Identifying the best practices in green operations strategy of hospitals

Abstract

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the best practices in the green operations strategy of hospitals. Design/methodology/approach A total of 25 cases from all over the world were investigated. The source of data was the annual sustainability reports that were retrieved from Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) database. The present research adopted the benchmarking method and the quantitative content analysis of sustainability reports. Then, the indicative models of best practices were developed by using two analysis approaches; within cluster analysis and across clusters analysis. Findings This study found four major taxonomies of green operation strategy in hospitals. The significant strategic groups were resources/waste management; electrical power management; non-hazardous waste management; and emissions/resources management. Indicative models for the relationship between actions and key green performance indicators were developed in the two stages of the analysis. Originality/value The best practices of green operations strategies in hospitals have not so far been investigated. Countries around the world should obey the new regulations for their environmental footprint; if they do, it will exert pressure on all sectors and organizations at all levels to take immediate steps to measure and improve their environmental performance.

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“…The number of clusters developed by this study was four, the number of clusters reported by previous studies, such as Migdadi (2016) and Migdadi and Elzzqaibeh (2018), was three and the number of clusters reported by Migdadi and Omari (2019) was five. In this study, three clusters reported were effective and one was ineffective; this is consistent with the findings of Migdadi and Elzzqaibeh (2018).…”

“…The lean strategic group scored moderately well in the financial and environmental indicators, and at a lower level in the key performance indicators of operational level. Migdadi and Omari (2019) developed five taxonomies for hospitals: resource management, electrical power management, non-hazard waste, emission-resources management and low emphasizer. Most of the previous studies developed different clustering trials and chose the clustering trial that had the maximum number of significant indicators.…”

“…The study of Migdadi and Omari (2019) adopted several green indicators to report the best practices of hospitals' green operating strategies, namely materials (paper consumption), water consumption, energy consumption, electrical power consumption, direct GHG emissions, indirect GHG emissions, fuel consumption and hazard and non-hazard wastes. The approach adopted for developing the taxonomies was to compare the performance of a firm with that of its major competitors.…”

“…However, the titles assigned for the clusters reflected that mainly the significant indicators were adopted by the clusters; the same approach was adopted by this study. Moreover, the previous studies such as Migdadi and Omari (2019) developed indicative models for the best strategic patterns; also, the same approach was adopted by this study.…”

The effective practices of mobile phone producers' green supply chain management in reducing GHG emissions

“…According to the life-cycle assessment process, all organizations should investigate the environmental impact of their operations over all aspects of their operational processes, products, and materials (Bjørn & Hauschild, 2013;Boehme, Panero, Muñoz, Powers, & Valle, 2009;de Bakker, 2001;Joshi, 1999;Matthews & Small, 2000;Migdadi & Elzzqaibeh, 2018;Migdadi & Omari, 2019), so that CO 2 emissions should be reported for suppliers' practices, logistics processes, business travel, manufacturing, customers' practices, and the operation of offices and facilities.…”