be prioritized to be handled according to the highest ARP value, such as lack of environmental management system standards (4170), lack of quality control inspection (3790), lack of maintenance management (3346), lack of quality control from suppliers (3000), lack of enthusiasm for work (2984), decreased level of discipline (2832). The internal communication system of the company is poor (2538). Furthermore, 15 mitigating techniques are proposed. Twelve mitigation technique steps are chosen from 15 recommended solutions to prevent the causes of risk based on the effectiveness to difficulty (ETD) value from HOR phase II.

ISO 14000 Environmental Management System for Sustainable Development and Environment in Business

Today, environmental pollution is a global problem. Industrialization, rapid urbanization, technological advances, economic developments, and increasing world population have brought environmental pollution with them. Environmental pollution has reached a level that threatens human health and safety. Environmental management systems are useful and important in many ways such as reducing the negative effects of businesses on the environment, creating a safe working environment, preventing pollution, reducing costs, reducing risks, improving environmental performance, and improving corporate image. The aim of this study is to emphasize the importance of ISO 14000 environmental management system standards for sustainable development and environment in business. In this direction, the study explains sustainable development, sustainable environment, the characteristics, importance, development, stages, standards, and benefits of the ISO 14000 environmental management system for businesses.

Environmental management decision-making in Greek hotels: barriers and drivers to sustainability

The present paper addresses the challenges of adopting environmental business practices by hoteliers to put through sustainable entrepreneurship in the tourism sector. The purpose of this research is to study the barriers and the drivers that influence manager's understanding on the decision of adopting environmental management system standards (EMSSs) in their hotels. The importance of these factors on the intention to get an EMS certification is also examined by employing econometric models. The results suggest that a hoteliers' decision to implement corporate environmental practices is being hindered from both external and internal factors. Enhancing corporate image and financing are estimated to be critical motives towards the adoption of formal EMSSs. However, perceived barriers towards obtaining EMS certification differ between environmentally friendly and non-environmentally friendly firms. Managers who have implemented environmental practices consider economic barriers more important than organisational or human-related factors towards adoption of EMSSs.

Insights on the environmental management system of the European port sector

This research focusses on assessing the environmental performance of European Ports based on a wide representation of EcoPorts members. The data is extracted from the Self-Diagnosis Method (SDM), a concise checklist against which port managers can self-assess the environmental management of their port in relation to the performance of the EcoPorts membership. A total number of 97 ports from 18 different European Maritime States contributed to this evaluation. They have answered questions related to the main components of internationally recognized Environmental Management System (EMS) standards. Similar periodic assessments have been carried out since 2013, allowing for the identification of benchmark performance. The geographical representation and characteristics of the participating ports are given along with the perceived ranking of priority environmental issues based on regular reviews. Air quality has been the top environmental priority for many years, followed by climate change, which has risen rapidly to the second position. Most of the ports have an environmental policy in place (96%) and a compilation of an inventory of significant environmental aspects (92%). Transparency is also very important to ports, with 91% of ports communicating their environmental policy to stakeholders, and 86% of ports making it publicly available on their website.Around 80% of ports have set up an environmental monitoring program, with port waste being the most monitored issue.With regard to services to shipping, more than half of the responding ports are offering on shore power supply (OPS), and one third of them have made LNG bunkering available. In parallel, an increasing number of ports compared with previous exercises (57%) provide differentiated dues for ships that go beyond regulatory standards, with air emissions, waste and climate change being the main target of these discounts. In general, trends over the years have shown a clear improvement of the environmental port performance.

Optimalisasi Sistem Manajemen Lingkungan yang Terintegrasi Melalui Penerapan Balanced Scorecard

The ISO 14001 environmental management system has been implemented by many types of organizations, but there are still many differences of opinion related to the effectiveness of the implementation of this standard on improving environmental performance in an organization. The effectiveness of the implementation of environmental management system standards is highly dependent on strategic planing gaps with other management systems integrated in an organization. The balanced scorecard concept has provided a comprehensive framework for translating the company's strategic planning into more comprehensive performance measurement. To analyze the condition of strategic planing in an integrated management system that has adopted the concept of a balanced scorecard at PT. Xyz, researchers used a descriptive analysis method, the results obtained that strategic planning in 2014, 2015 and 2018 have coherence, but in 2016-2017 it is not coherent, which means that strategic planning starts not in accordance with the attributes of the balanced scorecard concept. Correlation test method is used to analyze the effect of strategic planning with environmental performance and economic performance at PT. Xyz, the results obtained that strategic planning in an integrated management system that adopts a balanced scorecard has a positive effect on environmental performance but does not have a positive effect on economic performance. Strategic planning interventions through the formulation of corporate strategy using the DEMATEL method obtained corporate strategy impact relations map which formulates the six criteria of the most priority corporate strategy recommendations for improving environmental performance and economic performance at PT. Xyz in the future

