Application of ISO 14001 in food processing enterprises

Environment is becoming hot issue to many countries and has attracted increasing attention of public organizations, businesses and citizens in the world including Vietnam. One of the most importance choices for enterprises to control and minimize negative impacts on the environment is application of environmental management system ISO 14001. In Vietnam, food processing enterprises have the highest number of ISO 14001 certificates compared with other industry. However, the number of enterprises certificated ISO 14001 is still small and mainly belongs to the enterprises with foreign direct investment (FDI). Therefore, the main purpose of this paper is to investigate current issue of applying ISO 14001 and assessing the factors influencing the implementing of ISO 14001 in food processing enterprises. Some suggestions for fostering application of ISO 14001 in Vietnamese food processing enterprises have been also made.
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