Using Balanced Scorecard to Improve Environmental Management System

As ISO 14001 standard is quite flexible it allows great adaptability in its implementation. It is for this reason that some organisations have adopted the standard with an aim to improve their environmental performance, while others in orde to enter new potential markets and to satisfy their customers. It is not rare that Environmental Management System (EMS) is adopted in parallel with others management systems: that will drive the organisation to inefficiency. The balanced scorecard management performance system is a very suitable tool for the assimilation of ISO 14001 in everyday activities and across the whole management system. Therefore, the research presented in this paper focuses on an analysis of EMS integration into the classical model of the Balanced Scorecard. It is suggested that in this way organisations could improve environmental performance through the implementation of the strategy.

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