Analysis of the barriers in implementing environmental management system by interpretive structural modeling approach

2017 ◽  
Vol 40 (12) ◽  
pp. 1316-1335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fan Yang ◽  
Xiongfei Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Management System ◽  
Panel Discussion ◽  
Structural Modeling ◽  
Environmental Management System ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Interpretive Structural Modeling ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Textile And Apparel ◽  
Apparel Companies

Purpose This paper aims to identify the most influential barriers for environmental management system (EMS) adoption and determine the interactions of these factors in the context of Chinese textile and apparel industries. Design/methodology/approach The study has conducted two different research phases, namely, the identification of 13 barriers from the extensive literature available and expert panel discussion and using interpretive structural modeling (ISM) to investigate the complex relationships among these barriers and partition the barriers into a hierarchical structure to facilitate strategic analysis. Findings The obtained result demonstrates that insufficient information about customer’s demand is the most influential barrier. Furthermore, by analyzing the interrelationships among the barriers, management will become more aware of the barriers’ relative importance and focus on the barriers with stronger influence. Originality/value This work may help practitioners, academicians and regulators to focus their efforts toward implementation of EMS on various levels in business, especially for these textile and apparel companies operating in China.

An assessment of the EMAS standard in developing an effective environmental strategy: an analysis of certified companies in Italy

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Federica Murmura ◽  
Laura Bravi ◽  
Gilberto Santos
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Management System ◽  
Environmental Management System ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Organizational Benefits ◽  
Critical Areas ◽  
Heterogeneous Effects ◽  
Mail Address

PurposeThe study provides an overview of the Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) standard and its potential in helping a company to improve its environmental performance. The work aims to investigate a company's perception towards the implementation of the EMAS environmental management system with the benefits and the critical areas derived from it, the overall assessment of the certification and its possible future developments.Design/methodology/approachThe study develops an empirical analysis of Italian EMAS III certified companies, through the administration of a questionnaire to all those Italian companies that were EMAS certified and that provided a valid e-mail address on the EMAS register. Overall, 231 Italian companies took part in the survey.FindingsThe results confirm the heterogeneous effects of an Environmental Management System depending on the company profile and highlight the positive influence of certification on environmental management. It emerges how the EMAS certification is approached more for internal reasons, and therefore gives more internal benefits to companies that implement it. Moreover, the time from which companies have been certified turns out to be a relevant factor for obtaining environmental and organizational benefits connected with EMAS certification.Originality/valueThe recent decrease in EMAS registrations has not been sufficiently studied, leaving unsolved questions for scholars, practitioners and policy-makers. Previous studies used a negativist perspective, identifying the barriers that led to the non-renewal of the certification. The present study aims to focus on the positive factors, which have led still active companies to renew the certification.

Understanding determinants of social networking service fatigue: an interpretive structural modeling approach

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin Xiao ◽  
Ting Pan ◽  
Jian Mou ◽  
Lihua Huang
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Impression Management ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Structural Modeling ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Privacy Concern ◽  
Social Networking Service ◽  
Interpretive Structural Modeling ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Factors Influencing

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to build a comprehensive structural model to demonstrate the interrelationships of factors influencing social networking service (SNS) fatigue and to identify the varying degrees of influence.Design/methodology/approachA total of 14 factors influencing SNS fatigue are identified through an extensive literature review. Interpretive structural modeling (ISM) and Matrice d'Impacts Croisés Multiplication Appliqué à un Classement (MICMAC) analysis are employed to build a hierarchical model and classify these factors into four clusters.FindingsThe results revealed that ubiquitous connectivity and immediacy of feedback are key factors contributing to SNS fatigue through their strong influence on other factors. Privacy concern, impression management concern and work–life conflict lead directly to SNS fatigue. In contrast, system feature overload and system pace of change are relatively insignificant in generating SNS fatigue.Originality/valueThis study represents an initial step toward comprehensively understanding the interrelationships among the factors leading to SNS fatigue and reveals how determinants of SNS fatigue are hierarchically organized, thus extending existing research on SNS fatigue. It also provides logical consistency in the ISM-based model for SNS fatigue by grouping identified factors into dependent and independent categories. Moreover, it extends the applicability of the integration of the ISM and MICMAC approaches to the phenomenon of SNS fatigue.

scholarly journals Environmental management system (EMS)

