Proactive environmental strategy in a supply chain context: The mediating role of investments

Abstract: There is a growing body of knowledge on the link between environmental management and supply chain management, but there is contradicting evidence on the impact of a proactive environmental strategy on environmental performance. Therefore, this paper investigates the impact of proactive environmental strategy on environmental performance as mediated by environmental investments. We also consider the antecedents of the adoption of proactive environmental strategy. We develop and test hypotheses, using data collected from 96 Turkish manufacturers through an online questionnaire. The model was tested using Partial Least Squares (PLS), a structural equation modelling method. The results show that a proactive environmental strategy leads to higher environmental investments; both internally and externally in collaboration with suppliers. Our findings support our hypothesis that environmental investments acts as a mediating variable between proactive environmental strategy and environmental performance. The results also show that customer pressure and, particularly, organizational commitment positively impact the extent to which firms adopt a proactive environmental strategy

A framework for integrated environmental health impact assessment of systemic risks

Traditional methods of risk assessment have provided good service in support of policy, mainly in relation to standard setting and regulation of hazardous chemicals or practices. In recent years, however, it has become apparent that many of the risks facing society are systemic in nature – complex risks, set within wider social, economic and environmental contexts. Reflecting this, policy-making too has become more wide-ranging in scope, more collaborative and more precautionary in approach. In order to inform such policies, more integrated methods of assessment are needed. Based on work undertaken in two large EU-funded projects (INTARESE and HEIMTSA), this paper reviews the range of approaches to assessment now in used, proposes a framework for integrated environmental health impact assessment (both as a basis for bringing together and choosing between different methods of assessment, and extending these to more complex problems), and discusses some of the challenges involved in conducting integrated assessments to support policy

The purchasing manager's index as a predictor of economic change

Van kosten- naar waarde orientatie in ketensamenwerking. Gaat Inkoop in de Verkoop

The purchasing manager's index as a predictor of economic change

Arjan van Weele, betoogde in Utrecht dat elke crisis leidt tot verdergaande specialisatie van bedrijven. In dat proces zijn vier fasen te herkennen: (1) van local naar global sourcing; (2) van local naar global manufacturing; (3) van local naar global servicing; (4) van local naar global research & development. Anders gezegd: bedrijven gaan steeds meer uitbesteden, dus neemt het inkoopaandeel toe en wordt inkoopmanagement een steeds belangrijker kritische succesfactor. Hierdoor wordt inkoop ook van voortdurend groter belang voor het welvaren van de economie. Over maatschappelijke verantwoordelijkheid van inkoop gesproken… Bij goed inkoopmanagement hoort een abonnement op de PMI. Want wat de toekomst gaat brengen, staat geschreven in de PMI, aldus Van Weel

Het veranderde inkooplandschap in de zorg

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