Samenvatting

In order to face the increasing concern about environmental issues by consumers and market requests, the environmental management system (EMS) has been adopted by numerous companies all over the world. With the rapid development of economy, China also faces the serious environmental issues. According the statement of previous studies about the EMS implementation, the implementation of EMS has positive influence on the corporate performance for most companies.
The paper is guided by a main question what the influence of the implementation of Environmental management systems in Chinese enterprises on the corporate performance is. In order to answer this main question, the literature review methodology is employed in this paper. Through the literature review two main drivers for EMS implementation and two positive influences of EMS implementation in Chinese enterprises have been found. Meanwhile the main three barriers of EMS implementation in Chinese enterprises also have been pointed out in this paper.
The purpose of this research is to summarize the relationship between EMS implementation and corporate performances of companies and to point out the importance of EMS implementation in Chinese enterprises. It also gives the guide to Chinese enterprises.