ISM AND ISEG MBA - Développement durable

Measures taken to reduce paper consumption within industry and related economy measures,
have known considerable success. Protection of the environment is perhaps the extrapolation of
such simple actions which are in themselves really efficient.
Limits and impacts of the ISO 14001 standard
Impact of ISO 14001 on the behavior within the company
Personal and individual investment in the management of the environment 48%
Management responsibilities towards public health 11%
Assume responsibility for waste recuperation 22%
Assume political responsibility in the environmental management industry 3%
Don't know 33%
Impact of ISO 14001 on the behavior outside the company
Indifferent 22%
Separation between private and professional life 44%
Weariness towards quality certification, the environment,etc. 22%
Inefficiency of the certification as a mean of training and communication 0%
These results show that according to the employees, the investment in the environmental
management has above all a personal nature. 44% of employees want to separate their private life
from their professional life, even in environmental actions. Therefore, it follows that these
employees are unlikely to continue environmental actions outside their place of work. Moreover,
22% feel that they have had enough of the many actions of standardization put in place within the
company; so these people will likely be reluctant to accept the application of new standards to
their private lives.
Companies have to establish a real dialogue with their employees to understand what motivates
them on environment topics. Measures have to be negotiated and put in place progressively. It is
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