The Effectiveness of Emas as a Management Tool
A Key Role for the Internalization of Environmental Practices
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20413877 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Francesco Testa (0000-0003-4494-8146, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, corresponding author), Fabio Iraldo (0000-0001-6154-5918, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna), Tiberio Daddi (0000-0002-9716-3388, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 48-69 |
| Publication date | 2018-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Organization & Environment (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1086-0266 • E-ISSN: 1552-7417 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1086026616687609 |
| OpenAlex | W2572679302 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 75 |
A very extensive academic debate is currently ongoing regarding the managerial decision to adopt an environmental management system compliant with ISO 14001 or Eco Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS), and the respective effectiveness of the two metastandards. According to the institutional theory, the adoption of metastandards is driven by the need for social legitimacy, thus generating isomorphism among firms. The few existing studies on the internalization of these standards requirements have considered only specific aspects of the management system, such as the use of operational procedures in daily practices or employee involvement. To fill this gap, we investigated the level of internalization of EMAS requirements, taking into account all the key elements of the Deming Cycle. Using data from 224 questionnaires from EMAS organizations, we tested whether EMAS adopters with a higher internalization of its requirements (a) have better environmental performance and (b) are more motivated to make environmental investments. Our results clearly show that opting for a metastandard does not necessarily lead to homogenous behaviors among adopters. However, the level of internalization of its requirements both in terms of the strategies and daily operational procedures is a key determinant in achieving a real improvement in performance
Audit · Business · Computer security · Economics · Environmental resource management · Internalization · Knowledge management · Legitimacy · Mediation · Operations management · Process management · Computer Science · Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting · Engineering · Environmental Sustainability in Business · Sustainable Supply Chain Management · Accounting
The Effects of Mandatory and Voluntary Regulatory Pressures on Firms’ Environmental Strategies
Governance and management drivers of ESG-washing in the pharmaceutical industry
Internalization of Management Systems and Eco‐Product Innovation
Firms' Green Responses to Environmental Regulations
Purpose-washing? The strategic role of rhetoric
Are small and medium enterprises defining their business models to reach a symbolic or substantive environmental legitimacy
Implicit incentives in green public procurement
The Role of Voluntary Environmental Policies Towards Achieving Circularity
Through the Smokescreen of the Dieselgate Disclosure
Contingency in Business Sustainability Research and in the Sustainability Service Industry
Throwing light on the relationship between voluntary environmental certification and corporates’ financial performance
Effectiveness of Emas
Shedding light on the motivations and performance of the eco-management and audit scheme (Emas)
After Greenwashing
Partial Proportional Odds Models for Ordinal Response Variables
Does It Pay to Be Green? A Systematic Overview
Internalization of Environmental Practices and Institutional Complexity
Organizational Citizenship Behaviour for the Environment
How the Market Values Greenwashing? Evidence from China
Effects of "Best Practices" of Environmental Management on Cost Advantage
The Drivers of Greenwashing
Corporate Greening Through ISO 14001
Environmental Policy, Innovation and Performance
Greenwash
Green Human Resource Management
The Determinants of an Environmentally Responsive Firm
A Caution Regarding Rules of Thumb for Variance Inflation Factors
Strategic Responses to Institutional Processes
What is coefficient alpha? An examination of theory and applications.
Estimation and inference in econometrics
Linking Organizational and Field-Level Analyses
Greenwashing in Corporate Environmentalism Research and Practice
Do environmental management systems improve environmental performance? Empirical evidence from Italian companies
The influence of different characteristics of the EU environmental management and auditing scheme on technical environmental innovations and economic performance
Opportunism and environmental management systems
Why do manufacturing facilities introduce environmental management systems? Improving and/or signaling performance
Covenants with weak swords
The diffusion of environmental management standards in Europe and in the United States
Sensitive questions in surveys
Toward a New Conception of the Environment-Competitiveness Relationship
| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1.86 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |