Environmental impacts and aspects in the forest industry: What kind of picture do corporate environmental reports provide?

Mäkelä, Marileena

doi:10.1016/j.forpol.2017.03.018

Cited by 14 publications

(10 citation statements)

References 53 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…Environmental trade competitiveness is composed of green trade competitiveness indicators and trade pollution conditions indicators, indicating that the trade competitiveness in wooden forest products. The competitiveness of trade in the case of emissions is suitable for the definition of green development, which refers to getting rid of the pressure of environmental pollution to achieve the purpose of promoting economic development [12,41,47,48]. The pollution treatment represents the intensity of pollution emissions created by the manufacture of wooden forest products for trade.…”

Section: Green Evaluation System Of Trade In Wooden Forest Productsmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Green Assessment of Imports and Exports of Wooden Forest Products Based on Forest Processing Industry: A Case Study of China

Tian

Vũ

et al. 2021

Forests

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The research on international trade competitiveness is progressing continuously. Environmental factors have been gradually considered in the competitiveness of international trade. However, the green assessment system of international trade competitiveness is not perfect. Building a model based on the trade economy is complex. This study combines environmental pollution data based on the forest processing industry with trade flows. Environmental trade competitiveness, pollution treatment, and trade scale were selected as the three criterion levels to construct an assessment system. The weight and score of each index were calculated by the overall entropy method. The overall entropy method is more comprehensive than the traditional entropy weight method due to introduce longitudinal comparisons of time and category. This method is a dynamic evaluation model with analysis of three-dimensional sequential data tables. The use of this method enables the assessment model to analyze more comprehensively the green level of a country’s trade in wooden forest products in terms of time and product category. The green level of chemical wood pulp and sawn timber trade in China is at a high level. The pollution treatment and trade scale of chemical wood pulp and sawn timber attained a medium level of matching. The trades in particle board, hardboard, newsprint, carton board, and wrapping paper are at medium levels of green. The trades in medium density fiberboard and plywood have poor levels of green and need to improve their green production capacity. It is suggested that China should increase investment in scientific research, as well as establish policies to restrict and treat pollution in the industry of wooden forest products, while increasing the export volumes of products with high added value. China should attach importance to the pollution resulting from the manufacture of wooden forest products. The state should support policies for these producers reducing production emissions.

show abstract

Section: Green Evaluation System Of Trade In Wooden Forest Productsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Large scale forest loss and degradation are occurring in the world [12]. Deforestation has been further increased by wooden forest products trade activities, which put pressure on global forest resources [13,14].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Green Assessment of Imports and Exports of Wooden Forest Products Based on Forest Processing Industry: A Case Study of China

Tian

Vũ

et al. 2021

Forests

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Second, given the lack of empirical works testing the “Emancipatory Framework for Extinction Accounting and Accountability” (EFEAA) (Atkins & Maroun, 2018), this paper critically analyzes the current approach to extinction accounting in an environmental sensitive sector, such as the tissue industry. Third, we developed an earlier discussion on the reporting practices focused on an underexplored topic in literature, as the most of studies investigated the reporting sustainability practices in the forestry sector (Boiral & Heras‐Saizarbitoria, 2017; Joutsenvirta, 2009; Mäkelä, 2017; Smith et al, 2019; Toppinen & Korhonen‐Kurki, 2013).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Extinction accounting and accountability: Empirical evidence from the west European tissue industry

Corvino

Martini

2021

Bus Strat Env

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Recently, human activities are more and more invasive with respect to biodiversity.Several studies highlighted the key role played by accountants in contributing to the development of tools able to support company in assessing, reporting, and disseminating, as well as accomplishing, the preservation of natural species and ecosystems (King and Atkins, 2016). Corporate reporting of environmental information might increase the credibility of forest certifications, given that some scholars argued that certified forests are not often run, in a sustainable way. Moreover, certifications sometimes cover harmful forest practices (Elad, 2014) and do not ensure a good quality of environmental reporting and performance. The research question therefore intends to explore how extinction accounting and accountability (EAA) is able to reflect ex post the company's business strategy and, at the same time, influence ex ante its formulation by easing the prevention of deforestation risk and addressing the issue of credibility through specific actions. In more detail, the "Emancipatory Framework for Extinction Accounting and Accountability" (EFEAA) (Atkins and Maroun, 2018) was tested using content and interpretative analyses based on the reports inherent to top four companies working in West Europe in the tissue industry, where the preservation of forest heritage is a "compulsory route" for assuring the business sustainability, in terms of both raw material renewal and brand reputation. The findings highlighted the first attempt to carry out a qualitative research over the management of forest issues. In our study, companies tend to report advantages arising from the use of forest, but this kind of disclosure is too generic without providing evidence over the ecosystem services forests produce. Moreover, firm size affects the quantity and the quality of disclosure. At last, managerial implications and future research avenues are outlined and discussed.

show abstract

“…This kind of integrated index would be helpful for the planning of conservation and protection measures in protected areas (Černý et al, 2013;Nzeadibe et al, 2015;Caniani et al, 2016). Thirdly, while companies provide reliable quantitative information about their performance (Hammond and Miles, 2004), the industry has information gaps, as it fails to publicly communicate its level of environmental performance (Panwar et al, 2014;Mäkelä, 2017).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Systematic Environmental Impact Assessment for Non-natural Reserve Areas: A Case Study of the Chaishitan Water Conservancy Project on Land Use and Plant Diversity in Yunnan, China

et al. 2017

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Environmental impact assessment (EIA) before and after the establishment of a Water Conservancy Project (WCP) is of great theoretical and practical importance for assessing the effectiveness of ecological restoration efforts. WCPs rehabilitate flood-damaged areas or other regions hit by disasters by controlling and redistributing surface water and groundwater. Using Geographic Information System (GIS) and Composite Evaluation Index (CEI) in predictive modeling, we studied the degree to which a WCP could change land use, plant communities, and species diversity in Yunnan, China. Via modeling, we quantified likely landscape pattern changes and linked them to naturality (i.e., the percentage of secondary vegetation types), diversity, and stability together with the human interferences (e.g., conservation or restoration project) of an ecosystem. The value of each index was determined by the evaluation system, and the weight percentage was decided through Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP). We found that minor land-use changes would occur after the Chaishitan WCP was theoretically established. The greatest decline was farmland (0.079%), followed by forest (0.066%), with the least decline in water bodies (0.020%). We found 1,076 vascular plant species (including subspecies, varieties and form) belonging to 165 families and 647 genera in Chaishitan irrigation area before the water conservancy establishment. The naturality and diversity decreased 11.18 and 10.16% respectively. The CEI was 0.92, which indicated that Chaishitan WCP will enhance local landscape heterogeneity, and it will not deteriorate local ecological quality. Our study proposes a comprehensive ecological evaluation system for this WCP and further suggests the importance of including the ecological and environmental consequences of the WCP, along with the well-established socioeconomic Zhu et al. Water Conservancy Project Impact Assessment evaluation systems for non-natural reserve areas. We conclude that the Chaishitan WCP will have minor environmental impacts on the local landscape and plant diversity. Furthermore, the irrigation project will provide sufficient water once established, which will enrich local plant diversity; therefore, we support its construction.

show abstract

Environmental impacts and aspects in the forest industry: What kind of picture do corporate environmental reports provide?

Cited by 14 publications

References 53 publications

Green Assessment of Imports and Exports of Wooden Forest Products Based on Forest Processing Industry: A Case Study of China

Green Assessment of Imports and Exports of Wooden Forest Products Based on Forest Processing Industry: A Case Study of China

Extinction accounting and accountability: Empirical evidence from the west European tissue industry

Systematic Environmental Impact Assessment for Non-natural Reserve Areas: A Case Study of the Chaishitan Water Conservancy Project on Land Use and Plant Diversity in Yunnan, China

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About