The Effectiveness of Environmental Management System Standards

This paper investigates the effects of Environmental Management System standards (EMS standards), such as the ISO 14001, on the environmental performance of French manufacturing plants from 2001 to 2017. The impact of EMS certificates depends on the pollutant considered. For instance, adopters of EMS standards lower their water removals by 6.7% and they increase their production of hazardous waste by 8.6% directly after the certification, while there are no significant effects for the CO2 emissions and the water pollution. Moreover, EMS-certified firms reduce their energy bill by 0.6% per additional year following the certification. The absence of clear-cut conclusions regarding the environmental effectiveness of EMS standards question the efficiency of the eventual subsidies.

No Iso-Fix for Human Rights: a Critical Perspective on Iso 2600 Guidance on Social Responsibility

No Iso-Fix for Human Rights: a Critical Perspective on Iso 2600 Guidance on Social Responsibility

EFFECT OF ECOLOGICAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL FACTORS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ISO 14001 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN HEAVY INDUSTRIES IN INDONESIA

This study originally tried to examine the influence of ecological, economic and social factors on the implementation of an environmental management system by taking a case study in heavy industry from a shipyard in Batam Indonesia with reference to ISO 14001: 2015 Environmental Management System (EMS) standards. EMS is a framework that helps companies to manage the environmental impacts that arise from their activities. According to Law No. 32/2009, EMS includes policies on the arrangement, utilization, development, maintenance, recovery, supervision and control of the environment. The method used is Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), with a survey method by distributing questionnaires to respondents who know the work of the shipyard industry and the implementation of environmental management systems in this heavy industry. The study results show that economic and social factors have a positive effect on the application of ISO 14001 environmental management systems in Heavy Industries in Indonesia. These findings indicate the importance of applying ISO 14001 in heavy industry, in particular, and the importance of considering various ecological, social and economic conditions of the company in such implementation.

Mind the Gap: Management System Standards Addressing the Gap for Ontario’s Municipal Drinking Water, Wastewater and Stormwater Ecosystem of Regulations

The research finds evidence in support of and wide recognition of the practical value of management system standards (MSS) by assisting municipalities in meeting their human health protection, environmental objectives, addressing environmental and property damage risks, and providing an additional mechanism of public accountability and transparency. Semi-structured interviews were applied to assess perceptions with practitioners and environmental non-governmental organizations on whether a similar approach to the legally required drinking water quality management standard (DWQMS) could be applied for the municipal wastewater and stormwater sectors. Twelve Ontario municipalities have adopted or are in the process of adopting an ISO 14001 environmental management system (EMS) standard for their wastewater and/or stormwater systems, which represents 66% of Ontario’s population. With the large urban centres (e.g., Toronto, York Region, Durham Region, Halton Region and Peel Region) adopting the standard, this is likely to influence small to medium-sized cities to follow a similar approach. Although, resources might be a factor preventing the cohort of smaller utilities voluntarily taking this path. Regulations governing Ontario’s municipal drinking water, wastewater and stormwater utilities were compared via gap analysis. Gaps on management of the system, performance monitoring, auditing and having minimum design criteria left the municipal wastewater and stormwater sectors behind in comparison with recently updated (2004–2008) regulatory framework for the drinking water sector. Based on the identification and review of significant gaps in wastewater and stormwater regulation (compared with the drinking water sector), environmental MSS should be incorporated to strengthen the regulatory framework of these sectors. These phenomena also depict a form of sustainable governance with the use of MSS, which are initiated, developed and regulated by non-state actors, recognizing the value of non-state rule instruments in the water, wastewater and stormwater sectors.

Environmental Management Systems in the Context of Sustainable Development – the Identification of Open Problems

The cognitive objective of this paper was to establish the roles played by standardized environmental management systems in the process of the sustainable development of an organization. At present this process is analysed mainly in the context of the UN Sustainable Development Goals formulated within the scope of the 2030 Agenda for Global Action. The main research method used by the authors was a systematic literature review. The result of the conducted review was the identification of motives and conditions for the implementation of environmental management systems as well as advantages and disadvantages resulting from such implementation. The authors also indicated the major causes of failures in the introduction and improvement of systems consistent with the ISO 14001 standard and presented conditions determining their successful implementation. In the final part of the paper, they included recommendations for further research directions in the examined problem area.

