ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AS A COMPONENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

The article presents the results of research on the importance of managing the energy transition in various economic sectors. The barriers and benefits of implementing a knowledge management and environmental management system in enterprises were considered. These factors are necessary for the effective planning and proper functioning of enterprises. Knowledge becomes the main and most dynamic factor responsible for the development of a given company, while environmental management ensures it achieves high economic efficiency of production and environmental rules and regulations. The article presents the results of the functioning of knowledge-based enterprises in contemporary conditions characterized by constant changes in the environment in terms of energy transformation. As part of my research, an algorithm was built based on which essential elements of the Polish energy policy strategy were defined enterprises in various sectors of the economy. In the holistic approach, a model of the functioning of knowledge-based enterprises was built and tested. On its basis, a prosumer/customer business model was proposed on the example of a photovoltaic installation. The study was conducted using the methods of economic measurement models. These methods allowed us to calculate the market value of the investment with the assumed boundary criteria and to determine its effectiveness. The research was carried out in 2020–2022 on the example of a real photovoltaic installation. The use of a photovoltaic installation in a company based on a business model is justified in practice and allows the company to reduce the electricity costs incurred, in this case by about 60%. Taking into account the result for the calculated payback period of 3 years, this proves that such an investment is very profitable for the company. The developed business model showed that the project of its implementation is fully economically justified and will allow investors to create various economic areas as part of the ongoing energy transformation.

Panacea, common sense, or just a label?: The value of ISO 14001 environmental management systems

Implementation of the Theoretical Concept of Green Procurement and Supplier Selection in Estonian Shipbuilding Industry

Since the 1970s, the U.S. Army has instituted environmental policies, programs, regulations, and management systems to ensure that its mission and support activities have minimal effects on the environment and comply with national policy. In recent years, the Army has incorporated environmental management systems (EMSs) at some installations through the DOD ISO 14001 EMS pilot program, in anticipation of Executive Order 13148, Greening the Government through Leadership in Environmental Management.1 While the EO does not require an EMS to be ISO 14001 compliant, many federal agencies are considering modeling their EMS after ISO 14001. This article presents how well current Army‐wide policy and guidance aligns with the ISO 14001 environmental management standard and offers opportunities for improvements in policy.When viewed from a corporate perspective, the Army generally has the major components for an ISO 14001 EMS, which include environmental policy, planning, implementation and operations, checking and corrective action, and management review. Army policies and guidance that provide the framework and demonstrate general conformance with ISO 14001 fall into three groups: (1) strategies and plans (the Army Environmental Strategy into the 21st Century, the Army Strategic Environmental Assessment,2 and the Army Environmental Campaign Plan and Operational Directive); (2) Army regulations (AR) for management, organization and function, and the environment; and (3) program management processes, reports, and databases (e.g., EPR, ISR II, EQR, ECAS, and EQCC). Additional documentation needed to meet ISO 14000 criteria include: (1) the unifying policy and guidance that integrates and streamlines the Army EMS; (2) a comprehensive assessment system that focuses on the management of the Army Environmental Program; (3) systems for updating administrative publications (e.g., ARs) in a timely manner (i.e., AR 200‐1, Environmental Protection and Enhancement, and AR 200‐3, National Resources—Land, Forest, and Wildlife Management); and (4) new policy and procedures for Army outreach. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

The primary objective of this Technical Note is to provide guidance to utility companies either for improving the operations-phase implementation of a current environmental management system or for developing a system. The guidelines presented herein provide the approach, content and implementation protocols for developing a completed operations component of the Environmental Management System (EMS) (i.e., the Operations and Environmental Quality Management System, or "OEMS").

A cross-functional team of environmental regulatory experts, plant managers, and plant engineers have been working since 1991 on the development, implementation and maintenance of the Environmental Compliance Management System. The Environmental Compliance Management System is a practical and accurate method of determining the applicability of the state and federal environmental regulations and of establishing standard and straightforward procedures to meet these requirements. The Environmental Compliance Management System allows individual manufacturing facilities to avoid the additional manpower that would be required to read, digest and decide on the applicability and plan of action to meet the requirements of all the environmental regulations.

