The last decade of the 20th century witnessed rapid growth in the adoption of various environmental management systems (EMS) within organisations. Environmental consultants and auditors play an intricate role in the interpretation, implementation and certification of an EMS. This paper presents the experiences of eight leading auditors with respect to the adoption of EMS/ISO 14001 by Australian...

In this paper, we respond to calls by previous researchers to clarify the function of decentralized institutions by analyzing the strategic motives of individual actors. We investigate an important type of decentralized institution – certified management standards – and theorize that firms will use these institutions to reduce problems that might arise with exchange partners that lack informati...

The aim of this paper is to assess the adequacy and desirability of applying environmental management accounting techniques and to prioritize them using the AHP method in companies with ISO 14001 certificate in Iran. As Islamic companies they adhere to Islamic principles and standards and protect the environment according to Sharia law in Islam. First, through questionnaires, we examined the de...

The case study is based on ISO 14001 and compares the validation with other certified industries. In view of the above, response has been collected to have further improvements through developed model which was prepared based on the factorization of various input and output variables which is linked to the clauses of ISO 14001. The developed model has represented almost all the clauses of ISO 1...

Kondisi pencemaran lingkungan yang meningkat setiap tahunnya menuntut perhatian dari semua pihak. Selain itu pertumbuhan industri semakin marak saat ini, membutuhkan komitmen dan tanggung jawab para pelaku untuk ikut serta menjaga agar tetap lestari. Penerapan Sistem Manajemen Lingkungan (SML) ISO 14000, menjamin konsumen masyarakat akan tersebut. Persaingan pasar kompetitif, menginisiasi PT. S...