AI Article Synopsis
- SMEs and VSMEs are crucial to Europe's economy, characterized by low management, local market focus, and informal structures.
- The study investigates why these businesses adopt environmental management systems (EMS) to better manage waste production.
- The paper outlines the advantages, challenges, and motivations for implementing EMS, highlighting its importance for sustainability in SMEs and VSMEs.
Article Abstract
Small medium enterprises (SMEs) and very small medium enterprises (VSMEs) are the economic backbone of the most economies in Europe. Those VSMEs have mono-service or product, they feel economic pressure, they sell to the local market, they are family traditions and they are informal organizations, they have very "low management", they have employees from different nationalities, they have little access to adult training and to the new requirements of the market, they do not federate and they produce high amount of waste. The research question of our study was: why do SMEs build up environmental management systems (EMS)? This paper presents the need for the implementation of the EMS as a sustainable tool in order to monitor the production of the waste from SMEs and VSMEs. The paper presents benefits, disadvantages, motivation, differences from the international literature in order to present the necessity for the implementation of the EMS.
Download full-text PDF |
Source |
|---|---|
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2009.10.022 | DOI Listing |
Publication Analysis
Top Keywords
Similar Publications
Tree age affects key fine root morphological traits but does not interfere strongly with (ecto-)mycorrhizal traits.
Ann Bot
January 2025
Theoretical and Experimental Ecology Station, CNRS, Moulis, France.
Background And Aims: It is assumed that trees should adapt their above and belowground organs as they age. However, most studies to date have quantified these trait adjustments in homogeneous forest stands, confounding the effect of stand aging on soil properties and the intrinsic response of trees to aging.
Methods: Here, we examined 11 morphological, architectural, anatomical and mycorrhizal fine root traits of each of the first five orders for 66 Pinus koraiensis individuals of 16 to 285 years old in northeast China, while accounting for soil characteristics (pH and total C, N and P concentrations).
Review of Indian studies on environmental impact assessment.
Integr Environ Assess Manag
January 2025
Department of Architecture and Planning, National Institute of Technology Patna, Patna, India.
Environmental clearance in India is a legal instrument that determines potential environmental implication of organized projects in India. It entails an assessment of sensitive projects, focal points, and proposals that have potential and likely effects on social, environmental, and economic matters before they are commenced. The intended goal of this procedure is to detect negative effects on local societies, the environment in this case, so as to foster sustainable development.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe European regulatory system for plant protection products-cause of a "Silent Spring" or highly advanced and protective?
Integr Environ Assess Manag
January 2025
Industrieverband Agrar e. V. (IVA), Wissenschaft und Innovation, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Current publications that are shaping public perception repeatedly claim that residues of plant protection products (PPP) in the environment demonstrate gaps in assessing the exposure and effects of PPP, allegedly revealing the inability of the European regulatory system to prevent environmental contamination and damage such as biodiversity decline. The hypothesis is that environmental risk assessments rely on inappropriate predictive models that underestimate exposure and do not explicitly account for the impact of combinations of environmental stressors and physiological differences in stress responses. This article puts this criticism into context to allow for a more balanced evaluation of the European regulatory system for PPP.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAssessing the role of Alnus nepalensis D. Don in stabilizing landslide and its potential distribution: a case study from Uttarakhand, Western Himalaya.
Integr Environ Assess Manag
January 2025
Department of Environmental Science, GITAM Deemed to be University, Visakhapatnam, India.
The rising frequency and severity of landslides in the vulnerable Himalayan region of India threaten human settlements and critical infrastructure. This growing issue demands urgent action and innovative strategies to mitigate risks and bolster the resilience of affected communities and infrastructure in this fragile area. The research explores the use of Alnus nepalensis for slope stabilization, illustrated by a case study near Ukhimath, Uttarakhand, India, and elucidates the potential ecological niche of Alnus in the temperate region of Uttarakhand using well-dispersed species occurrence records along with environment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHealth risk assessment and Sobol' sensitivity analysis of power plant air pollution (SO2 and NOX): the effect of power plant fuel change.
Integr Environ Assess Manag
January 2025
Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
This study aimed to evaluate the concentrations of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOX) around the Qom (a province in Iran) combined cycle power plant in relation to seasonal variations and fuel type from December 2014 to May 2015. Passive sampling was used in three monitoring sites around the power plant to assess noncarcinogenic health risks associated with exposure to SO2 and NOX. Results showed the higher concentrations of NOX and SO2 in winter than in spring.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWant AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?
Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!