The Economic–Social Performance Relationships of Ports: Roles of Stakeholders and Organizational Tension

Cheon, SangHyun

doi:10.1002/sd.1641

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“…An increasing number of studies underline the importance of managing relations with port supply chain stakeholders to incorporate sustainability (e.g., Cheon, ; Cheon & Deakin, ; Denktas‐Sakar & Karatas‐Cetin, ); however, very few studies have provided detailed analyses on the influence of supply chain stakeholders on a port's organisational changes towards sustainability. The relationship of an organisation with its various stakeholders is dynamic as they play different roles and have different approaches towards an organisation (Podnar & Jancic, ).…”

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Analysing sustainability changes in seaports: Experiences from the Gävle Port Authority

Lozano

Fobbe

Carpenter

et al. 2018

Sustainable Development

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Ports are under increasing pressure to become more sustainable. Although some ports have been including sustainability into their operations, this has been mainly done from economic and environmental perspectives and technological or policy-related approaches, while there has been little research on organisational change management for sustainability. This paper analyses organisational change efforts for sustainability at the Port of Gävle, Sweden. Twenty-three face-to-face interviews were conducted with various stakeholders. The findings show that there were differences in perception of sustainability; but similarities in the drivers for and the barriers to sustainability (with some key differences between the internal and external stakeholders).This research shows that, in their journey towards becoming more sustainable, ports have to take a holistic approach encompassing the four dimensions of sustainability (economic, environmental, social, and time); their stakeholders (internal and external); and legislative, technological, financial, cultural/social, voluntary initiatives, and organisational change management approaches. KEYWORDS barriers to sustainability, drivers for sustainability, organisational change management, Port of Gävle, sustainability

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Analysing sustainability changes in seaports: Experiences from the Gävle Port Authority

Lozano

Fobbe

Carpenter

et al. 2018

Sustainable Development

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“…There is no uniform theory of sustainability (Seuring & Müller, 2008). Yet, in the context of ports, sustainability is built upon three key building blocks or pillars around economy, environment and society (Cheon, 2017;Cheon et al, 2017;Laxe et al, 2017). When it comes to port sustainability measures, the implementation thereof is affected by different factors, for instance international regulations, such as UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), IMO Conventions for the Safety of Like at Sea (SOLAS), the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL), Convention for Trade Facilitation (FAL) and Maritime Labour Convention (MLC).…”

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A Digital or Sustainable Small and Medium-Sized Port? Sustainable Port Blueprint in the Baltic Sea Region Based on Port Benchmarking

Meyer

Gerlitz

Philipp

et al. 2021

Transport and Telecommunication Journal

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Small and medium-sized ports (SMSPs) in the Baltic Sea Region (BSR) are caught in a dilemma of less financial support by the European funding programmes due to their peripheral position in the TEN-T Core Network. Most of the BSR ports belong to the TEN-T Comprehensive Network, which is rationally less important in the topical financial, infrastructural and policy discourses. Despite this, BSR ports are of a colossal importance for the regional economic development serving as gateways for the individual regions and drivers of socio-economic and environmental transition. In addition, ports are essential in pursuing new innovation avenues. The environmental targets published by the European Commission for maritime sector in 2030 and 2050 are applicable for SMSPs as well, creating further obstacles and future challenges on the one hand, but opening new horizons to grow and innovate on the other one. A successful environmental and digital transformation going hand in hand in SMSPs enable sustainable boost of sustainable development. Thus, as a first step, the assessment of sustainable readiness in SMSPs is incumbent in order to implement tailor-made solutions on individual basis, by ensuring efficient usage of available resources and capabilities. In line with the Connect2SmallPorts project, part-financed by the INTERREG South Baltic Programme, 38 SMSPs in the BSR were approached to mapping their digital readiness according to the methodology of the Digital Readiness Index for Ports (DRIP), published within the project in 2020. Building upon this, this paper introduces the idea of digital and environmental twinning to conclude on sustainable development potentials in SMSPs with an adaptation of the DRIP score. Hence, the research contributes to the sustainable port concept and illustrates the positioning of SMSPs in the progress of sustainable development.

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“…The World Business Council for Sustainability Development (WBCSD) introduced the eco‐efficiency concept in 1992; it was identified as ‘the delivery of competitively priced goods and services that satisfy human needs and bring quality of life, while progressively reducing ecological impacts and resource intensity through the life‐cycle, to a level at least in line with the earth's estimated carrying capacity’ (Bidwell and Verfaillie, ; Van Berkel, ). The eco‐efficiency concept has been introduced as a tool for achieving sustainability by measuring CEP (Bidwell and Verfaillie, ; Guenster et al ., ; Sarumpaet, ; Schaltegger and Burritt, ; Wagner, ) and economic performance (Cheon, ).…”

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The Consequences of Integrating Stakeholder Engagement in Sustainable Development (Environmental Perspectives)

Salem

Shawtari

Shamsudin

et al. 2017

Sustainable Development

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This paper aims to identify the consequences of integrating stakeholder engagement in sustainable development represented by environmental performance using data from 226 industrial corporations. To the best of our knowledge, there is no empirical evidence on how three levels of stakeholder integration (knowledge, interaction and adoptive behaviour) might affect environmental performance as represented by a reduction in both resource usage and waste. Additionally, related research has been conducted in developed countries, with little attention being directed to developing countries. The paper aims to fill these gaps by providing empirical evidence on how the stakeholder theory might work in less‐developed countries. The study opts for a cross‐sectional study using a self‐reported questionnaire. Structural equation modelling indicated that engaging stakeholders in corporate activities would result in less damage to the environment. However, the knowledge of stakeholders per se will not lead to any reduction in either waste or resource usage. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment

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The Economic–Social Performance Relationships of Ports: Roles of Stakeholders and Organizational Tension

Cited by 32 publications

References 42 publications

Analysing sustainability changes in seaports: Experiences from the Gävle Port Authority

Analysing sustainability changes in seaports: Experiences from the Gävle Port Authority

A Digital or Sustainable Small and Medium-Sized Port? Sustainable Port Blueprint in the Baltic Sea Region Based on Port Benchmarking

The Consequences of Integrating Stakeholder Engagement in Sustainable Development (Environmental Perspectives)

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