ISO 14001 – experiences, effects and future challenges: a national study in Austria

摘要: More than 60000 organizations worldwide have implemented environmental management systems (EMSs). About 800 of them are located in Austria. As Austria was one the leading countries promoting EU scheme EMAS, and as there has been no specific study on Austrian experiences with ISO 14001, purpose this is to describe effects 14001 The results show that often leads reduced impact, especially area waste. A strong driving force behind implementation expected improvement an organization's image. average repayment time investment EMS less two years. Legal compliance tends be difficult implement, but other hand it works well daily practice. To develop into a sustainability system, most important challenges improve coordination between strategies synchronize central value chains. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd ERP Environment.