Assessment Of Environmental Management System Implementation In Ethiopian Liquor Industry.

Industrial activities in business pose serious and tangible threats to both the wellbeing ofrnsociety and the environment. Negative consequences of activities on environment and society,rnreferred to as negative externalities, can increase in both magnitude and frequency in the face ofrna growing global economy. The risk of increased negative externalities warrants the need tornadequately manage organizational activities top reserve both environmental and social capital.rnThis research aimed to find out the critical success factors for ISO 14001 EMSrnimplementation among liquor companies in Ethiopia from the Resource based view. A crosssectionalrnapproach using survey was conducted. A research model been proposed whichrncomprises of ISO 14001 EMS implementation as the criterion variable while physical capitalrnresources (i.e. environmental performance tracking and organizational infrastructures), humanrncapital resources (i.e. top management commitment and support, training and education,rnemployee empowerment and teamwork) and organizational capital resources (i.e. recognitionrnand reward, organizational culture and organizational communication) as the explanatoryrnvariables. The research findings show that only environmental performance tracking, toprnmanagement commitment and support and organizational culture are found to be positively andrnsignificantly associated with ISO 14001 EMS implementation.

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