Implementation of Environmental Management Systems in Swedish industry

Author

Bäckmar, J. ; Ritzén, S. ; Norell, M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Machine Design, R. Inst. of Technol., Stockholm, Sweden

fYear

1999

fDate

1-3 Feb 1999

Firstpage

539

Lastpage

544

Abstract

This paper reports results and conclusions based on interviews concerning the implementation of Environmental Management Systems in Swedish industry. The main question areas were: How is ISO 14001 implemented? What are the effects/results of the system? Do key factors exist for successful implementation? The results show that management support is crucial to the success, and that initiation of the ISO 14001 should be made at the corporate level, furthermore, planning is considered as an important activity but is often overseen. Having a full time employee in the project is also judged to be a key for success. Effects of the system are e.g., energy savings, material savings and subsequently, cost savings

Keywords

ISO standards; environmental factors; management; Environmental Management Systems; ISO 14001 implementation; Swedish industry; corporate level; cost savings; energy savings; full time project employee; management support; material savings; planning; Companies; Costs; Environmental management; ISO standards; Medical services; Monitoring; Petroleum; Planning; Standards development; Sustainable development;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, 1999. Proceedings. EcoDesign '99: First International Symposium On

Conference_Location

Tokyo

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0007-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECODIM.1999.747670

Filename

747670