TY - JOUR
T1 - Challenges of environmental management systems implementation in ghanaian firms
AU - Famiyeh, Samuel
AU - Kuttu, Saint
AU - Anarfo, Ebenezer Bugri
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The author(s).
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Environmental management can be described as a methodology by which organizations acting in a structured manner assess their operations to ensure that they are functioning in an environmentally legitimate way. This study seeks to investigate barriers of environmental management systems implementation in Ghana. In all, fifty three environmental representatives were surveyed and the results show that the top most important factors hindering the implementation of environmental management implementation were: implementation cost and "too much paper work", the cost of certification, the quality of consultants, the time involved and the exposure of the organizations to regulatory bodies. Lack of human resources, the understanding of the system, the effect of environmental management system on the existing structure and its intended benefits do not seem to be barriers in Ghana.
AB - Environmental management can be described as a methodology by which organizations acting in a structured manner assess their operations to ensure that they are functioning in an environmentally legitimate way. This study seeks to investigate barriers of environmental management systems implementation in Ghana. In all, fifty three environmental representatives were surveyed and the results show that the top most important factors hindering the implementation of environmental management implementation were: implementation cost and "too much paper work", the cost of certification, the quality of consultants, the time involved and the exposure of the organizations to regulatory bodies. Lack of human resources, the understanding of the system, the effect of environmental management system on the existing structure and its intended benefits do not seem to be barriers in Ghana.
KW - Driving forces
KW - EMS
KW - Environmental management
KW - Ghana
KW - Systems
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84924406488&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.5539/jsd.v7n1p105
DO - 10.5539/jsd.v7n1p105
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84924406488
SN - 1913-9063
VL - 7
SP - 105
EP - 114
JO - Journal of Sustainable Development
JF - Journal of Sustainable Development
IS - 1
ER -