Industrial Sectors’ Perceptions about the Benefits of Implementing ISO 14001 Standard: MANOVA and Discriminant Analysis Approach

The most frequent drawback of ISO 14001 observed in existing studies relates to the cost certification and implementation process. This requires scaling benefits adopting standard assign organizations limited resources based on each benefit scale. paper reports first research results that scale standard. A quantitative method was adopted, where data were collected using a questionnaire survey. total 120 respondents recruited from operating six industrial sectors take part study. MANOVA discriminant analysis methodologies used analyze 14 cited literature novel feature our approach is comprehensive statistical data, which yields robust due assumption satisfaction. demonstrated mean vector not equal per sector. Environmental management indicator dimensions can discriminate more than environmental awareness dimension. study provides insights into necessity assessing adaptation helps allocate their optimally support listing key performance indicators 14001. In addition, it calls for combining 9001:2015, 14001:2015, 45001:2018 one