Firm self-regulation initiatives for environmental management in the European Union: an analysis of the dissemination of the EMAS schemel

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2013-12-04

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Udako Euskal Unibertsitatea

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Concern regarding environmental problems would appear to be taking deep root in the different spheres of society. Diverse initiatives in economic and business activity have been developed in recent decades in this sense; a great number of them have been associated with the term environmental management – a concept with which environmental practices tend to be alluded to, ranging from improvements in management and the control of manufacturing processes, to the implementation of Environmental Management Systems (EMS), an specific issue that have been linked to the more general to environmental self- regulation of firms. The implementation and certification of EMS tend to be based on international models of reference such as the ISO 14001 and the Community Eco-Manage- ment and Audit Scheme (EMAS). The aim of this article is to analyze in depth the process of dissemination of the EMAS scheme.
Ekonomi eta enpresa-jardueran ekimen ugari izan dira azken hamarkadetan ingurumenaren kudeaketari buruz. Kontzeptu horrekin izendatu nahi izan dira mota askotako ingurumen-jarduketak, esaterako, ekoizpen prozesuen kontrola eta kudeaketa hobetzea, edota Ingurumena Kudeatzeko Sistema (IKS aurrerantzean) izenekoak ezartzea. IKSak ingurumenaren kudeaketarako enpresa-autorregulaziorako ekimen gisa definitu izan dira. IKS horiek ezartzeko eta ziurtatzeko, nazioarteko erreferentzia-ereduak hartu ohi dira oinarri. Nazioartean eredurik zabalduenak ISO 14001 estandarra eta Europar Batasuneko EMAS erregelamendua (Ingurumen Kudeaketako eta Ikuskaritzako Sistema) dira. Artikulu honen helburua Europar Batasuneko EMAS ereduaren analisi deskribatzaile eta xehatua egitea da.

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Autorregulazioa · Ingurumena Kudeatzeko Sistemak · EMAS · ISO 14001, Self-regulation · Environmental-Management-systems · EMAS · ISO 14001

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