Reporting on Sustainability Standards in Australia: Focus on ISO 14001
There is a worldwide demand for companies to report on their environmental engagement. This study aimed to gain understanding in the differences between IS014001 certified and ISO 14001 non-certified companies with regard to their environmental reporting. The researchers used a combination of websit...
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| description | There is a worldwide demand for companies to report on their environmental engagement. This study aimed to gain understanding in the differences between IS014001 certified and ISO 14001 non-certified companies with regard to their environmental reporting. The researchers used a combination of website searches and content analysis for the data collection. There was a notable difference whereby the majority of IS014001 certified companies provide easily findable information on the company website compared with the majority of IS014001 non-certified companies for which the information was hidden. Another notable difference was that 33.3% of IS014001 certified companies demonstrated outstanding disclosure of targets and outcomes compared with 11.6% of the ISO 14001 non-certified companies. It was clear that both the IS014001 certified and IS014001 non-certified companies engage in similar programmes: namely, social, management, technical/technological, community training, community engagement and HR programmes. The most notable difference related to HR programmes where 88.1% of ISO 14001 certified companies engaged in these programmes compared with 38.3% of ISO 14001 non-certified companies. The paper concludes with both research and management implications. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-129372017-02-27T14:43:14Z Reporting on Sustainability Standards in Australia: Focus on ISO 14001 Naudé, Marita Quaddus, Mohammed Rowe, Anna Nowak, Margaret personnel management Business enterprises ISO 14001 standard planning industrial management community involvement environmental protection There is a worldwide demand for companies to report on their environmental engagement. This study aimed to gain understanding in the differences between IS014001 certified and ISO 14001 non-certified companies with regard to their environmental reporting. The researchers used a combination of website searches and content analysis for the data collection. There was a notable difference whereby the majority of IS014001 certified companies provide easily findable information on the company website compared with the majority of IS014001 non-certified companies for which the information was hidden. Another notable difference was that 33.3% of IS014001 certified companies demonstrated outstanding disclosure of targets and outcomes compared with 11.6% of the ISO 14001 non-certified companies. It was clear that both the IS014001 certified and IS014001 non-certified companies engage in similar programmes: namely, social, management, technical/technological, community training, community engagement and HR programmes. The most notable difference related to HR programmes where 88.1% of ISO 14001 certified companies engaged in these programmes compared with 38.3% of ISO 14001 non-certified companies. The paper concludes with both research and management implications. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/12937 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=89166654&site=ehost-live Greenleaf publisher restricted |
| spellingShingle | personnel management Business enterprises ISO 14001 standard planning industrial management community involvement environmental protection Naudé, Marita Quaddus, Mohammed Rowe, Anna Nowak, Margaret Reporting on Sustainability Standards in Australia: Focus on ISO 14001 |
| title | Reporting on Sustainability Standards in Australia: Focus on ISO 14001 |
| title_full | Reporting on Sustainability Standards in Australia: Focus on ISO 14001 |
| title_fullStr | Reporting on Sustainability Standards in Australia: Focus on ISO 14001 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reporting on Sustainability Standards in Australia: Focus on ISO 14001 |
| title_short | Reporting on Sustainability Standards in Australia: Focus on ISO 14001 |
| title_sort | reporting on sustainability standards in australia: focus on iso 14001 |
| topic | personnel management Business enterprises ISO 14001 standard planning industrial management community involvement environmental protection |
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