environmental management systems
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INTRODUCTION
Mining operations are strategic and essential industrial activities on which the economy of several countries is based (19), (20); howe...
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This article examines the institutional impact of environmental management systems (EMSs), focusing on ISO 1400 1. It develops a pluralistic framework for thinking about the dynamic of corporate self-regulation that we term the polyphonic model. It argues that the adoption of ISO 14001 can move the firm into a new equilibrium trajectory, which enmeshes together environmental and economic goals and reflects greater sensitivity to ecological concerns. There is a positive reciprocal cycle between the pro-environmental structural changes induced by ISO 14001 and the employees' attitudes toward the firm and the environment. In order to examine ISO 14001 institutional impact, we conducted a series of interviews with managers and administered questionnaires to employees in 24 Israeli firms wit...
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INTRODUCTION
This article provides a brief introduction to the chemical industry, its economic contribution, and its environmental problems. Th...
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To: TECHNOLOGY EDITORS
Contact: Linda Montefusco of Ricoh Americas Corporation, +1-973- 882-2172, linda.montefusco@ricoh-usa.com; or Alyson Buck of Peppercom, +1-212-931-6122, abuck@peppercom.com
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The assistance of Camilla Brindley, James Smith, Ben Swain and Zoe Lyon in the preparation of this article is gratefully acknowledged.
Important ame...
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Company Makes Environmental Conservation a Priority
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- NEC Electronics America, Inc. today announced that the environmental mana...
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INTRODUCTION
The ISO 14001 (1,3) standard and the EMAS regulation (2) (Eco-Management and Audit Scheme issued by the European Community) represent t...