The Influence of ISO 9001 & ISO 14001 on Sustainable Supply Chain Management in the Textile Industry

The examination of implementing ISO standards can provide new insight as to their quality and environmental management benefits. These insights can be more impactful in manufacturing sectors and especially textiles as this sector is known for its environmental degradation and questionable supply chain practices. This exploratory study investigates the extent to which organizations that implement either ISO 9001 or 14001 standards impact sustainable supply chain management (SSCM). We also investigate the extent to which these two standards improve SSCM for the textile industry within a block of European countries consisting of Poland, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic. In this empirical study, we use several measures to help identify the extent of impacts of examined standardized management systems on improvements in different processes of SSCM. Our contributions to the field include finding that quality management systems support environmental processes, relationships with stakeholders, processes within the supply chain, and SSCM. Other findings include implementing environmental management system standards impact the rationalization of other processes. Finally, we find more significant supply chain impacts with the implementation of both standards than by either standard alone. The study concludes with suggestions for extension of this study and opportunities for further research.

5S Implementation of SME Readiness in Meeting Environmental Management System Standards based on ISO 14001:2015 (Study Case: PT. ABC)

The application of 5S can be used in assisting environmental management system standards. 5S (Seiri, Seiton, Seiso, Seiketsu, and Shitsuke) is a simple concept in managing workplaces for efficiency and waste reduction as well as optimizing quality and productivity through an organized environment. An environmental management system is part of a management system which used to manage environmental aspects, compliance obligations, and opportunity risks. ISO 14001: 2015 as an international standard of the environmental management system which refers to the PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Action) cycle. The environmental management system at SMEs faces greater limitations compared to large companies. 5S can be used as a tool to improve environmental performances by reducing waste, pollution, and energy which will be easier to identify and control. In this study, it’s explained how the influence of 5S in fulfilling ISO 14001: 2015 standards in electrical Batik stove SME in which the application of 5S is not optimal and resulting in compliance with environmental management systems that less than the ISO 14001: 2015 standards. Factors affecting the application of both 5S and EMS are leadership and commitment, knowledge and training, communication, employee participation and motivation, and external factors such as law and regulation.

Analysis of the affinity of the principles of corporate governance to the ISO 14001 environmental management system standard

Abstract The purpose of this research is to analyze the adherence of the NBR ISO 14001 standard to the Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance Code of Best Corporate Governance Practices. The perspective established in the research interprets the existence of synergy between management supported by the Environmental Management Systems standard and the Code of Best Corporate Governance Practices. The research analyzed the contents of 177 environmental audit reports, performed by a certification company, which involved a set of 139 companies certified by NBR ISO 14001. It then related the requirements of the environmental management system with the elements present in the IBGC code. It identified the adherence to several requirements in common between the two systems analyzed, thus indicating the adequacy of establishing synergy in actions, and in the information held by both, providing benefits to the organization. Environmental auditing data indicate that companies have more difficult-to-handle items related to operational control, emergency preparedness and assessment of compliance with legal and other requirements. This is important information in the context of corporate governance, since it indicates potential risks that must be eliminated in order to guarantee the perenniality of the organization.

Global governance in new public environmental management: An international and intertemporal comparison of voluntary standards' impacts

AbstractThe aim of this paper is to analyse the indirect effects of environmental management system implementation and certification. Specifically, the paper comprehensively assesses the effects of International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) 14001 and European Union Eco‐Management and Auditing Scheme (EMAS) certification as well as experience with implementing environmental management systems on (a) organisational activities outside the scope of environmental management systems, (b) pollution prevention, and (c) product stewardship. This is done by applying multivariate regression analysis to a large multicountry and multiperiod dataset. The analysis finds heterogeneous effects that are limited specifically as concerns pollution prevention and product stewardship and cannot establish clear links to national business systems. Given this and the differences between environmental management system standards, implications for global governance in the context of new public environmental management and the role of national governments in implementing sustainability, even beyond environmental protection, are discussed. Ultimately, the paper evidences on potential limitations of the major international environmental management system standards ISO 14001 and EMAS in supporting the diffusion of advanced practices such as pollution prevention and product stewardship that are necessary for sustainable development. In doing so, it highlights that government‐led public environmental management remains crucial for organising governance, especially in the context of voluntary standards that are applied internationally.

