Relationships between operational practices and performance among early adopters of green supply chain management practices in chinese manufacturing enterprises

Sustainable supply chains: An introduction

Purpose – Green supply chain management (GSCM) has emerged as a key approach for enterprises seeking to become environmentally sustainable. This paper aims to evaluate and describe GSCM drivers, practices and performance among various Chinese manufacturing organizations.Design/methodology/approach – Based on a literature review, four propositions are put forward. An empirical study using survey research was completed. The survey questionnaire was designed with 54 items using literature and industry expert input. An exploratory factor analysis was conducted to derive groupings of GSCM pressures, practice and performance from the survey data which included 314 responses. A categorical and descriptive nature of the results is then presented with an evaluation and comparative analysis with previous research findings.Findings – Chinese enterprises have increased their environmental awareness due to regulatory, competitive, and marketing pressures and drivers. However, this awareness has not been translated int...

Green supply chain management in China: pressures, practices and performance

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Issues in environmentally conscious manufacturing and product recovery: a survey

While building their reputation as a major manufacturing prowess, Chinese industry has experienced increasing ecological pressures from a variety of institutional players including market, governmental, and competitive sources. In response to these pressures some organizations initiate emergent green supply chain management (GSCM) practices. A moderated hierarchical regression analysis of data provided by 341 Chinese manufacturer respondents was completed to examine the relationships between GSCM practice, environmental and economic performance, incorporating three moderating factors market, regulatory, and competitive institutional pressures. The results reveal that: (1) Chinese manufacturers have experienced increasing environmental pressure to implement GSCM practices; (2) the existence of market (normative) and regulatory (coercive) pressures influences organizations to have improved environmental performance, especially when these pressures cause adoption of eco-design and green purchasing practices;...

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The moderating effects of institutional pressures on emergent green supply chain practices and performance

Throughout human history, industry has been an open system of materials flow. People took natural plant, animal and mineral materials and transformed them into tools, clothing and other products of all kinds. When materials were left over from the production process or worn out, they were thrown aside—dumped in the backyard, as it were. Archaeologists find deposits of discarded materials—scrap stone, flints and potsherds—in the rubbish dumps of the Neolithic. Habitations were often moved because the waste that people had piled around them had rendered the old location an unsuitable place to live.

Robert A. Frosch

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Industrial Ecology: Minimizing the Impact of Industrial Waste