Environmental Management Systems (EMS) implementation processes and practices in european higher education institutions: top-down versus participatory approaches

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Autor(a) principal: Disterheft, Antje
Data de Publicação: 2012
Outros Autores: Caeiro, Sandra, Ramos, Maria do Rosário, Azeiteiro, Ulisses
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.2/11139
Resumo: Environmental Management Systems (EMS) have been implemented on a large scale to improve companies’ environmental performance and to certify their achievements. More recently, universities are following this trend, which has been brought forward by the debate about campus sustainability. This empirical international research investigates EMS development and implementation processes in universities around Europe, providing an overview about European higher education institutions with EMS implemented at their campuses, and focuses on a comparison of top-down versus participatory implementation approaches. In addition to regional differences, this article discusses in which aspects an EMS at the campus can be seen as a tool that goes beyond operational aspects to tackle campus sustainability. Furthermore, it provides implications for the professional practice.
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spelling Environmental Management Systems (EMS) implementation processes and practices in european higher education institutions: top-down versus participatory approachesSustainable developmentHigher educationUniversitiesCampus sustainabilityEnvironmental management systemsPublic participationODS::04:Educação de QualidadeODS::11:Cidades e Comunidades SustentáveisODS::12:Produção e Consumo SustentáveisODS::17:Parcerias para a Implementação dos ObjetivosEnvironmental Management Systems (EMS) have been implemented on a large scale to improve companies’ environmental performance and to certify their achievements. More recently, universities are following this trend, which has been brought forward by the debate about campus sustainability. This empirical international research investigates EMS development and implementation processes in universities around Europe, providing an overview about European higher education institutions with EMS implemented at their campuses, and focuses on a comparison of top-down versus participatory implementation approaches. In addition to regional differences, this article discusses in which aspects an EMS at the campus can be seen as a tool that goes beyond operational aspects to tackle campus sustainability. Furthermore, it provides implications for the professional practice.Repositório AbertoDisterheft, AntjeCaeiro, SandraRamos, Maria do RosárioAzeiteiro, Ulisses2021-09-29T10:26:01Z20122021-09-20T09:40:00Z2012-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.2/11139engcv-prod-7456110.1016/j.jclepro.2012.02.0342-s2.0-84860521967info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-16T15:37:59Zoai:repositorioaberto.uab.pt:10400.2/11139Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T22:50:36.589223Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Environmental Management Systems (EMS) implementation processes and practices in european higher education institutions: top-down versus participatory approaches
title Environmental Management Systems (EMS) implementation processes and practices in european higher education institutions: top-down versus participatory approaches
spellingShingle Environmental Management Systems (EMS) implementation processes and practices in european higher education institutions: top-down versus participatory approaches
Disterheft, Antje
Sustainable development
Higher education
Universities
Campus sustainability
Environmental management systems
Public participation
ODS::04:Educação de Qualidade
ODS::11:Cidades e Comunidades Sustentáveis
ODS::12:Produção e Consumo Sustentáveis
ODS::17:Parcerias para a Implementação dos Objetivos
title_short Environmental Management Systems (EMS) implementation processes and practices in european higher education institutions: top-down versus participatory approaches
title_full Environmental Management Systems (EMS) implementation processes and practices in european higher education institutions: top-down versus participatory approaches
title_fullStr Environmental Management Systems (EMS) implementation processes and practices in european higher education institutions: top-down versus participatory approaches
title_full_unstemmed Environmental Management Systems (EMS) implementation processes and practices in european higher education institutions: top-down versus participatory approaches
title_sort Environmental Management Systems (EMS) implementation processes and practices in european higher education institutions: top-down versus participatory approaches
author Disterheft, Antje
author_facet Disterheft, Antje
Caeiro, Sandra
Ramos, Maria do Rosário
Azeiteiro, Ulisses
author_role author
author2 Caeiro, Sandra
Ramos, Maria do Rosário
Azeiteiro, Ulisses
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositório Aberto
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Disterheft, Antje
Caeiro, Sandra
Ramos, Maria do Rosário
Azeiteiro, Ulisses
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Sustainable development
Higher education
Universities
Campus sustainability
Environmental management systems
Public participation
ODS::04:Educação de Qualidade
ODS::11:Cidades e Comunidades Sustentáveis
ODS::12:Produção e Consumo Sustentáveis
ODS::17:Parcerias para a Implementação dos Objetivos
topic Sustainable development
Higher education
Universities
Campus sustainability
Environmental management systems
Public participation
ODS::04:Educação de Qualidade
ODS::11:Cidades e Comunidades Sustentáveis
ODS::12:Produção e Consumo Sustentáveis
ODS::17:Parcerias para a Implementação dos Objetivos
description Environmental Management Systems (EMS) have been implemented on a large scale to improve companies’ environmental performance and to certify their achievements. More recently, universities are following this trend, which has been brought forward by the debate about campus sustainability. This empirical international research investigates EMS development and implementation processes in universities around Europe, providing an overview about European higher education institutions with EMS implemented at their campuses, and focuses on a comparison of top-down versus participatory implementation approaches. In addition to regional differences, this article discusses in which aspects an EMS at the campus can be seen as a tool that goes beyond operational aspects to tackle campus sustainability. Furthermore, it provides implications for the professional practice.
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