The use of environmental performance indicators and size effect: A study of industrial companies

Hourneaux, Flávio; Hrdlicka, Hermann Atila; Gomes, Clandia Maffini; Kruglianskas, Isak

doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.07.009

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“…This is in line with findings from CS analysis of supply chain management (Hourneaux et al, 2014): forest industry company disclosure on biodiversity and ecosystems typically focuses on the indirect impacts caused by operational activities, rather than direct impacts resulting from supplier and contractor activities.…”

Section: Figuresupporting

confidence: 58%

Managerial Views of Corporate Impacts and Dependencies on Ecosystem Services: A Case of International and Domestic Forestry Companies in China

D'amato

Wan

et al. 2016

J Bus Ethics

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This study investigates managerial views of corporate sustainability under the ecosystem services perspective, which is emerging as a key paradigm worldwide for environmental management and policy making. We analyse interviews conducted with 20 managers from domestic and international forestry companies operating with a plantation-based business model in China. Content analysis was employed to analyse the data, with a focus on four key areas: 1) interviewee familiarity with the ecosystem services concept; 2) their views of corporate dependencies and impacts on ecosystem services; 3) related business risks and opportunities; and 4) viability of existing instruments and practices that can be employed in detecting and addressing business impacts and dependencies on ecosystem services. Based on our empirical findings, we further refined a conceptual framework of the impact-dependency-response process between enterprises and ecosystems services. This framework holds broader operational value for developing company response strategies to ecosystem services impact/dependence assessment, ensuring that all issues are addressed comprehensively, and that related risks and opportunities are properly acknowledged.

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Section: Figuresupporting

confidence: 58%

Managerial Views of Corporate Impacts and Dependencies on Ecosystem Services: A Case of International and Domestic Forestry Companies in China

D'amato

Wan

et al. 2016

J Bus Ethics

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“…This implies that more budgets available would allow more time spending on sustainability. This result is consistent with that larger projects with more budget generally have more opportunities to pursue sustainability (Anderson and Muench, 2013;Hourneaux et al, 2014).…”

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confidence: 91%

“…Environmental performance indicators (EPIs) help decision makers to evaluate environmental performance and reduce the vast amount of environmental data from a firm (Hourneaux et al, 2014). Environmental performance can be assessed at the management and operational levels and two types of EPIs are proposed in ISO 14031 (Tam et al, 2006;ISO, 1999).…”

Section: Sustainable Performance Indicatorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainable design indicators: Roadway project as an example

Chang

Tsai

2015

Ecological Indicators

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“…In the environmental dimension, the indicators materials, energy and water are the ones that have the highest priority on the measurement of production costs (Hourneaux Jr, Hrdlicka, Gomes and Kruglianskas, 2014). Other indicators such as emissions, effluents and waste, environmental aspects of products and services, environmental compliance, and general environmental issues are also typical in industrial process and should be measured, as well.…”

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confidence: 99%

Triple bottom line and sustainable performance measurement in industrial companies

Hourneaux¹,

Gabriel

Gallardo‐Vázquez

2018

REGE

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Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to propose a minimum set of indicators to be measured by industrial companies to represent the triple bottom line (TBL) approach. Design/methodology/approach -The research is both descriptive and quantitative. Three hypotheses establish associations among the degrees of use of TBL indicators and their different degrees of use in firms. The authors used confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to validate the scale and structural equation modelling to represent the final measurement model. The survey gathered 149 industrial companies. Findings -The results pointed out that there are positive associations among the degree of use of environmental indicators and social indicators, economic, environmental and social indicators have different degrees of use in firms, a positive association between the degree of use of environmental and social indicators and the use of economic indicators was not confirmed. The findings suggest how to measure sustainable performance for industrial companies and highlight the differences in the degree of use for the three dimensions of TBL.Research limitations/implications -The limitations refer to the non-probabilistic sample, applied in a specific context, industrial companies. Practical implications -This set of indicators is intended to be used by industrial companies as a reliable instrument to sustainable performance assessment of the current stage of the TBL deployment and provide alternative approaches to address specific issues related to the environmental, social and economic sustainability. Social implications -The results offer tangible results for measuring and reporting firm's social and environmental performance. Originality/value -This paper intends to offer an integrated and consistent way of measuring sustainability in industrial companies.

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The use of environmental performance indicators and size effect: A study of industrial companies

Cited by 41 publications

References 28 publications

Managerial Views of Corporate Impacts and Dependencies on Ecosystem Services: A Case of International and Domestic Forestry Companies in China

Managerial Views of Corporate Impacts and Dependencies on Ecosystem Services: A Case of International and Domestic Forestry Companies in China

Sustainable design indicators: Roadway project as an example

Triple bottom line and sustainable performance measurement in industrial companies

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