1.3 Objective of the Research

Objective of the Research:

EMS is a part of sustainable development and it enables the company to improve their environmental performance. The ISO series objective is to provide strategic tools and techniques for developing comprehensive policies to improve the manufacturing process and to make environmental performance of the organizations better and socio-environmental friendly. EMS adoption and implementation and the concept of green innovation and adoption of cleaner technology are interlinked and now have become more vibrant (Christie 1995).

ISO 14001 and ISO 14004 are interlinked because ISO 14004 provides basic information and interpretation on EMS development & planning and provides examples for further explanation.

Sasseville et al (1997:p.67) states an example, how they fit together. “The Principle 2 of ISO 14001 on planning, the specification for “Legal and Other Requirements” is explained as follows:  “The organization shall establish and maintain a procedure to identify and have access to legal and other requirements to which the organization subscribes, that are applicable to the environmental aspects of its activities, products or services (ISO 14001 .2, Section 4.3.2)”.

          Objective of the Research

    The main aim of the research work is to identify the constraints and barriers to implementing EMS in manufacturing industry in Pakistan. Secondly, objective is to investigate the impacts of these constraints on environment. In order to achieve this aim, the study has been broken down into objectives.

1.  Is EMS a tool for sustainable development &cleaner production in organisations?
2.  Identification of constraints and barriers in Implementation of EMS
3.  EMS implementation: constraints and its impacts in terms of benefits and trends
4. Integration of constrains and its impacts
5. A conclusive evaluation  of these aspects and recommendation for further work

      Moreover these factors will be considered for further discussion and analysis

1. Examining the role of EMS as a basic tool for sustainable development
2. Identification of the constraints/barriers in EMS implementation as a negative aspect for organizations
3. Explanation of the environmental impacts and   their consequence
4.  Present conceptual model for removing these barriers for up-to- date business and sustainable future
5. To analyse standard EMS and its compatibility with current atmosphere in Pakistan.

 The study will address these and other identical aspects of the topic under consideration

1. How EMS play’s its role as a key element for sustainable development?
2. What are the constraints which impede the implementation process of EMS?
3. What are the ultimate consequences of these constraints and how it effects the growth of organization?
4.  What are the benefits of EMS implementation

5.      How these factors can be overcome

Overall, this study will cover all these points, and method of research design and research approach will be represented in next chapter in detail.