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Collecting, analysing and reporting on environmental information and data
Published in Adrian Belcham, Manual of Enviromental Management, 2014
ISO 14031 is part of the ISO 14000 series and introduces a performance evaluation process that can be used as part of an EMS or that may be used as a feedback loop and performance improvement mechanism in its own right. The approach focuses on the use of performance indicators relevant to the organisation's activities and the context in which it operates. The Standard describes two general categories of indicators: environmental performance indicators (EPIs);environmental condition indicators (ECls).
Tracking and Trending Performance
Published in Frances Alston, Brian K. Perkins, Strategic Environmental Performance, 2020
Frances Alston, Brian K. Perkins
Companies can begin identifying specific indicators for environmental performance by determining those activities or functions within the organizational elements of the company that can affect or interact with the environment. Environmental management systems such as ISO 14001 and ISO 14031 refer to these activities as environmental aspects (International Organization for Standardization 2015). Identifying the environmental aspects within a company can be pivotal in helping managers to better understand the types of environmental performance indicators (EPIs) that can be most beneficial for the needs of the company.
ISO 14001 combined to cost deployment (EMS-CD): a new financial vision
Published in International Journal of Production Research, 2021
Jaouad Abisourour, Mohsine Hachkar, Badia Mounir, Abdelmajid Farchi
The environmental performance indicators are also divided, according to the ISO 14031, into two categories (Figure 2): Management Performance Indicators: They measure the management’s effort to influence the environmental performance of the organisation’s operations and the operational performance indicators which measure the performance of the organisation operations with regard to the generation of waste, discharges, and emissions.
Eco-efficient production for industrial small and medium-sized enterprises through energy optimisation: framework and evaluation
Published in Production Planning & Control, 2021
WBSCD prescribes the use of an evaluation system based on input-output ratios for reporting and benchmarking an enterprise’s eco-efficiency at regional and global level (WBCSD 2000). Adoption of these eco-efficiency indicators allows the monitoring of economic and environmental performance in a simple, systematic and consistent manner. In this regard, life cycle Assessment (LCA) (Hunt, Franklin, and Hunt 1996) is an evaluation tool for the environmental impacts associated with the stages of a product/service lifecycle i.e. from raw material production to their end of life. LCA allows to identify the stage of an enterprise’ operations or supply chain, which contributes significantly to the environmental issues such as persistent pollution or global warming (Heiskanen 2002). However, LCA has limitations as an eco-efficiency evaluation tool. It is based on only the environment consequences of an enterprise’ upstream and downstream processes (Lucato, Júnior, and da Silva Santos 2015; Pflieger et al. 2005). Environment management accounting (EMA) is an alternative tool, which integrates economic aspects with LCA for monitoring the operations and supply chain impact on eco-efficiency. EMA facilitates in developing an understanding of the full spectrum of environmental costs of non-prevention approaches as well as the economic benefits of pollution prevention or cleaner production, thereby creating an internal demand for the adoption of energy-efficient and cleaner production processes (Burritt and Saka 2006). Though EMA is potentially a valuable tool for controlling environmental pollution, the availability of reliable industry data on the economic value of environment-friendly goods/services had been a barrier to its adoption. Additionally, the global standards for environment management such as ISO 14001 (specifically ISO 14031:2013) prescribe the design and use of environment performance indicators (EPIs) by the enterprises to communicate the link between their financial and environmental performance (Silva and Medeiros 2004). However, the key objective of reporting EPIs is limited to checking the adherence of an enterprise’s environmental performance with the criteria set by its executive management (Lucato, Júnior, and da Silva Santos 2015).