Potential benefits of developing and implementing environmental and sustainability rating systems: Making the case for the need of diversification

Poveda, Cesar A.; Young, R. W.

doi:10.1016/j.ijsbe.2014.12.003

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“…When Lean, sustainability, and supply chain management are melted in the same pot, it becomes one broad theory, which covers a range from the product design phase to end-of-product-life management including reverse logistics. This creates a necessity to benchmark lean and sustainable operations to ensure measurement and comparability of truly sustainable performance, as well as establishment of a reward mechanism through a rating scale [274,275]. Some authors discuss that cost of compliance with environmental regulations would damage economic sustainability of an organization, while many studies including EPA's publications conclude that lean and sustainability practices can be combined to strengthen and fill the gaps in each other to achieve truly sustainable outcomes [164,168,276].…”

Section: Key Performance Indicators (Kpis) Constructmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Systematic Literature Review for Better Understanding of Lean Driven Sustainability

Tasdemir

Gazo

2018

Sustainability

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Global trends and factors, such as the increased level of globalization, climate change, resource scarcity, and awareness of social and environmental responsibilities, as well as fiercer competition and lower profit margins in all industries, force organizations to act to retain, regain, or sustain their competitive advantages for long-term survival. These trends and factors are historically known to bring about innovations that drive the evolution of industries. Sustainability is considered to be such an innovation to achieve fiscally sound, environmentally conscious, and socially progressive organizations and supply chains. This study reviewed 477 past articles published in five major databases from 1990 to 2018. The purpose of the study was to assess the current state-of-the art in the subject of lean-driven sustainability. Based on the exhaustive descriptive and contextual analysis, synergies, divergences, and the extent of two-way permeability of lean and sustainability concepts from the perspective of intra-and inter-organizational operations were identified along with future research opportunities. Fundamental strengths and weaknesses of both concepts, existing strong synergies and untapped potential, along with their key contributors, the potential-use cases of lean tools to derive sustainable solutions are highlighted in this review.

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Section: Key Performance Indicators (Kpis) Constructmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Systematic Literature Review for Better Understanding of Lean Driven Sustainability

Tasdemir

Gazo

2018

Sustainability

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“…This is because it is adopted for convenience and not for conviction (ethics and moral) (Jagd, 2014). Some research in the field of SMEs from countries with developed and emerging economies have exposed that these practices generate a greater projection of the commercial image of companies, increase the satisfaction of their stakeholders and increase the business reputation (Jayanti & Rajeev, 2014;Poveda & Young, 2015). From the theoretical and empirical analysis we have developed the following hypotheses: H1a.…”

Section: Iso 14001 and 26001 Standards In The Business Imagementioning

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ISO 14001 and 26001, Agents of Change in the SME

Valdez-Juárez¹,

Gallardo‐Vázquez²,

Ramos-Escobar³

et al. 2019

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At present, business strategies in SMEs (Small and medium enterprises) are crucial for consolidation in highly competitive markets, in achieving a better image and in business profitability. One of the strategies that are currently being used and that have a high level of success are the practices focused on sustainability and social responsibility, through standardized standards such as: ISO 14001 and ISO 26001. The literature related to sustainable business is based mainly on the theory of resources and capabilities, and in theory based on Stakeholders. These currents state that companies should focus on profitable strategies to ensure significant and long-term results, in order to achieve organizational and financial results for stakeholders. In this work, the sample consists of 215 companies from the commerce, services and industry sectors, located in the southern region of the State of Sonora in Mexico.The objective of the work is to analyze the influence of ISO 14001 and 26001 standards on the image and profitability of SMEs. The statistical analysis of the data has been carried out through the linear regression technique by OLS (Ordinary Least Squares). The findings prove that the ISO 14001 standard is the one that most influences the improvement of the business image and the level of profitability of the SME. In addition, we discovered that ISO 26001 has a partial influence on the image and profitability of the SME.

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“…In this sense, Poveda and Young [55] argued that if it pays to be green, constructers firms can achieve win-win in both environmental and operational dimensions, because environmental pressures provide constructors firms with an opportunity to improve efficiency and competitiveness through environmental innovations in processes and products.…”

Section: Carbon Reduction Strategies and Climate Changementioning

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Evaluating the Link between Low Carbon Reductions Strategies and Its Performance in the Context of Climate Change: A Carbon Footprint of a Wood-Frame Residential Building in Quebec, Canada

2018

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Abstract:The design and study of low carbon buildings is a major concern in a modern economy due to high carbon emissions produced by buildings and its effects on climate change. Studies have investigated (CFP) Carbon Footprint of buildings, but there remains a need for a strong analysis that measure and quantify the overall degree of GHG emissions reductions and its relationship with the effect on climate change mitigation. This study evaluates the potential of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the building sector by evaluating the (CFP) of four hotpots approaches defined in line with commonly carbon reduction strategies, also known as mitigation strategies. CFP framework is applied to compare the (CC) climate change impact of mitigation strategies. A multi-story timber residential construction in Quebec City (Canada) was chosen as a baseline scenario. This building has been designed with the idea of being a reference of sustainable development application in the building sector. In this scenario, the production of materials and construction (assembly, waste management and transportation) were evaluated. A CFP that covers eight actions divided in four low carbon strategies, including: low carbon materials, material minimization, reuse and recycle materials and adoption of local sources and use of biofuels were evaluated. The results of this study shows that the used of prefabricated technique in buildings is an alternative to reduce the CFP of buildings in the context of Quebec. The CC decreases per m 2 floor area in baseline scenario is up to 25% than current buildings. If the benefits of low carbon strategies are included, the timber structures can generate 38% lower CC than the original baseline scenario. The investigation recommends that CO 2 eq emissions reduction in the design and implementation of residential constructions as climate change mitigation is perfectly feasible by following different working strategies. It is concluded that if the four strategies were implemented in current buildings they would have environmental benefits by reducing its CFP. The reuse wood wastes into production of particleboard has the greatest environmental benefit due to temporary carbon storage.

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Potential benefits of developing and implementing environmental and sustainability rating systems: Making the case for the need of diversification

Cited by 47 publications

References 43 publications

A Systematic Literature Review for Better Understanding of Lean Driven Sustainability

A Systematic Literature Review for Better Understanding of Lean Driven Sustainability

ISO 14001 and 26001, Agents of Change in the SME

Evaluating the Link between Low Carbon Reductions Strategies and Its Performance in the Context of Climate Change: A Carbon Footprint of a Wood-Frame Residential Building in Quebec, Canada

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