Organizations are part of an environment in which they are pressured to meet society's demands and acting in a sustainable way. In an attempt to meet such demands, organizations make use of various management tools, among which, ISO standards are used. Although there are evidences of contributions provided by these standards, it is questionable whether its parameters converge for a possible ind...

This article aims to shed light on how organizations implement environmental objectives in ISO 14001 certified Environmental Management Systems (EMSs), an issue that has been overlooked the literature. More specifically, flexible nature of set objectives, considering role their stakeholders, and specific aspects addressed are analyzed. The field work based mixed methods combined 20 qualitative ...

B. Gajdzik, The Silesian University of Technology, Faculty of Materials Science and Metallurgy, Katowice, Poland This paper presents a comprehensive approach to classifi cation of environmental aspects with a broad set of criteria which may be useful in a manufacturing enterprise in defi ning the relevant aspects. Additionally, the publication presents the list of key environmental aspects for ...