Classification of factors influencing environmental management of enterprise

Abstract

The modern enterprises consider the sustainable development as the one of basic conceptions of one’s activity. In recent years, an increasing number of private as well as public organizations have been engaged with implementation and using of environmental management systems (EMSs). The research is built up by two main parts. In the first, author prepared theoretical analyses of literature and scientific publications. The second part based on survey results collected from Latvian companies using in depth interviews. Author proposes that the process of environmentally oriented business should be studied as a multi-dimensional issue. Company’s external and internal environment elements were shown. In article author also investigated different factors influencing company’s environmental management and motives of implementing EMS.

Keywords:

• environmental management
• environmental management system
• sustainable development
• factors
• analysis

JEL Classification:

• Q01
• Q56
• 044

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Tatjana Tambovceva

Tatjana TAMBOVCEVA. Doctor, Professor at the Faculty of Engineering Economics and Management of Riga Technical University, Latvia. Member and expert in a number of international Societies, Councils and Foundations.

Author and co-author of more than 100 scientific and other publications, and 10 books. Research interests focus on environmental management and sustainable development; corporate social and environmental responsibility; green production and consumption, change of consumer behaviour; sustainable building, real estate management, project management and use of computers in many areas.