2015 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 1233-1253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Azilah Kasim
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Organizational Learning ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Management System ◽  
Systematic Approach ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Environmental Management System ◽  
Organization Learning ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – The paper aims to discuss the link or relationship between environmental management system (EMS) adoptions with organization learning (OL). It postulates that EMS adoption has the potential to catalyze organizational learning in hotels to make them more dynamic and competitive. Design/methodology/approach – The paper reviewed the literature to link the purpose and steps involved in an EMS adoption with the benefit of managing organizational knowledge and OL. It also uses the literature to identify phases of learning in EMS adoption and the level of employees exposed to the learning. Findings – There are two reasons why more hotels should not be hesitant to adopt EMS: flexibility – EMS does not dictate the level of environmental performance a firm should achieve, thus giving hotel firms the flexibility to determine the level of sophistication of their environmental management; and the building of company’s dynamism – EMS facilitates organizational learning, leading to enhanced organizational performance. Research limitations/implications – The proposed link between EMS implementation with OL in this paper can only be proven by means of empirical studies. Practical implications – Understanding the OL value of EMS adoption may persuade more hotel practitioners to adopt it. Originality/value – This paper proposes a link between a systematic approach to managing environmental responsibility with knowledge management in hotels.

Exploring and establishing the barriers to sustainable humanitarian supply chains using fuzzy interpretive structural modeling and fuzzy MICMAC analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Haidar Abbas ◽  
Zainab Asim ◽  
Zuhaib Ahmed ◽  
Sanyo Moosa
Keyword(s):  
Structural Modeling ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Other ◽  
Performance Measurement System ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Interpretive Structural Modeling ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Sustainable Solutions ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The continual onset of natural and manmade disasters propels the humanitarian supply chain (HSC) efforts (by organizations, groups and individuals) to always be on a stand-by mode with more and more sustainable solutions. Despite all the sincere and coordinated efforts from all the humanitarian agents and bodies, the likely sustainable outputs are hampered by certain barriers (impediments) which exist at different levels of the HSCs. A better understanding of such barriers and their mutual relationship is deemed helpful in improving the outcomes of humanitarian efforts. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to explore, refine, establish and classify these barriers which thwart the sustainable efforts of the HSCs individually as well as collectively. Design/methodology/approach An extensive literature review is conducted to identify these barriers which were followed by soliciting the experts’ inputs to update, refine and retain the contextually relevant ones. The opinions about the nine identified and refined barriers are taken from eight experts based in the Northern India who are having at least five years of experience in humanitarian operations. Fuzzy interpretive structural modeling (FISM) is used to examine and establish a hierarchical relationship among these barriers, whereas fuzzy Matrice d’impacts croisés multiplication appliquée á un classment analysis is carried out to further classify these barriers into dependent, autonomous, linkage and dependent barriers. Findings The analysis led to the formation of a FISM model where the operational challenges affecting the performance occupy the topmost position in the hierarchy. The results reveal that inconsistent motives, coordination and communication and operational challenges affecting the performance are the dependent, poor strategic planning, capacity-related challenges and poor performance measurement system are the autonomous, and financial challenges, locational challenges and lack of proper awareness are the independent barriers. Research limitations/implications The focus of the researchers was to study and examine these barriers to sustainable HSCs with special reference to the epidemics and pandemics (especially COVID-19), and it sheds light particularly arising during and post disaster phases. Practical implications The structural model contributed by this study is expected to be meaningful for practitioners besides enriching the body of literature. In the context of pandemics, it distinguishes itself from the other available frameworks. Social implications As this research has been carried out in the context of the novel COVID-19, the framework is expected to assist policymakers in comprehending the issues impeding the sustainability of noble humanitarian efforts. Thus, ultimately it is expected to contribute to the ultimate cause of society at large. Originality/value This research endeavor distinguishes itself from the other accessible published resources in terms of the specific context, the methodological approach and the nature of respondents. This paper concludes with the practical implications and directions for future research.

scholarly journals Characterisation of the drivers of environmental management system implementation

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Olugbenga Timo Oladinrin ◽  
Lekan Damilola Ojo
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Management System ◽  
Environmental Management System ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Management Measures ◽  
Cultural Strategies ◽  
Post Hoc ◽  
Large Enterprises

