Determinants of environmental management systems (EMSs) of manufacturing small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) in Sri Lanka

• Authors: Sudath Weerasiri , Ravindra Dissanayake , Zhang Zhengang
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The main objective of this study was to identify the critical factors that affecting the implementation of environmental management systems (EMSs) of manufacturing SMEs in Sri Lanka. Out of twelve factors, management commitment, professional expertise, financial resources, stakeholders and environmental information are identified as key factors. Based on the survey results, it is proposed that the government should play an important role in promoting environmental management in SMEs. It is necessary for the government to provide active support in the aspects including mandatory policy, encouraging policy and supporting policy.

Keywords

EN

environmental management systems; sustainable development; SMEs; Sri Lanka

Discipline

• ECONOMICS: ECONOMICS

• Publisher: Prague Development Center, Czech Republic
• Journal: Perspectives of Innovations, Economics and Business
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 51-58

Dates

published

2012-04-03

Contributors

author

Sudath Weerasiri

• School of Business Administration, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, P.R. China

author

Ravindra Dissanayake

author

Zhang Zhengang

• Prague Development Center, Czech Republic

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Identifiers

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.15208/pieb.2012.05