Fura Barbara, Wang Qingfang
Faculty of Economics, University of Rzeszów, Ćwiklińskiej 2, 35-601 Rzeszów, Poland.
School of Public Policy, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521 USA.
Qual Quant. 2017;51(1):103-119. doi: 10.1007/s11135-015-0297-7. Epub 2015 Dec 21.
This study examines the relationship between the level of socioeconomic development of the EU 28 countries and the adoption of International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 14001 environmental management system. First, through a multivariate comparative analysis of the secondary data obtained from the public statistics, a Hellwig's synthetic indicator is created to rank the level of socioeconomic development of the EU 28 countries. Then, using the total number of certificates issued in 2012 and the increase from 2011, this study has found a correlation between the level of national socioeconomic development and the adoption of ISO 14001 system in their businesses. Although there was no relationship between the number of ISO 14001 certificates in 2012 and the level of socioeconomic development at the national level, a weak negative correlation was observed between the increase of certification from 2011 to 2012 and the level of national socioeconomic development. The results suggest a higher interest in ISO 14001 adoption by the firms from the less developed countries than those from the more developed states.
本研究考察了欧盟28国的社会经济发展水平与采用国际标准化组织（ISO）14001环境管理体系之间的关系。首先，通过对从公共统计数据中获取的二手数据进行多变量比较分析，创建了一个赫尔维希综合指标，对欧盟28国的社会经济发展水平进行排名。然后，利用2012年颁发的证书总数以及与2011年相比的增长情况，本研究发现国家社会经济发展水平与企业采用ISO 14001体系之间存在相关性。虽然2012年ISO 14001证书数量与国家层面的社会经济发展水平之间没有关系，但在2011年至2012年认证数量的增长与国家社会经济发展水平之间观察到了微弱的负相关。结果表明，欠发达国家的企业比发达国家的企业对采用ISO 14001表现出更高的兴趣。
