The Impact of Sustainable Manufacturing Practices and Innovation Performance on Economic Sustainability

Hami, Norsiah; Muhamad, Mohd Razali; Ebrahim, Zuhriah

doi:10.1016/j.procir.2014.07.167

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“…SD refers to the integration of a set of intra-organization and inter-organization practices into operational and business activities to alleviate the adverse environmental effect of production processes. SD may conserve energy/resources and promote the well-being and the safety of employees, communities and consumers (Hami et al, 2015). It focuses on the entire products' life-cycle from raw material extraction to final waste disposal (Ceschin and Gaziulusoy, 2016).…”

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Sustainability orientation, supply chain integration, and SMEs performance: a causal analysis

Shashi

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Centobelli

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Purpose The pressure of globalization has raised social concerns related to the protection of the environment, forced companies to use sustainability as a strategic weapon to fulfill the legal obligations and achieve overall competitiveness. It is reported that small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are globally responsible for approximately 70 percent of the industrial pollution, justifying urgent attention to the operations of these businesses. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of sustainability orientation (SO) and supply chain (SC) integration implemented by SMEs on their sustainable procurement (SP) and design. Moreover, this study examines how SMEs’ SP and design affect their environmental and cost performance (CP). Design/methodology/approach The authors develop a comprehensive model to test the relationships among SC, SC integration, SP, sustainable design (SD), environmental performance (EP) and CP at the SMEs level. The authors investigate the relationships of the mentoned factors by a data set that is collected from 358 Indian manufacturing SMEs. Findings The results indicate that in the SMEs’ context: SO positively influences both SP and SD; external integration positively affects SP; internal integration positively affects SD; SP positively influences EP and has not impact on CP; and SD positively influences both EP and CP. Originality/value This study provides a broad view of the relation between driving factors that may direct SMEs toward a better sustainability performance and offers practical managerial insights into these important business entities.

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Sustainability orientation, supply chain integration, and SMEs performance: a causal analysis

Shashi

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Centobelli

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“…industrial sustainability measure (ISMs), as defined in (Trianni et al, 2017b). Although there is good evidence that such ISMs are effective and can impact positively on firms' performance (Fleiter et al, 2012;Norsiah et al, 2015;Tompa et al, 2009), many firms still struggle with their adoption. OHS is still considered one of the major challenges both for firms and policy-makers (Cagno et al, 2016), and there is a general recognition that the improvement of working conditions is a collective concern, driven by both humanitarian and economic considerations (Eurostat, 2016).…”

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Industrial sustainability: Modelling drivers and mechanisms with barriers

Neri

Cagno

Sebastiano

et al. 2018

Journal of Cleaner Production

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Sustainability's relevance is constantly increasing among industrial decision makers, policy-makers and scholars. To improve sustainability performance, firms must adopt industrial sustainability measures. These have been proven to positively impact on overall firm's performance, but their rate of adoption is still low, and barriers to their adoption need to be properly tackled by drivers. This work is based on a review of literature on drivers to sustainability and to the areas of occupational health and safety, eco efficiency, and energy efficiency, and contributes to industrial sustainability research presenting a novel framework of drivers. The framework comprehends a model of drivers and a model of mechanisms: the former encompasses previous literature contributions and aims to characterize drivers for the adoption of measures in all areas of industrial sustainability; the latter aims to evaluate if a driver may tackle specific barrier or boost the action of another driver. We conducted a preliminary validation of the framework in nine Italian manufacturing firms. Regarding model of drivers, capacity to represent, usefulness and ease of use were evaluated; concerning model of mechanisms usefulness and ease of use were evaluated. Results seem to be sound with an overall positive evaluation of the framework by all the interviewees. Model of drivers was appreciated for its structure and completeness, and for its ability to enhance knowledge and awareness; model of mechanisms was considered useful for properly foster the adoption of a measure within the firm. The framework could be useful for industrial decision makers and policy-makers to better direct resources and efforts to foster the adoption of industrial sustainability measures.

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“…Although there is good evidence that such measures are effective and have a positive impact on firms' performance, e.g. (Fleiter et al, 2012a) for EnEff, (Hami et al, 2015) for sustainable practices, (Tompa et al, 2006) for OHS, many firms still struggle to implement them. OHS continues to be one of the major challenges for companies and policy-makers (Cagno et al, 2016), and there is general recognition that "the need to improve working conditions is a collective concern, prompted by both humanitarian and economic considerations" (Eurostat, 2016).…”

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Modelling barriers to the adoption of industrial sustainability measures

Trianni

Cagno

Neri

2017

Journal of Cleaner Production

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Sustainability is constantly gaining relevance among industrial decision makers, policy makers and scholars. In order to be sustainable, firms need to implement industrial sustainability measures, however there are many barriers to doing this. This work is based on a review of literature on barriers to the areas of occupational health and safety, eco efficiency, energy efficiency and to sustainability, and contributes to industrial sustainability research by presenting a novel, integrated theoretical model of barriers to the implementation of sustainability measures. The model encompasses previous literature review contributions and is intended to characterize and evaluate barriers to the adoption of industrial sustainability measures in all its areas. We have conducted a preliminary validation of the model investigating eight northern Italian manufacturing firms, looking at its ability to represent barriers to sustainability, usefulness and ease of use. We conducted semi-structured interviews to people responsible of the different areas of industrial sustainability, complemented by questionnaires and secondary materials. Results show a positive overall judgment of the model by all the interviewees. Moreover, the model was able to be applied to issues deriving from different perspectives and different areas of industrial sustainability. The findings can help firms and policy makers overcome barriers and they also provide insight into the different perspectives on the adoption of industrial sustainability measures than can be used to promote their adoption

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The Impact of Sustainable Manufacturing Practices and Innovation Performance on Economic Sustainability

Cited by 74 publications

References 22 publications

Sustainability orientation, supply chain integration, and SMEs performance: a causal analysis

Sustainability orientation, supply chain integration, and SMEs performance: a causal analysis

Industrial sustainability: Modelling drivers and mechanisms with barriers

Modelling barriers to the adoption of industrial sustainability measures

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