Transição da norma ABNT NBR ISO 14001 versão 2004 para versão 2015 e proposta de atualização da matriz de aspectos e impactos ambientais de uma concessionária de rodovias

Com a crescente preocupação ambiental nas últimas décadas, as organizações passaram a dar maior importância às práticas sustentáveis. Surgem as Normas para os Sistemas de Gestão Ambiental (SGA), estabelecendo requisitos no intuito de prover às organizações uma estrutura para a proteção do meio ambiente. Mais de vinte anos após a primeira publicação, a ISO 14001 chega a sua terceira versão (2015), com o objetivo de se permanecer relevante durante as próximas décadas. A implantação de um SGA tem por premissa a identificação dos aspectos e impactos ambientais, o que representa o processo inicial exigido na implantação da Norma. Nesta edição, essa fase apresenta provavelmente a maior mudança em relação à versão anterior, devido à perspectiva do ciclo de vida. Este trabalho identifica as mudanças oriundas da edição 2015 e atualiza o levantamento de aspectos e impactos ambientais das principais atividades realizadas pela Triunfo Concepa, empresa do ramo de concessão e exploração de rodovias, certificada pela versão 2004 da Norma. Com a inserção de novos critérios para a avaliação dos impactos ambientais e a reconsideração dos aspectos atrelados à operação de uma rodovia, este trabalho pretende servir de apoio para que a organização estudada realize a transição para a última versão.

Information Management of Web Application Based Environmental Performance Management in Concentrating Division of PTFI

The changes of environmental management system standards into the latest version, i.e. ISO 14001:2015, may cause a change on a data and information need in decision making and achieving the objectives in the organization coverage. Information management is the organization’s responsibility to ensure that effectiveness and efficiency start from its creating, storing, processing and distribution processes to support operations and effective decision making activity in environmental performance management. The objective of this research was to set up an information management program and to adopt the technology as the supporting component of the program which was done by PTFI Concentrating Division so that it could be in line with the desirable organization objective in environmental management based on ISO 14001:2015 environmental management system standards. Materials and methods used covered technical aspects in information management, i.e. with web-based application development by using usage centered design. The result of this research showed that the use of Single Sign On gave ease to its user to interact further on the use of the environmental management system. Developing a web-based through creating entity relationship diagram (ERD) and information extraction by conducting information extraction which focuses on attributes, keys, determination of constraints. While creating ERD is obtained from relational database scheme from a number of database from environmental performances in Concentrating Division.

Contribution to Energy Management of the Main Standards for Environmental Management Systems: The Case of ISO 14001 and EMAS

The adoption of Energy Management Systems (EnMSs) based on international standards has gained momentum since the ISO 50001 standard was launched in 2011. Before that, the potential to improve the energy management with Environmental Management Systems (EMSs) based on ISO 14001 and EMAS was identified in the literature. However, no in-depth analysis reported in the literature has explored this claim. The need for research is now even more evident with the development of new versions of the standards for environmental management―ISO 14001:2015 and EMAS III. Since many companies that already have a certified EMSs might be uncertain whether to adopt an ISO 50001 based EnMSs, the present work aims to shed light on the contribution of ISO 14001:2015 and EMAS III to energy management. Furthermore, the work summarizes the results of an empirical exploratory study carried out in eight Spanish organizations, four with an EMS implemented and certified based on ISO 14001:2015 and four more with an EMS registered to EMAS III. The findings show that both ISO14001 and EMAS certified organizations carry out energy management practices, even though they have no formal EnMSs implemented. Implications for managers and policy makers are discussed, together with avenues for further research.

Tool for the identification and assessment of Environmental Aspects in Ports (TEAP)

A new tool to assist port authorities in identifying aspects and in assessing their significance (TEAP) has been developed. The present research demonstrates that although there is a high percentage of European ports that have already identified their Significant Environmental Aspects (SEA), most of these ports do not use any standardized method. This suggests that some of the procedures used may not necessarily be science-based, systematic in approach or appropriate for the purpose of implementing effective environmental management. For the port sector as a whole, where the free-exchange of environmental information and experience is an established policy of the European Sea Ports Organization's (ESPO) and the EcoPorts Network, developing a tool to assist ports in identifying SEAs can be very useful. This method has been developed in the framework of the PERSEUS research project, after analysing the strengths, weaknesses and challenges of the existing techniques, the recommendations from the Environmental Management System (EMS) standards and the advice of specialists. This is a computer-based tool (www.eports.cat) that provides a quick calculation and result, and it is designed to be as user-friendly as possible in order to facilitate its completion by the user (i.e. port environmental manager). This methodology comprises two main steps, firstly the identification of the major environmental aspects that may be generated in a port, and secondly, assessing their significance. This tool can be applied to any type of port but it provides specific results for each one.