Benefits, threats and getting started with Environmental Management Systems: views of primary producers and catchment managers in Victoria, Australia

2007 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 303 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. J. Seymour
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Regional Differences ◽  
Environmental Management System ◽  
Catchment Management ◽  
Community Perception ◽  
Primary Producers ◽  
Response Data ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
Market Benefits

In Victoria, as in many parts of Australia, there is a mixed understanding of what comprises an Environmental Management System (EMS), particularly among professionals in government and industry and landholders. To help overcome this issue, the Victorian government (then Natural Resources and Environment) and the Victorian Farmers Federation formed a partnership in 2003 to promote EMS adoption and coordinate EMS activity on a statewide basis. The Natural Resources and Environment and Victorian Farmers Federation partnership held a series of 11 workshops for catchment management authority regions across Victoria. The purpose was to seek advice from primary producers and catchment managers about how EMS might realistically be implemented and promoted. This paper explores the issues raised at these workshops and the implications they have for EMS adoption and promotion in Victoria, with regard to: (i) potential benefits of implementing EMS on farms; (ii) potential threats to the implementation of EMS on farms; and (iii) how to get started with EMS. A total of 213 people participated in the workshops including 144 landholders. There were some important regional differences in the response data. Improved community perception was seen as a major benefit of EMS (13% of all responses), as were possible market benefits (12%). The major threats to implementation included perceived ‘regulatory creep’ and suspicion of government (14% of responses) and that EMS was a political instrument (13%). Primary producers and catchment managers thought that building on existing schemes and groups was an ideal way to get started with EMS. These results provide a useful basis for how EMS is promoted in Victoria. Ensuring that EMS is driven by industry without being government-heavy is perceived as very important. Better coordination between stakeholders, the provision of practical EMS products and the use of existing groups is a sensible way forward, but in practice this will be difficult to achieve.

scholarly journals Drivers for uptake of environmental management systems by pastoralists in western Queensland

2007 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. I. Pahl ◽  
L. Z. Weier ◽  
N. M. Sallur ◽  
A. L. Bull ◽  
B. M. Howard
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Financial Incentives ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Environmental Management System ◽  
Barriers To Adoption ◽  
Red Tape ◽  
Market Benefits ◽  
Industry Sectors ◽  
Training Opportunities ◽  
Considerable Pressure

Pastoralists from 37 beef cattle and sheep properties in western Queensland developed and implemented an environmental management system (EMS) over 18 months. The EMS implemented by them was customised for the pastoral industry as part of a national EMS pilot project, and staff from this project encouraged and assisted pastoralists during this trial. The 31 pastoralists surveyed at the end of the pilot project identified few benefits of EMS implementation, and these were largely associated with environmental management and sustainability. In terms of the reasons for uptake of an EMS, these pastoralists identified drivers similar to those reported in other primary industry sectors. These included improving property and environmental management, financial incentives, a range of market benefits, assistance with red tape issues, access to other training opportunities and assistance and support with the development of their EMS. However, these drivers are weak, and are not motivating pastoralists to adopt an EMS. In contrast, barriers to adoption such as the time involved in developing and implementing EMS are tangible and immediate. Given a lack of effective drivers and that pastoralists are under considerable pressure from ongoing rural adjustment processes, it is not surprising that an EMS is a low priority. It is concluded that widespread uptake and on-going use of an EMS in the pastoral industry will not occur unless pastoralists are required or rewarded for this by markets, governments, financiers, and regional natural resource management bodies.

scholarly journals Ecological Convergence in the System of Sustainable Development of the Russian Economy

2021 ◽  
Vol 278 ◽  
pp. 03020
Author(s):  
Sergey Zhironkin ◽  
Olga Zhironkina ◽  
Dawid Szurgacz
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Management System ◽  
Anthropogenic Impact ◽  
Environmental Management System ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Russian Economy ◽  
Harmful Emissions ◽  
Ecological Convergence

Currently, studies of the problems of convergence of leading countries in terms of the lean use of natural resources, the reduction of harmful emissions and the transition to using new types of energy carriers are highly relevant, with regard to sustainable development mainstream. At the same time, the majority of authors consider convergent processes from an economic or socio-political point of view. In this regard, the article examines the issues of ecological convergence, as a special structural shift in the economy, leading to radical positive changes in the environmental management system and a decrease in anthropogenic impact on the environment.

