Environmental Management System Frameworks in the Oil Industry: Structure, design and content
(2013) In IIIEE Master thesis IMEN56 20131The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics
- Abstract
- This paper addresses the Environmental Management System (EMS) frameworks among the
twenty-five biggest oil companies in the world. An Environmental Management System is a
framework which can be used by companies to structurally control and manage their
environmental aspects and impacts. Specifically in this study, focus is put on the content and
structural set-up of EMS frameworks. The study looks at the current design and set-up of
EMS frameworks and further builds upon a previous study to look at the development over
time in order to imply future directions of EMS framework set-up and design. A wide case
study approach was taken in order to gather the required data necessary to generate
representative figures and results.... (More) - This paper addresses the Environmental Management System (EMS) frameworks among the
twenty-five biggest oil companies in the world. An Environmental Management System is a
framework which can be used by companies to structurally control and manage their
environmental aspects and impacts. Specifically in this study, focus is put on the content and
structural set-up of EMS frameworks. The study looks at the current design and set-up of
EMS frameworks and further builds upon a previous study to look at the development over
time in order to imply future directions of EMS framework set-up and design. A wide case
study approach was taken in order to gather the required data necessary to generate
representative figures and results. Company websites, reports and articles were the main
sources of data. A comparative analysis was conducted where data from an earlier study was
compared to the findings of this study in order to visualize changes over time and predict
trends. Some really interesting results emerged from the analysis. The EMS standard „ISO
14001‟ is by far the most used, but certification on corporate level is sparse. However, it is
much more common that subsidiaries and specific operations are certified. Also, about half of
the companies disclose their environmental policy, and eighty percent of the companies do
not disclose environmental targets. Further, results indicate that Codes of Conduct are being
more frequently referenced in the environmental reports but however; that environmental
policies are being more frequently excluded from the same. There are also indications pointing
towards higher priority of environmental reports when it comes to the size of scope and
number of pages. The study concludes that EMS is widely adopted in the oil industry and that
there is an emergence of four distinct sets of integrated management system structure
components. (Less)
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- author
- Radmilovic, Sonja LU
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- course
- IMEN56 20131
- year
- 2013
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- publication/series
- IIIEE Master thesis
- report number
- 2013:09
- ISSN
- 1401-9191
- language
- English
- id
- 4196381
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@misc{4196381, abstract = {{This paper addresses the Environmental Management System (EMS) frameworks among the twenty-five biggest oil companies in the world. An Environmental Management System is a framework which can be used by companies to structurally control and manage their environmental aspects and impacts. Specifically in this study, focus is put on the content and structural set-up of EMS frameworks. The study looks at the current design and set-up of EMS frameworks and further builds upon a previous study to look at the development over time in order to imply future directions of EMS framework set-up and design. A wide case study approach was taken in order to gather the required data necessary to generate representative figures and results. Company websites, reports and articles were the main sources of data. A comparative analysis was conducted where data from an earlier study was compared to the findings of this study in order to visualize changes over time and predict trends. Some really interesting results emerged from the analysis. The EMS standard „ISO 14001‟ is by far the most used, but certification on corporate level is sparse. However, it is much more common that subsidiaries and specific operations are certified. Also, about half of the companies disclose their environmental policy, and eighty percent of the companies do not disclose environmental targets. Further, results indicate that Codes of Conduct are being more frequently referenced in the environmental reports but however; that environmental policies are being more frequently excluded from the same. There are also indications pointing towards higher priority of environmental reports when it comes to the size of scope and number of pages. The study concludes that EMS is widely adopted in the oil industry and that there is an emergence of four distinct sets of integrated management system structure components.}}, author = {{Radmilovic, Sonja}}, issn = {{1401-9191}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, series = {{IIIEE Master thesis}}, title = {{Environmental Management System Frameworks in the Oil Industry: Structure, design and content}}, year = {{2013}}, }