Sustainable Environmental Management System Integration and Business Performance: A Balance Assessment Approach Using Fuzzy Logic

Herghiligiu, Ionuţ Viorel; Robu, Ioan-Bogdan; Pîslaru, Marius; Vilcu, Adrian; Asandului, Anca Laura; Avasilcăi, Silvia; Bălan, C.

doi:10.3390/su11195311

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“…In this step, we create the weighted standardized PCA. The weighted standardized index is D * k , and it is shown in Equation (6).…”

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“…Sustainability is development which satisfies the current needs without restraining subsequent generations from satisfying their own needs [2]. Various methods have been used to evaluate sustainability in different disciplines [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]. Several methods to assess the sustainability performance of firms and companies have been developed [11][12][13][14].…”

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confidence: 99%

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An integrated Multi-Criteria Decision Making Model for Sustainability Performance Assessment for Insurance Companies

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To stay competitive in a business environment, continuous performance evaluation based on the triple bottom line standard of sustainability is necessary. There is a gap in addressing the computational expense caused by increased decision units due to increasing the performance evaluation indices to more accuracy in the evaluation. We successfully addressed these two gaps through (1) using principal component analysis (PCA) to cut the number of evaluation indices, and (2) since PCA itself has the problem of merely using the data distribution without considering the domain-related knowledge, we utilized Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to rank the indices through the expert’s domain-related knowledge. We propose an integrated approach for sustainability performance assessment in qualitative and quantitative perspectives. Fourteen insurance companies were evaluated using eight economic, three environmental, and four social indices. The indices were ranked by expert judgment though an analytical hierarchy process as subjective weighting, and then principal component analysis as objective weighting was used to reduce the number of indices. The obtained principal components were then used as variables in the data envelopment analysis model. So, subjective and objective evaluations were integrated. Finally, for validating the results, Spearman and Kendall’s Tau correlation tests were used. The results show that Dana, Razi, and Dey had the best sustainability performance.

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“…In this step, we create the weighted standardized PCA. The weighted standardized index is D * k , and it is shown in Equation (6).…”

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confidence: 99%

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“…However, to date, few studies have been done on the theme of meta-evaluation, especially in environmental science [5,6]. In fact, most evaluations of environmental management (EEM), which is to discover the issues in environmental management and promote sustainable development [7][8][9], are based on the presumption that there is no problem with the evaluation process itself.…”

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Meta-Evaluation for the Evaluation of Environmental Management: Standards and Practices

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Guo

2021

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Environmental management plays a key role in the sustainable development of cities. The effectiveness of environmental management is commonly examined through some evaluation schemes, but the effectiveness of such evaluation schemes also needs to be verified. As such, in this study, meta-evaluation was creatively introduced into environmental management to improve the evaluation of environmental management (EEM). Meta-evaluation is the evaluation of an evaluation scheme, and can verify and enhance the evaluation quality. First, a set of new meta-evaluation standards and criteria was proposed based on the unique characteristics of environmental management, which made meta-evaluation standards more adaptable and effective. After that, the efficacy of the proposed meta-evaluation standards was verified through their application to two evaluation schemes used in different fields of EEM. Based on meta-evaluation, suggestions for improving these two EEM schemes were also provided. The major contributions of this study are to introduce meta-evaluation into environmental management, establish new evaluation standards, and examine the efficacy of EEM. The research showed that it is critical to carry out meta-evaluation before and/or after the implementation of EEM.

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“…A handful number of scholars, for example, References [8][9][10], have written on sustainable environmental management system integration and business performance; the impact of the ecological management on innovation in Shanghai and the provinces of Guangdong; and environmental policy, environmental objectives, environmental processes, organizational structures, and monitoring in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, respectively, but none focus on the effect of environmental management practices and sustainability on some selected manufacturing firms in South East Nigeria.…”

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Effect of Environmental Management Practices and Sustainability on Some Selected Manufacturing Firms in South East Nigeria

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The manufacturing sector in South East Nigeria has many challenges concerning the incorporation of sustainability into the corporate strategies and operations of the industry, given its extractive nature and the numerous social and environmental impacts related to production activity. Attaining organizational sustainability requires the implementation of environmental management practice tools that create long-term value by embracing opportunities and managing risks derived from economic, environmental, and social developments. Therefore, this study investigated the effect of environmental management practice tools on the sustainability of manufacturing organizations. The goal of the study was to determine the relationship between environmental management practice tools and sustainability. A survey design was used for this study. A total of 363 questionnaires were distributed to the employees of the manufacturing firms, which included managers, supervisors, and line staff. The data collected were analyzed using Principal Component Analysis (PCA). Primarily, the study established that environmental management practice tools were significantly and positively related to sustainability. Thus, the study concluded that environmental management practice tools contribute significantly and positively to firms’ social, economic, and environmental sustainability. Additionally, the result of this study underlines the significance to manufacturing firms of carrying out environmental management practices. The ramifications are that manufacturing firms attempting to assert sustainability through EMP should have related knowledge with EMP. Furthermore, their environmental advantages will not convert into sustainability. The study adds to the body of knowledge by giving experimental pieces of proof identifying the interrelationships between EMP and sustainability.

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Sustainable Environmental Management System Integration and Business Performance: A Balance Assessment Approach Using Fuzzy Logic

Cited by 30 publications

References 100 publications

An integrated Multi-Criteria Decision Making Model for Sustainability Performance Assessment for Insurance Companies

An integrated Multi-Criteria Decision Making Model for Sustainability Performance Assessment for Insurance Companies

Meta-Evaluation for the Evaluation of Environmental Management: Standards and Practices

Effect of Environmental Management Practices and Sustainability on Some Selected Manufacturing Firms in South East Nigeria

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