Showing papers in "Greener management international in 2001"

Environmental Supply Chain Innovation

Abstract: This chapter proposes a model describing why firms should invest in environmental supply chain innovation or ‘green supply’ activities. It argues that large high profile companies are under pressure from a wide range of stakeholders to improve their environmental performance. In contrast, small supplier firms are under less pressure, but are highly influenced by the demands of their customers. The model attempts to demonstrate that customer firms invest in environmental supply chain innovation because suppliers with poor environmental practices can expose the customer firm to high levels of environmental risk. However, implementation is dependent upon environmental pressure, firm capabilities and the degree to which customer firms are able to control their suppliers. The model is illustrated with a case study of UK supermarket retailer J Sainsbury Plc and five of their suppliers conducted over a four-year period in the late 1990s.

Customer and Supplier Relations for Environmental Performance

Abstract: This paper examines how relations between customers and suppliers affect environmental performance as indicated by waste reduction in chemical firms. Using a national survey, firm visits and phone interviews with U.S. chemical firms, this analysis suggests that a reciprocal learning process between customers and suppliers occurs as firms exchange information to set and meet environmental requirements. Firms that collaborate with customers tend to collaborate with their suppliers similarly, with the greatest successes in waste reduction occurring in firms that meet their customers’ environmental standards and in turn set standards for their suppliers.

A Case Study of Green Supply Chain Management at Advanced Micro Devices

Abstract: This paper evaluates the operations of environmental supply-chain management at Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) as they existed in January 2002 The paper provides background on AMD’s environmental practices and how they relate to greening the supply chain. Various practices and policies, as well as barriers and opportunities, are identified in this paper. The paper provides insights into how one organisation has been able to successfully and strategically align its supplier relationships with its environmental programmes.

Urban economic indicators for green development in cities

Abstract: This paper is part of the European Union project on the Development of Urban Green Spaces to Improve the Quality of Life in Cities and Urban Regions (URGE). † The paper aims to describe urban economic indicators for the evaluation of existing urban green structures and green spaces by using a taxonomy of indicators and to develop an economic framework for the development and management of green spaces in cities. A functional typology of urban green spaces based on a set of indicators of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), which is described as pressure–state–response (PSR) indicators, is used for the determination of the relevant economic dimensions, criteria and indicators of urban green space. From an economic perspective, there are four relevant dimensions of urban green spaces that refer to the functions that have an impact (directly or indirectly) on environmental sources, welfare and quality of urban life, financing and management of urban green. This economic framework provides an opportunity to discuss the complex relationships of the multi-dimensional structure of urban green spaces. It provides also a useful framework for the social, ecological and planning perspectives, policies and management issues. ● Urban green

Selecting Environmental Performance Indicators : The Case of Numico

Abstract: In order to achieve both efficient and reliable external communication adapted to the company's specific conditions, it is desirable to establish a clear relation between the environmental performance indicators (EPIs) used internally for environmental management and the EPIs used externally for public reporting. This paper first analyses the relevance of existing tools in selecting corporate EPIs such as schemes and guidelines for environmental reporting and the ISO 14031 standard. A model for diagnosing environmental strategic management is needed to guide the selection of internal and external EPIs. In our study, an analytic model was developed by linking a three-stage model of corporate strategy with different sets of EPIs presented in the literature. The model was used to assess corporate strategy and internal and potential external uses of EPIs. This paper is based on a research project with Numico, a multinational company specialised in nutritional products, whose corporate environmental policy and strategy was not yet fully developed. The model is successfully tested at Numico and it was concluded that a process-oriented corporate strategy focusing on eco-efficiency would be a feasible option. A set of EPIs for external reporting was proposed, accordingly, based on the EPIs already used within the company. Additional potential starting points for further development of the corporate strategy were identified.