scholarly journals Planning and formulation of environmental management system for Indian infrastructure projects

2019 ◽  
Vol 277 ◽  
pp. 02017
Author(s):  
C Akin ◽  
R Samuel Devadoss ◽  
V Vandhana Devi
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Management System ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Environmental Management System ◽  
Impact Reduction ◽  
The Impact

Every year the impact on natural environment is more due to consumption of natural resources for large infrastructure and construction projects. Even though by implementing modern construction techniques and low cost effective materials the volume of impact reduction is not efficient. India is a country which has enormous natural resources and it has been utilized for large infrastructure and construction projects which makes an environmental impact. This present paper focuses on planning and formulation of Environmental Management System (EMS) to reduce the environmental impact due to large infrastructure and construction projects. The planning of EMS is done based on the environmental impact checklist provided by Ministry of Environmental and Forest Climate change (MoEF&CC) under Government of India and the Formulation is done through PERT and CPM techniques which is to implement EMS in short duration to reduce environmental impact through large infrastructure and construction projects. Finally, the Planning and Formulation of EMS gives solution to reduce more volume of environmental impacts due to large infrastructure and construction projects.

ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUSTAINABLE INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES IN POLAND

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-143
Author(s):  
Bogumiła Smolorz
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Environmental Management ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Environmental Management System ◽  
Business Activity ◽  
Industrial Enterprises ◽  
Polish Society

The presented article indicates the direction of implementation of the strategy for sustainable development of Polish industrial enterprises. This strategy should consist in implementing an environmental management system based on eco-innovations in various areas of business activity of enterprises. Accelerating the implementation of such systems in industrial enterprises will affect the protection of natural resources, reduce degradation of the natural environment, inhibit climate change, and improve the quality of life of Polish society.

scholarly journals Carbon Emissions Disclosure, Environmental Management System, and Environmental Performance: Evidence from the Plantation Industries in Indonesia

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 215
Author(s):  
Pikar Setiawan ◽  
Sri Iswati
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Carbon Emissions ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Management System ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Environmental Management System ◽  
Iso 14001 ◽  
Government Regulations ◽  
Linear Regressions

This study aims to examine the relationships between the environmental management system, environmental performance, and carbon emissions disclosure in Indonesia, a country with rich natural resources. The study focuses on the plantation industries so as to better capture the disclosure behavior of companies directly engaged in natural resources. They were all registered on the Indonesian Stock Exchange (IDX) from 2013 to 2017. The testing of the hypotheses uses multiple linear regressions. Test-F shows a model that is stable and significant. The research results show two variables that have been proven to be insignificant with regard to carbon emissions, namely the environmental management system and leverage. Research further proves that ISO 14001 and leverage did not affect the commitment to express carbon emissions. Environmental performance and age firms in this research have affected positive and significant impacts on disclosure of carbon emissions in the plantation industries. This demonstrates that companies that receive the PROPER Awards from the Ministry of Environment and Forestry are those with good environmental performance in accordance with government regulations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

scholarly journals Views on sustainability and the willingness to adopt an environmental management system in the Mexican vegetable sector

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 423-436 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luz E. Padilla-Bernal ◽  
Alfredo Lara-Herrera ◽  
Alberto Vélez Rodríguez ◽  
María L. Loureiro
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
Environmental Problems ◽  
Environmental Management System ◽  
The State ◽  
Environmental Management Systems ◽  
Vegetable Production ◽  
Willingness To Adopt ◽  
Production Practices

In Mexico, agriculture’s main environmental problems are related to water resources, deforestation and soil erosion. These problems are more acute in arid or semiarid regions such as in the state of Zacatecas. Environmental management systems (EMS) can be an alternate means for improving environmental conditions. In this study, factors that determine willingness to adopt an EMS in the vegetable production units of the state of Zacatecas were identified. We also analysed views on sustainability and production practices oriented toward environmental management and care of natural resources, as well as drivers and barriers to EMS adoption. Factors determining EMS adoption were level of education, awareness of the importance of caring for and protecting natural resources, application of agricultural practices oriented toward protecting the environment, and ignorance of environmental problems.

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