This study investigates stakeholder opinions of the major benefits and barriers of Environmental Management Systems (EMS) to the Nigerian construction industry, and the perceived issues to EMS adoption among organisations in the industry. The study highlights the environment as an important stakeholder in the industry because it affects and is affected by construction activities on a regular basis. It identifies the importance of ISO 14001 in ensuring adequate consideration for the environment is maintained on construction projects. The research adopts a quantitative approach by analysing responses from an online survey among construction industry professionals in Nigeria. The questions on the survey were drawn from a similar study carried out in Asia and the results were analysed using the Weighted Average and Standard Deviation statistical approach. Results reveal that the major benefits of EMS to the Nigerian construction industry were improved efficiency in waste management and environmental protection, as well as an overall increase in employee motivation due to better opportunities for training and development. Lack of technological support in organisations and the high cost of implementing EMS were viewed as the major barriers towards its uptake in construction companies. The findings also indicate that a feasible EMS implementation strategy must not ignore the unique nature of the Nigerian construction industry, which comprises mostly small and medium enterprises. The study concludes by recommending the use of a waste management plan based on the Reuse-Reduce-Recycle-Recover model and an employee training plan to ensure continuous improvement in the organisation’s environmental management strategy.

这项研究调查了利益相关者对环境管理系统（EMS）对尼日利亚建筑业的主要好处和障碍以及该行业组织之间采用EMS的感知问题的意见。该研究强调环境是该行业的重要利益相关者，因为环境会定期影响建筑活动并受其影响。它确定了ISO 14001在确保在建设项目中保持对环境的充分考虑的重要性。该研究采用定量方法，通过分析尼日利亚建筑行业专业人士的在线调查得出的答复。调查中的问题来自于亚洲进行的类似研究，并使用加权平均值和标准差统计方法对结果进行了分析。结果表明，EMS对尼日利亚建筑业的主要好处是废物管理和环境保护效率的提高，以及由于培训和发展机会的增加，员工积极性全面提高。组织中缺乏技术支持以及实施EMS的高昂成本被视为建筑公司采用EMS的主要障碍。调查结果还表明，可行的EMS实施策略一定不能忽视尼日利亚建筑业的独特性质，该产业主要由中小型企业组成。