PurposeThe detrimental impacts of the construction industry activities, namely, toxicity of cement and concrete to the health of construction workers and the general public, have been reported in previous studies. Several environmental management measures were put in place by international organisations to reduce these impacts on humans and the entire ecosystem. Sadly, such environmental management measures are not widely embraced in the construction industry of developing countries. This contributes to the poor quality of life of construction stakeholders, amongst other outcomes. Therefore, this study investigated the drivers to facilitate an environmental management system (EMS) in the Nigerian construction industry (NCI).Design/methodology/approachquestionnaires retrieved from construction professionals in the micro, small, medium and large enterprises were used to conduct both descriptive and inferential statistics, namely, mean score, standard deviation, Kruskal–Wallis H test, post hoc test and factor analysis.FindingsThe analyses show that the drivers of EMS implementation in the NCI could be grouped into intellectual enhancement strategies, documentation and cultural strategies, and motivation and tracking strategies. The study concluded that training and education of relevant stakeholders, tracking compliance levels of organisations and recognising firms acting in compliance with stipulated “environmental” policy are essential. It was recommended that the collaboration of all construction stakeholders be upheld to aid EMS implementation in the NCI.Originality/valueThis paper investigated the drivers of EMS with the opinions of construction professionals in the mainstream of the NCI through survey using to ensure wide coverage of respondents. Investigating the view of construction professionals in the micro, small, medium and large enterprises helped determine possible significant differences. Thus, practical implications of the study were also provided in a systematic manner.

scholarly journals An Analysis of Drivers Affecting the Implementation of Environmental Management System in Indian Automotive Industries

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 4559-4565
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Management System ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Environmental Management System ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Societal Pressure ◽  
Standards And Regulations ◽  
Set Up

Due to various government regulations and many other environmental related problems industries have to focus on these issues if they want to make business in the competitive market. Implementation and certification of Environmental Management System (EMS) is very important for industries as it will help to remove many environmental related issues and for sustainable development. Environmental related issues play different role in developed and developing countries. Developed countries have set up their own environmental standards and regulations which should be fulfilled by industries of other countries to have business with them. Regulatory pressure play important role to save environment but other factors like customer awareness, competitor’s pressure, societal pressure etc. are also important. Environmental issues related to automotive sectors need appropriate investigations in developing countries. Various drivers which create pressure on companies to adopt EMS practices are identified by extensive literature review which is the main objective of this paper. It includes providing a background on related concepts, literature review on various environment related issues and the concluding remarks for this review to save environment to some extent.

scholarly journals Student-led environmental management system in Chiba University

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (8) ◽  
pp. 1358-1375
Author(s):  
Sakiko Okayama
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Management System ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Environmental Management System ◽  
Practical Case ◽  
Social Evaluation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Business Skills ◽  
Making Friends ◽  
The University

Purpose This paper aims to explain the student-led environmental management system (EMS) based on ISO14001 which Chiba University has continued for 15 years. It describes its structure “Chiba University Method”, the students’ activities and their collaboration with companies. It also analyzes the advantages and the issues. Readers can reconsider these mechanisms and results to examine whether they could introduce the student-led EMS in their own university. Design/methodology/approach Four critical points are explained concerning the “Chiba University Method”. The advantages are analyzed by the data and the questionnaire survey. Findings It has been found that student-led EMS has an effect of practical education on the students and an improvement of social evaluation on the university, as well as a reduction of environmental burdens. For students, in addition to the direct merit of obtaining credits, they receive a sense of accomplishment through gaining practical experience, thereby realizing improvements in business skills and making friends through activities. These are good incentives to participating in various activities. However, there are also problems that occur due to student-led EMS, and it is necessary for faculties to be aware and correspond with them. Research limitations/implications This paper is based on the experience of one Japanese University. Social implications As this case falls under the practical case of active learning, it is expected that other universities could also introduce this system. Originality/value It is rare that the students manage the EMS based on ISO14001 with educational effects included in the results. At Chiba University, moreover, students are making environmental contributions to local communities through collaboration with companies.

scholarly journals Evaluation of the integration level of quality and environmental management systems in a tire manufacturer

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thais Coutinho Gonçalves Silva ◽  
Rosley Anholon ◽  
Izabela Simon Rampasso ◽  
Osvaldo Luiz Gonçalves Quelhas ◽  
Walter Leal Filho ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Management System ◽  
Quality Management System ◽  
Environmental Management System ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Environmental Management Systems ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Integration Data

PurposeThis article aims to evaluate the integration level of a quality management system (QMS) and an environmental management system (EMS) in a tire manufacturer and propose a guide to evaluate the integration of these systems in companies.Design/methodology/approachThe methodological strategies used in this research were literature review; and case study, with interviews to verify professionals' perception about benefits from integration. Data from interviews were analyzed through Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS).FindingsThe results showed that the studied company has a simple level of integration, observing only some low intensity benefits. Thus, it was recommended that the company partially integrate its management systems (MSs) before evolving into something more complex. The literature and the findings of case study were used as basis for proposing a guide to evaluate MS integration.Originality/valueLessons learned throughout the study and the suggested guide can support other companies to assess the integration level of their QMS and EMS. Thus, the findings presented here can be useful for researchers and managers.

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