Green productivity indexing

Abstract

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Mensurando a Produtividade Verde: uma proposta de métrica

“…As for the empirical theoretical works (21%), they are considered like this because they bring some contribution and theoretical innovation in the context of Green Productivity, at the same time as this contribution is empirically applied to prove its consistency. It was verified that these works are propositions and respective applications of measurement indexes of Green Productivity and implementation methodologies (Kim & Hur, 2003;Paranis, 2003;Gandhi et al, 2006;Avishek et al, 2008). These works bring as contribution the filling of the gap left by only the theoretical studies or only empirical.…”

“…-Limited analysis to the environmental construct, lacking to incorporate economic aspects; -Application of the GP restricted to the production process. Gandhi et al (2006) Application of IGP for the choice of product alternatives.…”

“…Green Productivity was established by the Asian Productivity Organization (APO), which initiated its Green Productivity Program in 1994, with the aim of increasing it through the minimum use of resources and the reduction of environmental impacts. Green Productivity has been disseminated in the Asian continent, where its methodology has been applied in the most different types of industry: cooking oil production; Car parts (Gandhi et al, 2006); Pepper production (Sittichinnawing & Peerapattana, 2012) among others.…”

“…Its applicability comes to ratify the need to use metrics so that it can be measured in the industrial context. In the pertinent literature to the measurement of this type of productivity, there are few studies with this focus, highlighting those performed by Kim & Hur (2003) and Gandhi et al (2006) because they present metrics for measuring Green Productivity Focused on process and product, respectively. However, with regard to the measurement in the organizational scope, it was verified in these works the limitation of a measurement with focus only on the comparison and analysis of processes or products, without amplifying this perspective for the other aspects of the organization.…”

Application of Material Flow Cost Accounting Technology to Support Green Productivity and Its Reflection in Achieving Sustainable Development

“…Green productivity is one of those concepts, as it includes environmental protection and economic development (Mohan Das Gandhi, Selladurai, & Santhi, 2006).…”