# Organizations towards the Evaluation of Environmental Management Tools ISO 14001 and EMAS
## 4 Research Results and Discussion  
The current chapter presents the results of the conducted survey. The questions and answer choices, as well as survey results, are presented graphically in the Figures 1-9. The first question of the survey concerned the reasons for implementing EMAS/ISO 14001 in companies. An analysis of the answers to this question indicates that these two EMS are often adopted by organizations for different reasons (Figure 1). The majority of the surveyed organizations (60%) indicated the pursuit of environmental improvement as the main reason for implementing ISO 14001. The second important reason for the implementation of this standard was the plan to increase the knowledge and environmental awareness of organizations' employees. These answers were also selected by organizations that had implemented EMAS. In the case of both EMAS and ISO 14001, the willingness to strive for environmental improvement (reduction of energy and raw material consumption, reduction of emissions, etc.) was indicated as an important reason for implementing the systems. This result shows the growing environmental awareness of entrepreneurs. This is also confirmed by the research conducted by other authors. [PERSON] et al., in the paper published in 2000 [43], found that one of the most relevant advantages of EMAS implementation was better legal compliance. The authors emphasized that in many cases, the technicians working in the small and medium sized enterprises possessed a good knowledge of the production and were aware of basic environmental problems, as well as being capable of managing them [43]. [PERSON], in her article published in 2016 [44], emphasized that the foundations of ISO 14001 are the compliance with environmental regulations, pollution prevention, as well as continual improvement of the environmental performance of the company. [PERSON] and [PERSON] have concluded in their article published in 2018 [45] that the organizations can use implemented ISO 14001 in order to improve their reputation, e.g., showing their environmental commitment. The results of other authors' studies confirm that the ISO 14001 standard is often put in place as a response to external pressure related to the deteriorating state of the environment (striving to reduce the consumption of energy and raw materials, to reduce the emissions, to increase the ecological knowledge and awareness of employees, the desire to adapt to the expectations or requirements of customers and the market, etc.) [46]. The study of [PERSON] et al., published in 2019 [47], indicates that factors such as compliance with regulations and standards, as well as improvement of environmental performance, are very important drivers for ISO 14001 certifications. However, the most important premise for the implementation of EMAS (indicated by 60% of the surveyed organizations) was to improve the innovativeness, as well as the company's image and competition on the market [47]. By contrast, this reason for implementing ISO 14001 was indicated in the current survey by only 8% of the organizations. This demonstrates high internal motivation of organizations which have implemented EMAS. This trend is also indicated by [PERSON] in the study conducted in 2012 [48]. The study carried out by [PERSON] and Rondinelli in 2002 also shows that the implementation of EMAS by organizations is affected by factors such as improving their image or gaining a competitive advantage on the market [49]. As a less important reason for the implementation of both systems, the organizations indicated the possibility of easier access to financial resources, e.g., from various funds allocated for environmental protection or more favorable loans. In total, such answer was provided by eight organizations. The second question of the survey concerned the identification of the most important difficulties in the implementation of EMAS/ISO14001 (Figure 2).