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<p>Increasing awareness and the number of activities for environmental protection has influenced the development of environmental management systems. Currently, there is a wide range of environmental management systems that can be implemented thus organizations can choose which system suits their activities best. Among small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises, the most popular is a system based on the ISO 14001 standard. Therefore, it seems advisable to promote the skillful implementation of this system. The study was devoted to this issue. It pointed out that the participation of an external consultant, the size of the enterprise as well as the nature of the activity in small and medium manufacturing enterprises has a small importance at the time of its implementation. To implement such a system skillfully, preparation work period for designing and implementing should last about 9 - 12 months.</p>
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Increasing awareness and the number of activities for environmental protection has influenced the development of environmental management systems. Currently, there is a wide range of environmental management systems that can be implemented thus organizations can choose which system suits their activities best. Among small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises, the most popular is a system based on the ISO 14001 standard. Therefore, it seems advisable to promote the skillful implementation of this system. The study was devoted to this issue. It pointed out that the participation of an external consultant, the size of the enterprise as well as the nature of the activity in small and medium manufacturing enterprises has a small importance at the time of its implementation. To implement such a system skillfully, preparation work period for designing and implementing should last about 9 - 12 months.

Analysis of the Design and Implementation Phase of ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems in Manufacturing Enterprises

The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics

System Safety: Human - Technical Facility - Environment

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Increasing awareness and the number of activities for environmental protection has influenced the development of environmental management systems. Currently,...

Analysis of the Design and Implementation Phase of ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems in Manufacturing Enterprises

Published Online: Mar 28, 2019

Page range: 391 - 397

Received: Nov 17, 2018

Accepted: Dec 20, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/czoto-2019-0050

Keywords
Environmental management system, ISO 14001, small and medium enterprises, time of system implementation

© 2019 Andrzej Pacana, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Analysis of the Design and Implementation Phase of ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems in Manufacturing Enterprises

Published Online: Mar 28, 2019

Page range: 391 - 397

Received: Nov 17, 2018

Accepted: Dec 20, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/czoto-2019-0050

KeywordsEnvironmental management system, ISO 14001, small and medium enterprises, time of system implementation

© 2019 Andrzej Pacana, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Environmental management system, ISO 14001, small and medium enterprises, time of system implementation