Effective environmental management is becoming increasingly important due to the anthropogenic impact on ecosystems and their components. Environmental Management Systems (EMS) are essential for heavy industries, helping to reduce the human footprint on the environment and optimize the use of natural resources. This paper examines various types of EMS, their characteristics, architecture, and computational models. Key functions of these systems include monitoring and data collection, data analysis and processing, compliance management, incident and deviation management, planning and goal setting, as well as communication and reporting. EMS address tasks related to environmental auditing, reporting, and managing environmental risks of production processes. Various systems on the market offer unique solutions for different industries. Successful implementation examples include companies like BASF and Valspar, which have saved significant resources by integrating EMS into their production processes. The conclusions highlight the importance of EMS for sustainable development and environmental safety, as well as the need for their continuous updating and adaptation to new challenges.

The rapid development of science technology brings unlimited economic growth to humanity and meanwhile it leads to serious environmental safety problems threatening seriously the existence of humanity. So, environmental safety problems have become the world's focuses and must be solved with the help of some certain scientific management systems for environmental information to ensure the realization of environmental safety. However, environmental information is so abundant, complicated, temporal, spatial and dynamic that makes traditional management and analysis methods invalid, thus, some new scientific methods must be adopted. To these problems above, this paper explores the solution of environmental safety problems by applying Environmental Geographic Information System (EGIS) to regional environmental safety information management and building regional Environmental Safety Information Management System. And taking the establishment of Daqing Oil Field ESIMS (DOFESIMS) for instance, this paper discusses its technology structures, mathematical models, functions and its function extension in detail for the purpose of provides the use for reference for the design and realization of regional environmental safety information management. DOFESIMS, based on the valid management of oil field environment, realizes to predict and analyze Daqing Oil Filed pollutant discharge state and display spatially results of analysis and prediction that proves further EGIS is effective to solve regional environmental safety information management.

<strong>Background:</strong> Environmental problems present the most complex and important managerial challenges of the 21st century. Most businesses have responded to these environmental problems by adopting an environmental management system.<p><strong>Aim:</strong> This article investigates South African small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) owners’ intentions to implement an environmental management system based on the theory of planned behaviour.</p><p><strong>Setting:</strong> Although large businesses are clearly of interest with respect to their environmental management, especially given their prominence in many of the most environmentally impactful sectors, the relative neglect of the environmental management of SMEs is disconcerting, given their overall importance in most economies. In addition, very little research used the theory of planned behaviour to empirically test SME owners’ intentions, to implement an environmental management system.</p><p><strong>Method:</strong> A quantitative survey was used to collect primary data from 326 SME owners by a structured questionnaire.</p><p><strong>Results:</strong> Regression analysis results confirmed the influence of SME owners’ attitudes towards an environmental management system and pro-environmental norms on their intention to implement an environmental management system. Perceived behavioural control, however, did not significantly influence the SME owners’ intention to implement an environmental management system.</p><p><strong>Conclusion:</strong> These findings provide valuable insights into the implementation of environmental management systems among South African SMEs. The theory of planned behaviour also seems to be an appropriate means to investigate the intentions of SMEs to implement an environmental management system.</p>

The concept of sustainable development, adopted by the world community morethan 20 years ago, refers to the combination of economic growth and environmental protection. Environmental aspects of economic activity are regulated by national institutions and international organizations. Direct directive influence without economic methods is not an effective control lever. Understanding the limited and low efficiency of the command methods used in Russia appeared in the 1990s. The concepts of environmental management of the 20th century allow the direct impact of responsibility for the quality of the environment, the balanced growth of economic results and the reduction of negative impact on the environment. Implementation of the system environmental management (EMS) in Russian enterprises significantly lags behind world practice. EMS is a voluntary policy and does not come for certification.

Implementation of the European integration intentions of Ukraine requires compliance of the industrial sector on the international requirements towards the introduction and implementation of environmental innovation. Theoretical and methodological substantiation to improve the environmental innovation management system, given the specificity of the industrial sector and its priority to ensure the practical realization of the European integration intentions of Ukraine requires further research.Overcoming the consequences of the ecological crisis in Ukraine and prevent the spread of negative consequences in the future is perhaps by increasing the ecological safety of industrial production. In the article the problems of the industrial sector of the national economy and its impact on the environment are investigated, the main factors that hinder the implementation of environmental innovation are revealed. Measures to improve the environmental management system innovation in the industrial production are proposed based on a comparative analysis of national and European practices.Implementation of measures in this area requires improvement of management of environmental innovation in the industrial sector with regard to the requirements and standards of environmental management. Implementation is complicated by many factors, key among which is the lack of funds, not sufficiently developed innovation infrastructure and, in some cases, the desire to get quick benefits by manufacturers from increase production without accounting pernicious effects on the environment in the future.

