State of green business report, 2013

 

    In this, our sixth annual State of Green Business report, we've made some significant changes — not just in the look and feel of the document you’re reading, but in its content. First and foremost, we've partnered with Trucost, a leading research firm focusing on natural capital and sustainability metrics, to revamp the indicators by which we assess progress by the private sector in addressing global environmental challenges.

Environmental orientation and corporate performance: The mediation mechanism of green supply chain management and moderating effect of competitive intensity

Abstract

    This study proposes and empirically tests a model delineating the relationship among environmental orientation, green supply chain management (GSCM) activities (green purchase, customer cooperation and investment recovery) and corporate performance. Based on responses from 194 foreign invested enterprises operating in China, this study has generated several important findings.

Green operations and the moderating role of environmental management capability of suppliers on manufacturing firm performance

Abstract

    The increased pollution arising from different stages of producing, distributing, and disposing of electronics products highlights the importance of green operations (GO) in terms of process and product stewardship to mitigate environmental damages and satisfy the escalating social expectation for environmentally friendly operations in the electronics industry. Drawing on the natural-resource-based view, the purpose of this paper is to examine the boundary spanning role of GO and investigate the influence of environmental management capability (EMC) of suppliers on firm performance and pollution reduction.