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Safety Management Systems and Guidelines
Published in Ron C. McKinnon, Risk-based, Management-led, Audit-driven, Safety Management Systems, 2016
An environmental management system helps organizations identify, manage, monitor and control their environmental issues in a “holistic” manner. Other ISO standards that look at different types of management systems, such as ISO 9001 for quality management and ISO 45001 for occupational health and safety, all use a High-Level Structure. This means that ISO 14001 can be integrated easily into any existing ISO management system. ISO 14001 is suitable for organizations of all types and sizes, be they private, not-for-profit, or governmental. It requires that an organization considers all environmental issues relevant to its operations, such as air pollution, water and sewage issues, waste management, soil contamination, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and resource use and efficiency.
Mining and the Environment
Published in Sheila Devasahayam, Kim Dowling, Manoj K. Mahapatra, Sustainability in the Mineral and Energy Sectors, 2016
Greg You, Dakshith Ruvin Wijesinghe
Environmental management systems (EMS) provide a systematic framework for organisations to assess the significant environmental impacts that may occur due to the organisations’ activities. All environmental issues that are related to mining operations are managed under EMS. There are five basic components as follows: Environmental policyPlanningImplementation and operationChecking and corrective actionManagement review (Environmntal Management, 2015)
Partnership for Sustainable Development
Published in Clara Inés Pardo Martínez, Alexander Cotte Poveda, Environmental Sustainability and Development in Organizations, 2021
Paola Andrea Calderón-Cuartas, Javier Mauricio Naranjo-Vasco, Cristian Moreira-Segurd, Wilmar Osorio-Viand
Participation and collaborative action among stakeholders are an essential factor in advancing any environmental management process for sustainable development (Nelson 2017, UN 2015). These processes must be worked from different levels such as citizenship, social organizations, government entities, companies and educational institutions among others, allowing different actors to make decisions oriented toward sustainability from each of their roles. A key aspect in these processes is raising awareness for changes in individual and collective behaviors, which to be effective must be done through environmental education programs that in addition to information and knowledge about the topic of interest include the competencies for action (AdornBent et al. 2014).
Proportional optimization forecasting analysis of photovoltaic and coal-fired power in 2050, China: the economic and environmental perspectives
Published in Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects, 2023
Lu Wang, Jiawen Liu, Chenglong Wang, Peng Wang
The life cycle assessment (LCA) is an effective tool in environmental management, and it can be used to study the environmental impacts that connected to all stages of a products from cradle to grave (Fan et al. 2018; Hadi and Heidari 2021). However, LCA only considers the impacts that brought to environments or natural, this research simultaneously adopted the life cycle costing (LCC) to comprehensively evaluate the differences between PV and CFP from both environmental and economic perspectives. LCC was first proposed in 1960 by United States Department of Defense (Zira et al. 2021) which is used to figure out all the costs related to a product (Naves et al. 2019). Based on the LCOE method, Fan et al. (2018) calculated the life-cycle cost of a coal-fired power plant (CFP) with carbon capture and storage (CCS) and natural gas power plants (NGPP) while considering the carbon emissions. Fan et al. (2018) calculated the LCOE of CFP with CCS and other types of renewable energy and studied the cost components of every type of power generation to analyze the sensitivity of key factors affecting the LCOE. To quantify the economic and environmental differences between PV and CFP, this study calculated the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) and carbon emission of unit power (UCE).
Quality and green management for operational and environmental performance: relational capital in supply chain management
Published in International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, 2022
Rong Wu, Baofeng Huo, Yubing Yu, Zuopeng(Justin) Zhang
GSCM practices are increasingly recognised as systematic and comprehensive mechanisms to help firms achieve superior operational and environmental performance (Zhu and Sarkis 2004; Zhu et al. 2008, 2010; Green et al. 2012; Lai and Wong 2012). For instance, GSCM practices, such as green purchasing and certification, can enhance firms' operational performance (Zhu and Sarkis 2004; Green et al. 2012). Environmental management practices allow firms to reduce costs, improve efficiency, and enhance product quality, while the use of environmental management systems helps firms to improve their operational performance in the aspects of cost efficiency, quality, delivery, flexibility, and reputation (Melnyk, Sroufe, and Calatone 2003; Lai and Wong 2012). Similarly, GSCM practices play a significant role in improving firms' environmental performance (Zhu and Sarkis 2004; Green et al. 2012; Zhu and Sarkis 2013; Zhu et al. 2016). The green management initiatives, such as green purchasing and customer green cooperation, help firms to reduce carbon emission, wastewater, solid wastes, and the consumption of hazardous materials in supply chains (Yu, Zhang, and Huo 2019). Therefore, propose the following hypotheses. H4a. GSCM is positively related to firms' operational performance.H4b. GSCM is positively related to firms' environmental performance.
Sustainable supply chain management in stakeholders: supporting from sustainable supply and process management in the healthcare industry in Vietnam
Published in International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, 2022
Ming-Lang Tseng, Hien Minh Ha, Ming K. Lim, Kuo-Jui Wu, Mohammad Iranmanesh
Environmental management system (C5) such as the ISO 14001 provides a set of instruction that enables firm to better control its environmental impacts as well as practical tools for firm to manage its environmental responsibilities. This practice maps out a framework that any firms regardless of their activity or sector need to follow to establish an effective environmental management. Using environmental management system provides assurance to firm’s management and employees as well as external stakeholders that environmental impact is being measured and improved. The first thing to build an environmental management system is to define the company's goals for environmental issues, namely which environmental activities the firm needs to improve and how they support other activities. The next step is to obtain the commitment from top management to support the development and implementation of environmental management system by explaining the strengths and weaknesses of firm's current approach and how financial and environmental outcomes are impacted by those limitations; thereby, convincing the management of benefits of this practice. Select an environmental management system champion to set up an implementation team and involve employees is the following step that needs to be taken. Finally, the firm needs to regularly check the progress against their goals and project plan, and inform this progress within the firm.