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  2. 1. Extending the Environmental Focus to Supply Chains. ISO 14001 as an Inter-Organizational Tool?

    Author : Dagmara Nawrocka; Institutionen för tjänstevetenskap; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; ISO 14001; environmental supply chain management; environmental management systems; Corporate environmental management;

    Abstract : In the wake of preventive thinking, attention has turned towards a life cycle perspective of products. Businesses can no longer ignore the environmental impacts of the products outside the borders of their own facilities. READ MORE

  4. 2. MIMS - Multi Integrated Management Systems for Quality, Environment and Systematic Work Environment : A General management system, based on large Swedish companies

    Author : Hugo Eliasson; Lars Sörqvist; Thomas Zobel; KTH; []
    Keywords : Management System; Integrated Management; Multi; Integration; Quality; Environment; Systematic Work Environment; ISO 9001; ISO 14001; AFS 2001:1 and OHSAS 18001;

    Abstract : This thesis describes mature Multi Integrated Management System (MIMS), mainly within Swedish companies, certified against three or more certificates. Other criteria have been to have a business system, usually SAP R/3 and that the companies investigated have had more than 200 employees. READ MORE

  5. 3. Behind the ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 certificates : an investigation of quality and environmental management practices in Swedish organisations

    Author : Bożena Poksiʹnska; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY;

    Abstract : The past decade witnessed a remarkable growth in the number of organisations worldwide seeking to implement the ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 series. More than 160 countries have adopted ISO 9000 and the number of certificates grew by around 70,000 per annum in the last five years. READ MORE

  6. 4. How do standardised environmental management systems affect environmental performance and business?

    Author : Jonas Ammenberg; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : Environmental management systems; EMS; ISO 14001; small and medium-sized enterprises; SME; continual improvement; environmental aspect; environmental performance;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to increase the understanding of what a standardised environmental management system (EMS) is, can be, and is not. The EMS infrastructure, i.e. the standards for EMSs and corresponding systems for their application, is analysed to find out how"ft affects the environmental efforts of companies. READ MORE

  7. 5. From Green Image to Green Practice : Normative action and self-regulation

    Author : Minna Gillberg; Rättssociologiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; IPPC Directive; ISO 14001; EMAS; sustainability; norm world; ethical deliberation; phronesis; environmental management system; self-regulation; advanced practice; normative action; Environmental Protection Act; sociology of law; Sociology; Sociologi;

    Abstract : Ever since environmental issues appeared on the agenda of modern industrial society, through the work of whistle blowers such as Rachel Carson, Georg Borgström, Björn Gillberg and Hans Palmstierna, the Swedish state has exerted itself to project a green image. In practice this image has merely functioned as a defence for the legitimacy of industrial development. READ MORE