TY - JOUR
T1 - Environmental management practices in the defence sector
T2 - Assessment of the Portuguese military's environmental profile
AU - Ramos, Tomás B.
AU - Joanaz De Melo, João
PY - 2005/10
Y1 - 2005/10
N2 - Environmental management practice in the military is a growing reality in many countries. The goal of this research was to assess Portuguese military environmental profile, as a first step towards evaluating environmental performance. This paper assesses how environmental practices have been adopted in this sector, based on a self-assessment by the services. A national survey was carried out, involving a representative sample of the armed forces and defence administration. Overall results show that the integration of environmental practices into the Portuguese military is quite new, although with a positive trend when compared with other public sectors. Among the three military branches, the air force has adopted the most environmental practices.
AB - Environmental management practice in the military is a growing reality in many countries. The goal of this research was to assess Portuguese military environmental profile, as a first step towards evaluating environmental performance. This paper assesses how environmental practices have been adopted in this sector, based on a self-assessment by the services. A national survey was carried out, involving a representative sample of the armed forces and defence administration. Overall results show that the integration of environmental practices into the Portuguese military is quite new, although with a positive trend when compared with other public sectors. Among the three military branches, the air force has adopted the most environmental practices.
KW - Environmental management practices
KW - Military sector
KW - Questionnaire survey
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=15544388104&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jclepro.2004.05.003
DO - 10.1016/j.jclepro.2004.05.003
M3 - Article
SN - 0959-6526
VL - 13
SP - 1117
EP - 1130
JO - Journal of Cleaner Production
JF - Journal of Cleaner Production
IS - 12
ER -