Abstract
Since the later half of 1990s, many Japanese companies have gotten ISO14001 certification for the Environmental Management System (EMS) toward ecological society in the 21st century where sustainable development is important. Although the EMS has brought a lot of effects for environmental protection, many companies have the following needs in the EMS.
(1) to establish more effective EMS with high cost performance.
(2) to make the EMS more strategic which is integrated with management strategy to increase competitive advantage
To cope with the above needs, this research has been carried out and the concept of new strategic EMS, which is more effective by utilizing management framework of Japanese Quality Award model is proposed.
