Green supply chain initiatives among certified companies in Malaysia and environmental sustainability: Investigating the outcomes

Eltayeb, Tarig Khidir; Zailani, Suhaiza; Ramayah, T.

doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2010.09.003

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“…Specific SDS practices include on-site technical support to improve existing processes, technical training of suppliers designed to reduce emissions and enhance production efficiency, and joint projects to develop sustainable technologies (Eltayeb et al, 2011). SDS practices also include knowledge transfer to and communication with suppliers (Lu et al, 2012), investment and resource transfers (Bai and Sarkis, 2010), improvement efforts directed at suppliers, and supplier evaluation (Lu et al, 2012).…”

Section: Supplier Development For Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Supplier Development for Sustainability: Contextual Barriers in Global Supply Chains

Busse¹,

Niu²,

Schleper

et al. 2016

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Acknowledgments:An earlier version of this paper was the recipient of the 2015 Chris Voss Best Paper Award granted at the 22 nd European Operations Management Association conference. We are most grateful to the EurOMA Scientific Committee for choosing our paper and encouraging us to consider IJPDLM as a publication outlet for our research. We also acknowledge the helpful feedback received at the conference. Moreover, we would like to thank the three anonymous reviewers at IJPDLM who have provided extremely insightful and constructive suggestions which helped us to improve this paper substantially. Finally, we express our gratitude to the Editor, Alexander E. Ellinger, for facilitating a speedy review process. Design/methodology/approach -A dyadic case study design was adopted with a Western European buyer and six of its Chinese suppliers. The database consists of 41 interviews and 81 documents.Findings -Contextual barriers to SDS in global supply chains derive from complexities in the sustainability concept, socio-economic differences, spatial and linguistic distance, as well as cultural differences between buyers and suppliers. Partial remedies include effective joint communications, an open organizational culture, and the fostering of cross-contextual understanding.Research implications -The findings contribute to theory development at the intersection of sustainable and global supply chain management research. They help to explain why scarce sustainability-related progress in global supply chains has occurred in recent years.Practical implications -The identified barriers facilitate managerial decision making that will expedite SDS progress in global contexts.Social implications -By diffusing knowledge regarding available remedies, the study contributes to improving SDS effectiveness, thereby fostering sustainability capabilities and performance of suppliers.Originality/value -This research highlights the criticality of contextual barriers to SDS. The barrier effects that stem from differing real-world conceptions of sustainability may inform future sustainable supply chain management research within and beyond SDS.

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Section: Supplier Development For Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Supplier Development for Sustainability: Contextual Barriers in Global Supply Chains

Busse¹,

Niu²,

Schleper

et al. 2016

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107

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“…Supplier environmental collaboration Vachon and Klassen (2006) identified that in effort to reduce environmental impact and seek for environmental solutions, organizations develop cooperative activities to handle environmental activities within the supply chain. Activities such as joint environmental planning, shared environmental knowledge, green product development and innovations which have a positive effect on delivery and supplier performance address the added value that can emerge from the direct collaborative interaction between organization and supply chain members (Bowen et al, 2001;Eltayeb et al, 2011;Rao, 2002;Vachon and Klassen, 2007). These environmental collaboration helps companies manage suppliers' environmental performance, ensuring that the purchased materials are environment-friendly and produced using green processes (Lin, 2013;Rao and Holt, 2005;.…”

Section: Carbon Managementmentioning

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“…Customer environmental collaboration includes direct involvement of a firm to ensure better environmental performance for its customers. Eltayeb et al (2011), Rao (2002) and Vachon and Klassen (2007) suggested activities like interchanging technical information between a company and its customers, customer education, customer support, and joint ventures which will eventually enhance environmental performance for customers in terms of green products and innovations development. An effective customer relationship, as explained by Azevedo et al (2011), will allow environmental cost reduction, improve responsiveness to customers' environmental worries, increase customer satisfaction and reduce business waste.…”

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A review on green supply chain aspects and practices

Islam

Karia

Fauzi

et al. 2017

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“…Moreover, [16] studied the green practices among ISO 14001 certified firms in Malaysia. The green practiced by the firms were eco design, green purchasing, and reverse logistic.…”

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Green Initiatives Adoption and Environmental Performance of Public Listed Companies in Malaysia

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Abstract:Environmental issues bring about thoughtful questions on the roles of business organisations in society. Irrespective of whether they are contributing to a better environment or worsening it, organisations have to acknowledge environmental or green issues through impact research and measurement. This article aims to examine the extent of green initiatives adoption and its impact on environmental performance of public listed companies (PLCs) in Malaysia. A questionnaire survey was conducted on PLCs and data from 120 samples were analysed using a statistical tool partial least square-structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM). Interviews were also conducted with a few selected companies to obtain in-depth information on green practices and to support the survey findings. The findings reveal that the extent of green initiatives adoption and environmental performance is at moderate level. Green initiatives adoption positively affects the environmental performance of Malaysian PLCs. The present study contributes to the literature of environmental management in the context of green and sustainable development. It also provides some important contributions for management practices by providing empirical evidence to managers that green initiatives should be extensively adopted to enhance environmental performances.

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Green supply chain initiatives among certified companies in Malaysia and environmental sustainability: Investigating the outcomes

Cited by 616 publications

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Supplier Development for Sustainability: Contextual Barriers in Global Supply Chains

Supplier Development for Sustainability: Contextual Barriers in Global Supply Chains

A review on green supply chain aspects and practices

Green Initiatives Adoption and Environmental Performance of Public Listed Companies in Malaysia

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