Linkages between best practice in business and good environmental performance by companies

Roberts, Lin; Gehrke, T.

doi:10.1016/s0959-6526(96)00039-x

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“…Roberts (1994) examined factors affecting progress in improving environmental performance and found much greater progress in a company with strong TQM. Roberts and Gherke (1995) found a strong correlation between environmental performance and business factors, with the companies scoring best for environmental performance also having a strong focus on quality, efficiency, waste elimination, good teamwork, high level of commitment, and a well developed strategy. Effective workforce management is key to, and an integral part of, successful quality management.…”

Section: System and Program Parallelsmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Most environmental efforts have thus been remedial,``end-of-pipe'' while preventative measures have been used only to a limited degree ( Jesson and Anderson, 1994). Perhaps as a consequence, environmental issues have been dealt with as discrete technical issues, requiring separate departments, personnel, policies and procedures (Roberts and Gherke, 1995).…”

Section: Environmental Management Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Environmental management systems in the New Zealand plastics industry

Corbett

Cutler

2000

International Journal of Operations &Amp; Production Management

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This paper considers the links between quality management systems and environmental management systems. In particular, how firms use their experience with the former to develop the latter. Case studies of seven plastic manufacturers in New Zealand found a high degree of applicability of TQM experiences. Areas most likely to be transferred were people practices, involvement of customers and suppliers, adopting a preventative approach or culture, and strict waste management control. At the current stage of development of environmental management systems in New Zealand, there is still much action just to ensure regulatory compliance. The paper also reviews briefly some of the environmental drivers impacting on operations management and the parallels between the development of quality management and environmental management systems.

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Section: System and Program Parallelsmentioning

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Section: Environmental Management Systemsmentioning

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Environmental management systems in the New Zealand plastics industry

Corbett

Cutler

2000

International Journal of Operations &Amp; Production Management

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“…Additionally, operational performance is considered in our study because operations managers should monitor delivery and quality metrics, alongside specific aspects of environmental and social dimensions (Hollos et al, 2012). Environmental performance measures the reduction of environmental pollutants in air, land, water, and the decrease of harmful or hazardous or toxic materials released to the environment (Roberts & Gehrke, 1996). Social performance is measured using indicators related to improvements in overall stakeholder welfare, community health, and safety of workers (Paulraj et al, 2017; Peng & Lin, 2008).…”

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Performance outcomes of supply chain practices for sustainable development: A meta‐analysis of moderators

Qorri

Gashi

Krasławski

2020

Sustainable Development

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Sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) practices have received growing attention but their consequences on firm performance yielded mixed outcomes. This study aims to synthesize quantitative research and to analyze potential moderators on the link between SSCM practices and firm performance. This study draws upon resource‐based view of the firm with the extensions of natural resource‐based view and relational view to underpin study hypotheses. The analysis is based on data collected from 145 independent samples composed of 33,886 firms. The research hypotheses are tested using meta‐analytical procedures. The results show that SSCM practices are significantly and positively correlated with firm's social, operational, economic, and environmental performance dimensions. Additional findings from moderator analysis provide nuanced views of SSCM practices‐performance link. This paper contributes to the literature by underlining the relevance of SSCM, identifying and classifying SSCM practices into a coherent framework. The research findings help policy makers, practitioners and other stakeholders to better understand benefits from the adoption of SSCM practices. Additionally, to the best of authors' knowledge, this is the first study that meta‐analytically combined existing empirical evidence of the social supply practices on various types of firm's sustainability performance.

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“…Source Definition Roberts and Gehrke (1996) the extent to which firm processes and practices maximize efficient use of resources, reduce wastage and environmental risks. Wagner et al (2002) organization's behaviour vis-à-vis natural environment in terms of how it goes about to consume available resources with strong commitment to have a strict check on pollution emissions Nawrocka and Parker (2009) an overview of the use of operational performance indicators that evaluate the use of resources, waste disposal, emissions, or water consumption.…”

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Environmental Proactivity on Environmental Performance: An Extension of Natural Resource-Based View Theory (Nrbv)

Appannan

Said

Tze

et al. 2020

IJIM

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Extensive use of global resources and the associated environmental impacts continue to grow. As a result, green operations have received continuous attention from the business sector in recent years. However, only a few studies unpacked its dimension and examined environmental management accounting (EMA) and the firm's performance. The purpose of this paper is to (i) review the connection of holistic accounting approach of EMA and environmental performance in the extant literature and (ii) deepen the theory of NRBV by incorporating environmental proactivity as a moderator in the framework to provide an additional theoretical explanation to environmental performance in the context of ISO 14001 companies in Malaysia. Using the data of 145 companies, this study revealed that environmental proactivity moderates the relationship between EMA and environmental performance. Interestingly, we also found that EMA showed positive relationship on environmental performance. The research findings will be particularly important for ISO 14001 companies in developing their strategies and policies to achieve sustainable performance. Furthermore, the outcome will give some remarkable insights for managers to identify the current standing of their firm’s environmental performance.

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Linkages between best practice in business and good environmental performance by companies

Cited by 10 publications

References 3 publications

Environmental management systems in the New Zealand plastics industry

Environmental management systems in the New Zealand plastics industry

Performance outcomes of supply chain practices for sustainable development: A meta‐analysis of moderators

Environmental Proactivity on Environmental Performance: An Extension of Natural Resource-Based View Theory (Nrbv)

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