Environmental management of military activities is of growing global concern by defence forces. As one of the largest landholders in Australia, the Australian Defence Force (ADF) is increasingly concerned with sustainable environmental management. This paper focuses on how the ADF is maintaining effective environmental management, especially in environmentally sensitive marine protected areas. It uses Shoalwater Bay Training Area (SWBTA) as a research example to examine environmental management strategies conducted by the ADF. SWBTA is one of the most significant Defence training areas in Australia, with a large number of single, joint and combined military exercises conducted in the area. With its maritime component contained in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (GBRMP), the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area (GBRWHA), and abutting Queensland’s State Marine Parks, it has high protection values. It is therefore vital for the ADF to adopt environmentally responsible management while they are conducting military activities. As to various tools employed to manage environmental performance, the ISO 14001 Environmental Management System (EMS) is widely used by the ADF. This paper examines military activities and marine environmental management within SWBTA, using the Talisman Saber (TS) exercise series as an example. These are extensive joint exercises conducted by the ADF and the United States defence forces. The paper outlines relevant legislative framework and environmental policies, analyses how the EMS operates in environmental management of military activities, and how military activities comply with these regulations. It discusses the implementation of the ADF EMS, including risk reduction measures, environmental awareness training, consultation and communication with stakeholders. A number of environmental management actions used in the TS exercises are presented to demonstrate the EMS application. Our investigations to this point indicate that the ADF is complying with all relevant legislation and policies. Further research is required to confirm compliance and conclude that military activities have good accord with environmental management objectives.

Management for continual environmental performance in a developing country can be a challenging affair. Multiple statutory regulations, standards and guidelines frequently are conflicting at the various tiers of government. Prevalent and increasing community sensitivities and awareness, and proximity with other industries that may not be at the same level of environmental practices, all combine to make the achievement of a good environmental performance a formidable task. Statutory enforcement agencies usually focus their efforts on the multinational companies, and this may account for a significant amount of lost time. Consequently, the adaptation of an Environmental Management System (EMS) that is simple, flexible, continuous, and auditable offers a suitable solution to the inherent environmental problems in a developing country. This environmental management system requires the development of a site-specific system (based on corporate policy, structure, personnel training, measurement, recording, monitoring, management review and audit systems) with clearly defined work scope to ensure cost effectiveness even during the downturns common in the oil industry. An oil-field service company in Nigeria has operated an environmental system that combines existing statutory laws and community sensitivities to achieve proactive and sustainable approaches to environmental problems. This paper discusses the environmental status of this service company's operations in Nigeria, environmental laws, community acuteness and practices around its operational bases, environmental management systems in place and compliance levels achieved, and the road map to sustained compliance. It also gives examples of data that are measured and maintained in a database. This service company has demonstrated that improved environmental performance can be achieved through an environmental management system that adopts an awareness of the community lifestyles, employee awareness training, and the measuring, recording and monitoring of environmental parameters and processes. Such a management system is profitable in time and money and protects multinational service companies against future exposures.

Based on Green Product Cycle, using Panasonic as a case study, this paper explores how to establish the Environmental Management System by utilizing reviews of literature and resources of data base, and analyzing the data by conducting coding and categorizing. As a result of this study, there are six components of Environmental Management System, and they are design and development of green product, green procurement, green logistics, green marketing and waste recycling. Management suggestions to Chinese enterprises are: further understanding the concept of Environmental Management, and discovering their own path for environmental management with Chinese characteristics; implementing environmental control in overall process in producing and managing, and establishing scientific environmental management system; breaking through the bottleneck of technology and put environmental management into practice.

Since the mid-1980s, many books and articles have been published that examine China′s environmental problems. Some authors reported the alarming rate of environmental degradation in China, while others argued that post-Mao reforms created the conditions for more effective environmental management than in the past. More recently, in an attempt to move beyond broad generalizations about China′s environmental management capabilities, some authors have examined China′s environmental management system at the local level, focusing on problems ranging from policy implementation to local officials′ environmental consciousness.