Implementing an environmental management system from the bottom-up

Micro-CSR has gained increasingly attention within the CSR research lately. The microfoundations of organizations have been studied to understand their impact on the company’s CSR. However, studies from the perspectives of individuals are still somewhat lacking. The purpose of this study is to give...

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Main Author: Hietanen, Roosa Maaria
Other Authors: Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics, Jyväskylän yliopiston kauppakorkeakoulu, Jyväskylän yliopisto, University of Jyväskylä
Format: Master's thesis
Language:eng
Published: 2024
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Online Access: https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/95493
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description Micro-CSR has gained increasingly attention within the CSR research lately. The microfoundations of organizations have been studied to understand their impact on the company’s CSR. However, studies from the perspectives of individuals are still somewhat lacking. The purpose of this study is to give its contribution especially to the employee perspective in the micro-CSR research. This study aims to answer two research questions: 1. Which factors do employees perceive as supportive and inhibiting for the bottom-up implementation of an EMS like ISO 14001? 2. From the employee perspective how could an EMS like ISO 14001 be implemented from the bottom-up? The questions are approached by conducting 13 semi-structured employee interviews in a chosen case company. From the employee interviews there are five factors identified that employees perceive as supportive for the bottom-up implementation of an EMS. These factors are simple and practical processes; pro-environmental attitudes and values, and emotions such as guilt and anxiety; organizational culture and the supporting structures for pro-environmental behaviour within it; awareness and communication; and rewarding and other incentives. The three inhibiting factors for bottom-up implementation of an EMS that are recognized from the employee interviews are lack of time or resources; emotions of indifference, ignorance and powerlessness and lack of environmental prioritization; and regulatory and safety requirements. The actual implementation of an EMS from the bottom-up can be supported especially by engaging, empowering, and enabling the employees’ environmental action and by keeping them informed about the environmental policies and actions of the company. Yritysten yhteiskuntavastuututkimuksen sisällä yritysten yhteiskuntavastuun mikrotasot ovat saaneet lisääntyvästi huomiota viime aikoina. Mikrotason rakenteita yrityksissä on tutkittu, jotta voitaisiin ymmärtää niiden vaikutusta yrityksen yhteiskuntavastuuseen. Kuitenkin yksilöiden näkökulmasta tehtyjä tutkimuksia on vielä verrattain vähän. Tämän tutkimuksen tarkoitus on antaa panoksensa erityisesti työntekijöiden näkökulmalle yritysten mikrotason yhteiskuntavastuututkimuksessa. Tämä tutkimus pyrkii vastaamaan kahteen tutkimuskysymykseen: 1. Minkä tekijöiden työntekijät kokevat tukevan ja estävän alhaalta ylöspäin tapahtuvaa ympäristöjohtamisjärjestelmän kuten ISO 14001 implementointia? 2. Työntekijöiden näkökulmasta kuinka ympäristöjohtamisjärjestelmää kuten ISO 14001 voitaisiin implementoida työntekijälähtöisesti? Näitä kysymyksiä lähestytään tekemällä 13 puolistrukturoitua työntekijähaastattelua valitussa case-yrityksessä. Työntekijähaastatteluista tunnistetaan viisi tekijää, joiden työntekijät kokevat tukevan alhaalta ylöspäin tapahtuvaa ympäristöjohtamisjärjestelmän implementointia. Nämä tekijät ovat yksinkertaiset ja käytännölliset prosessit; ympäristöystävälliset asenteet ja arvot, ja tunteet kuten syyllisyys ja ahdistus; yrityskulttuuri ja ympäristöystävällistä käyttäytymistä tukevat rakenteet siinä; tietoisuus ja viestintä; sekä palkitseminen ja muut kannustimet. Kolme alhaalta ylöspäin tapahtuvaa ympäristöjohtamisjärjestelmän implementointia estävää tekijää, jotka tunnistetaan työntekijähaastatteluista ovat ajan tai resurssien puute; välinpitämättömyyden, tietämättömyyden ja voimattomuuden tunteet ja ympäristön priorisoinnin puute; sekä lakisääteiset ja turvallisuusvaatimukset. Varsinaista ympäristöjohtamisjärjestelmän alhaalta ylöspäin implementointia voidaan tukea erityisesti osallistamalla, voimaannuttamalla ja mahdollistamalla työntekijöiden ympäristötoimia ja varmistamalla, että he ovat tietoisia yrityksen ympäristökäytännöistä ja toimista.
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title_full Implementing an environmental management system from the bottom-up
title_fullStr Implementing an environmental management system from the bottom-up Implementing an environmental management system from the bottom-up
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topic Corporate Environmental Management Yritysten ympäristöjohtaminen
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