A study of the Environmental Management System implementation practices

This paper is based on a survey to analyze the current Environmental Management System (EMS), or Green Manufacturing (GM), practices in Hong Kong. The survey focuses, in particular, on the investigation of: (i) the critical factors that most companies have considered in implementing the GM or EMS; (...

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Published in:	Journal of cleaner production 2001, Vol.9 (3), p.269-276
Main Authors:	Hui, I.K, Chan, Alan H.S, Pun, K.F
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Environmental Management System Environmental quality Green Manufacturing ISO 14000
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Summary:	This paper is based on a survey to analyze the current Environmental Management System (EMS), or Green Manufacturing (GM), practices in Hong Kong. The survey focuses, in particular, on the investigation of: (i) the critical factors that most companies have considered in implementing the GM or EMS; (ii) the benefits that the companies have targeted in implementing the GM/EMS; (ii) the business activities that the companies have carried out in striving for the targeted benefits; and (iv) the business benefits attainable in the implementation of the GM/EMS. The study results show that most of the companies used in the survey have a positive attitude towards the implementation of the GM/EMS. The majority of them also consider that GM/EMS can effectively strengthen their competitiveness in business.
ISSN:	0959-6526 1879-1786