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Environmental best practice and performance benchmarks among EMAS-certified organizations: An empirical study
Environmental Impact Assessment Review ( IF 6.122 ) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 , DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2019.106315
Iñaki Heras-Saizarbitoria , Olivier Boiral , María García , Erlantz Allur

Abstract Voluntary certifiable environmental management standards such as ISO 14001 and EMAS have been extensively adopted and disseminated worldwide, but the rigorous assessment of the real effectiveness of these tools is challenging. There is a need for more research focused on the concrete operational implications for certified organizations. The analysis of the best in class practices of certified organization has been overlooked. In order to fill this gap, this article assesses the use of environmental best practices and performance benchmarks among EMAS-registered organizations. For that purpose, 178 environmental statements assessed by independent third-party verifiers from the Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian hotel industry are analyzed. The findings show poor use of best practices and performance benchmarks among certified organizations. The idea that EMAS signals environmentally best in class or frontrunner behavior is open to question. Implications for policy makers, managers, and other stakeholders are discussed.

中文翻译:

EMAS 认证组织的环境最佳实践和绩效基准:一项实证研究

摘要 ISO 14001 和EMAS 等自愿认证的环境管理标准已在全球范围内广泛采用和传播,但对这些工具的实际有效性进行严格评估具有挑战性。需要进行更多研究,重点关注对认证组织的具体运营影响。对获证组织最佳实践的分析被忽视了。为了填补这一空白,本文评估了 EMAS 注册组织对环境最佳实践和绩效基准的使用。为此,我们分析了由来自西班牙、葡萄牙和意大利酒店业的独立第三方验证机构评估的 178 份环境声明。调查结果表明,获得认证的组织对最佳实践和绩效基准的使用不佳。EMAS 在同类或领先行为中表现出最佳环境信号的想法是值得商榷的。讨论了对政策制定者、管理者和其他利益相关者的影响。
更新日期:2020-01-01
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