The role of ISO 14000 and the greening of Japanese industry

Eric Welch; Miranda A. Schreurs

The role of ISO 14000 and the greening of Japanese industry

Eric Welch
, Miranda A. Schreurs

UIC ECE-CSN-Lab
University of Maryland, College Park

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Abstract

Is it possible to transform a national image from Japan, Inc. to Green, Inc.? At the beginning of the 1990s, Japanese corporations were widely accused for the role they played in environmental degradation. By the end of the decade, Japanese companies were leading the world in terms of the number of companies applying for international certification of their environmental management systems. This chapter addresses this puzzle. It asks why corporate Japan has been so aggressive in the past decade in pursuing environmental management certification by the International Standard Organization (ISO)? It also considers what the implications of this trend may be for corporate Japan's environmental performance.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Environmental Policymaking
Subtitle of host publication	Assessing the Use of Alternative Policy Instruments
Publisher	State University of New York Press
Pages	71-96
Number of pages	26
ISBN (Print)	0791463478, 9780791463475
State	Published - 2005
Externally published	Yes

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

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