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JOURNAL OF MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
卷 20, 期 7, 页码 933-956出版社
EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1108/17410380910984212
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Manufacturing industries; Environmental management; Supply chain management; Sustainable development; United Kingdom
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent and nature of greening the supply chain (SC) in theUKmanufacturing sector; and the factors that influence the breadth and depth of this activity. Design/methodology/approach - Based on the findings from a sample of manufacturing organisations drawn from the membership of The Chartered Institute for Purchasing and Supply. Data are collected using a questionnaire, piloted and pre-tested before distribution with responses from 60 manufacturing companies. Findings - On average manufacturers perceive the greatest pressure to improve environmental performance through legislation and internal drivers (IDs). The least influential pressures are related to societal drivers and SC pressures from individual customers. Green supply chain management (GSCM) practices amongst this average group of UK manufacturing organisations are focusing on internal, higher risk, descriptive activities, rather than proactive, external engagement processes. Environmental attitude (EA) is a key predictor of GSCM activity and those organisations that have a progressive attitude are also operationally very active. EA shows some relationship to legislative drivers but other factors are also influential. Operational activity may also be moderated by organisational contingencies such as risk, size, and nationality. Research limitations/implications - The main limitation to this paper is the relatively small manufacturing sample. Practical implications - This paper presents a series of constructs that identify GSCM operational activities companies to benchmark themselves against. It suggests which factors are driving these operational changes and how industry contingencies may be influential. Originality/value - This paper explores what is driving environmental behaviour amongst an average sample of manufacturers, what specific management practices take place and the relationships between them.
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