A Study On The Impact Of Environmental Management System (EMS) Certification Towards Firms' Performance In Malaysia
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Date
2005
Authors
Eng Ann, Goh
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The trend of implementing the ISO 14001 Environmental Management System
(EMS) has grown quickly throughout the world, including in developed countries like
US, UK as well as developing countries such as in South-East Asia. This research will
study the impact of ISO 14001 certification on firms' performance in Malaysia such
as economic, environmental and customer satisfaction. Although the ISO 14001
standard on environmental management systems was introduced in 1996, to date there
has been very few empirical studies examining the impact of the standard on
corporate performance. Our study addressed this as well as other related issues of ISO
14001 by using certified companies in Malaysia as survey sample. Specifically, our
research examined the impact of ISO 14001 certification on the company's
environmental as well as economic performances. Consistent with prior studies, our
results revealed that certification impacts positively on both the environmental and
economic performances of enterprises. Respondents perceived "enhanced corporate
image" as the strongest impact of certification and believe that the benefits obtained
from EMS certification are far outweighing its implementation cost. This research
was based on ISO 14001 certified companies located through out Malaysia.
Questionnaires were used as the main research instrument. The SPSS software was
used to analyze the data obtained from the questionnaires and the to test the
hypothesis put forward. The result of the analysis show that ISO 14001 certification
gives positive effects on the firm's performance.
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Environmental Management System (EMS)