environmental performance evaluation (epe) of iran khodro co. (ikco)
نویسندگان
چکیده
iranian industries are increasingly concerned with sustainable development by controlling their impacts on environment. iranian automotive industries have began conducting environmental management within a structured management system based on iso 14001 international standard since 1997. iran khodro co. (ikco), the largest iranian automotive manufacturer, implemented ems entire the company in 2000. ikco have found that environmental audits carried out within ems are non sufficient to provide management of the organization with reliable and verifiable information on organization’s environmental performance trend. therefore, it decided using environmental performance evaluation (epe) for mentioned purpose. to begin epe process, epe scope was determined entire ikco and epe period was considered 2002–2004. then, epe process of ikco followed the steps as selecting environmental performance indicators (epis), collecting data relevant to the selected indicators, analyzing and converting data into information describing environmental performance and assessing information in comparison with the environmental performance criteria (epcs). tracking ikco’s environmental performance trend over epe period indicates that considerable progress has been made regarding decreased water, electricity, natural gas and compressed air consumption as well as waste water generation. the results of epe have also helped to identify several effective measures for further improvement, e.g. environmental training performance and investments for environmental projects. epe helped ikco to verify the areas to which the environmental programs within ikco’s ems had advanced. furthermore, epe gave a good idea for providing a basis for any corrective actions in areas which have not made considerable progress or shown deficiency. however, ikco’s environmental performance evaluation is still in its early stages. it is necessary reviewing the epe process for improvement to conform the appropriateness of the selected epis, relevance of epcs, reliability of data collected, comparability of data between years and companies, etc.
منابع مشابه
Performance Evaluation and Improvement of Queuing System in Iran Khodro Agency, A Case Study
Today, in a competitive market, service organizations and producers have a great attention to optimization and customer satisfaction in order to become competitive. Service organization must reduce the number of arrival, waiting time and service time in the queue to increase the customer satisfaction. In this paper by the aim of queuing theory we analyze the optimal amount of increment in a rep...
متن کاملAnalyzing and prioritization of HSE performance evaluation measures utilizing Fuzzy ANP (Case studies: Iran Khodro and Tabriz Petrochemical)
Today, HSE (health, safety, and environment) systems play a vital role in green and sustainable aspects of the companies. However, performance evaluation of HSE systems is a crucial issue in industry and academia. This paper tries to identify and prioritize the effective factors in HSE performance in Iran Khodro (the largest automotive company in Iran) and Tabriz Petrochemical (one of the bigge...
متن کاملA Process-oriented Organization Creation and Retention Model and Its Relation with Planning School Formation (case Study: Iran Khodro Co.)
The current study aimed to investigate the contextual factors in formation and maintenance of process-oriented organization and the effect of the identified factors on strategy development of the organization. A questionnaire was designed to measure the research variables in which its validity and reliability was confirmed by factor analysis. The instrument was distributed among 183 managers, o...
متن کاملExploring the Type of Relationship between Information Security Management and Organizational Culture (Case Study in TAM Iran Khodro Co.)
A culture conducive to information security practice is extremely important for organizations since information has to be critical assets in modern enterprises. Thus for understanding and improving the organizational behavior with regard to information security, enterprises may look into organizational culture and examine how it affects the effectiveness of implementing ISM. This study aims ...
متن کاملperformance evaluation and improvement of queuing system in iran khodro agency, a case study
today, in a competitive market, service organizations and producers have a great attention to optimization and customer satisfaction in order to become competitive. service organization must reduce the number of arrival, waiting time and service time in the queue to increase the customer satisfaction. in this paper by the aim of queuing theory we analyze the optimal amount of increment in a rep...
متن کاملAssessment of environmental health status of Iran according to the environmental performance index report in 2018
Background and Objective: In this study, we aimed to assess Iran’s position and trends for environmental health status among the countries of “Iran’s perspective document in 1404” according to the indicators used in Environmental Performance Index (EPI) report in 2018. Materials and Methods: The score of indicators in environmental health area; air quality (including household solid fuels, exp...
متن کاملمنابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
عنوان ژورنال:
international journal of environmental researchجلد ۱، شماره ۱، صفحات ۴۹-۵۷
میزبانی شده توسط پلتفرم ابری doprax.com
copyright © 2015-2023