Green supply chain management and financial performance: The mediating roles of operational and environmental performance

PurposeThis study investigates the relationships between environmental performance feedback and green supply chain management (GSCM). It explores how environmental performance above or below aspirations affects the implementation of GSCM practices (specifically sustainable production [SP] and sustainable sourcing [SS]) through the lens of the behavioral theory of the firm (BTOF), which has received scant attention in the operations management literature.Design/methodology/approachThe study used data from the sixth round of the International Manufacturing Strategy Survey (IMSS). It employed hierarchical linear regression to test the proposed hypotheses. Moreover, the study tested an alternate model to rule out the possible role of financial performance aspirations in explaining the implementation of SP and SS.FindingsThe results indicate that organizations determine their efforts put into the two GSCM practices according to environmental performance feedback: the greater the aspiration–environmental performance discrepancy, the stronger the efforts put into implementing GSCM practices.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the GSCM literature by revealing the impact of environmental performance aspirations on the implementation of GSCM practices through the lens of the BTOF. It also extends the BTOF by applying it in the GSCM context and indicating that performance feedback is based on environmental performance instead of financial performance in this specific context.

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Enhancing firms’ environmental performance and financial performance through green supply chain management practices and institutional pressures

Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal ◽

10.1108/sampj-02-2019-0047 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 451-476 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Masood Nawaz Kalyar ◽

Aftab Shoukat ◽

Imran Shafique

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Supply Chain Management ◽

Financial Performance ◽

Environmental Performance ◽

Green Supply Chain Management ◽

Green Supply Chain ◽

Institutional Pressures ◽

Chain Management ◽

Content Type

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine how individual dimensions of green supply chain management (GSCM) practices affect firms’ financial performance directly and through environmental performance. Furthermore, the authors investigate the contingent role of institutional pressures on the direct link between GSCM practices and environmental performance and GSCM practices and financial performance. Design/methodology/approach Using a convenience sampling technique, data were collected from 238 textile firms in the province of Punjab, Pakistan. Hayes’ PROCESS macro was used to analyze the hypotheses. Findings The findings demonstrate that GSCM practices (green manufacturing, green purchasing, eco-design, cooperation with customers and green information systems) have a significant direct impact on firms’ financial performance directly and through environmental performance. Additionally, institutional pressures significantly moderate the nexus of GSCM practices-environmental performance and environmental performance-financial performance. Practical implications Textile firms should implement GSCM practices not just because of the pressure from regulatory bodies but also to elevate their environmental and financial performance. Government should also play its role in influencing the organizations for the adoption of GSCM practices, as its role is a significant one in preserving the environment. Social implications Because of less emission, energy usage and wastage, environmental performance will be increased, which affect the society positively. Originality/value Along with studying the GSCM practices in the textile industry of Pakistan, drawing upon the institutional theory, the contingent role of institutional pressures on two stages (first, between GSCM practices and environmental performance, and secondly, between GSCM practices and financial performance) is the novelty of this study.

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The Effect of Environmentally Green Supply Chain Management on Environmental Performance and Economic Performance of Chinese Manufacturing Export Companies: Focused on the Mediating Effect of Environmental Orientation

10.16980/jitc.17.1.202102.715 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 715-731

Author(s):

Zi-Qin You ◽

Moon-Hong Kim

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Supply Chain Management ◽

Economic Performance ◽

Environmental Performance ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Green Supply Chain Management ◽

Green Supply Chain ◽

Environmental Orientation ◽

Chain Management

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The Drivers, Practices and Outcomes of Green Supply Chain Management

International Journal of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management ◽

10.4018/ijisscm.2016040103 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 35-60 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

K.S. Savita ◽

P.D.D. Dominic ◽

T. Ramayah

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Supply Chain Management ◽

Environmental Performance ◽

Information Technologies ◽

Environmental Issues ◽

Green Supply Chain Management ◽

Green Supply Chain ◽

Survey Questionnaire ◽

Manufacturing Companies ◽

Chain Management

The global shift in ecological movement has significant impacts on business operation of manufacturing firms that are located in developing countries. The intense pressure of being environmentally sustainable has caused Green Supply Chain Management (Green SCM) concept to emerge as an important corporate environmental strategy for manufacturing companies. Information technologies and systems have permeated in most business activities, in which, they extend important opportunities to resolve environmental issues. However, many researchers, including manufacturers and government bodies often disregard the green concept of information technologies and systems in minimizing environmental issues. A comprehensive review on Green SCM, Green IT and Green IS for sustainable environmental performance in manufacturing companies is presented using Input-Process-Output (IPO) Theory and Technological-Organizational-Environmental (TOE) theory. In bridging the research gap, a model is constructed to link the aforementioned constructs. Next, the paper reports on the development of survey questionnaire using cognitive interviewing strategies, followed up with semi-structured interview to investigate and obtain preliminary findings on the influential factors, green activities and performance outcomes from implementing Green SCM. Lastly, the finalized survey questionnaire was distributed to 60 ISO14001 certified manufacturing companies located in the region of Perak and Kulim. Out of 60 manufacturing companies, only 32 responses received as the dataset in analyzing for improvements in reliability, measurement error, and validity of measured items. The findings from this pilot study explain that internal and external factors have stronger influence over the implementation of green initiatives in supply chain with substantial outcome on environmental performance. The information technologies and systems being the physical resource, capability and backbone to run a business seamlessly are significantly recognized. But, the green component of IT and IS were poorly attended and disregarded to an extent in the process of greening the processes, operations or entire business. Therefore, further investigations are required in the main study to validate the findings obtained here and other possible association between the factors, practices and outcomes in realizing ecological improvements in the supply chain and firm itself.

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Investigating the Effect of Market Orientation on Environmental Performance with the Mediating Role of Green Supply Chain Management Strategies. Case study: Khales Sazan Rooy Company

Journal of Environmental Management and Tourism ◽

10.14505//jemt.9.3(27).18 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 9 (3) ◽

pp. 581

Author(s):

Hossein AZIMI ◽

Vahid AMIRI

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Supply Chain Management ◽

Market Orientation ◽

Environmental Performance ◽

Management Strategies ◽

Structural Equations ◽

Green Supply Chain Management ◽

Green Supply Chain ◽

Chain Management ◽

Service Production

In the present era, marketing based on some environmental and social considerations is raised as one of the most important activity of good and service production companies, and green marketing is one of the marketing areas that in environmental issues, many topics have been allocated to it. The purpose of this study is to develop a structural model for investigating the relationship between market orientation and environmental performance and green supply chain management strategies. The research method is a descriptive of type of survey and target population is employees and managers of Khalessazan Rooy Company in Zanjan. A questionnaire was used to collect data and was distributed among 215 employees and managers of the different levels of the company through random stratified sampling. In this research, the modeling of structural equations and partial least squares (PLS) were used to test the hypotheses and fit the model. The results showed that market orientation was effective on the supply chain management strategies. But its impact on environmental performance was rejected. On the other hand, the indirect effect of market orientation has been confirmed through the intermediate variable of supply chain management strategies. Finally, it was revealed that supply chain management approaches have a positive and significant effect on environmental performance.

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