Implementation of lean production and environmental sustainability in the Indian apparel manufacturing industry: a way to reach the triple bottom line

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 254-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deepika Raj ◽  
Yoon Jin Ma ◽  
Hae Jin Gam ◽  
Jennifer Banning
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Lean Production ◽  
Triple Bottom Line ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Apparel Manufacturing

The Drivers for a Sustainable Chemical Manufacturing Industry

2012 ◽  
pp. 1659-1679
Author(s):  
George M. Hall ◽  
Joe Howe
Keyword(s):  
Energy Management ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Triple Bottom Line ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Sustainable Solutions ◽  
Chemical Manufacturing ◽  
Future Demands

This chapter describes the current situation of the chemical manufacturing industry and looks to the future demands on the sector such as: for sustainability, the advent of new bio-based feedstocks for improved energy management and the implications of these demands on the sector. These implications include definitions of sustainability criteria for the chemical manufacturing industry and the need for transparent reporting following the Triple Bottom Line approach. The important role of chemical (or more generally, process) engineers in delivering bio-based sustainable solutions is emphasised, but this also suggests that a new way of thinking about the discipline is required. Indeed, there are arguments that the demand for a sustainable chemical manufacturing sector could bring about the next paradigm shift in the discipline with concomitant education implications.

scholarly journals Automobiles and Socioeconomic Sustainability

Transfers ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 100-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Newman
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Current Trend ◽  
Triple Bottom Line ◽  
Economic Sustainability ◽  
Bill Of Rights ◽  
Ordinary People ◽  
Bottom Line

This article argues for the establishment of a Mobility Bill of Rights. That the current car system is not sustainable in environmental terms has been much discussed in academic circles and is increasingly accepted in wider society, as reflected by governmental attempts at reform. The current trend for remodeling this car system largely involves the substitution of petrol/diesel for potentially more ecologically sound methods of powering the vehicles such as electricity. Attempts to reach environmental sustainability in this manner do little to impact social or economic sustainability and thus will fail to address the triple bottom line. Rather, reliance on automobiles in the present vein may continue trends for mobility-related exclusion. To tackle this, we need a debate on how the transport needs of ordinary people can be met.

scholarly journals Analisis Pengungkapan Triple Bottom Linedan Faktor yang Mempengaruhi; Lintas Negara Indonesia dan Jepang

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Aulia Zanny ◽  
Idris Kartawijaya
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Firm Performance ◽  
Social Environment ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Triple Bottom Line ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Japanese Firms ◽  
Disclosure Practice

ABSTRACT.Current firm performance is not only measured by economic term (single bottom line) but alsoby social and environmental (triple bottom line). Purposes of this research are analyzing of TBL disclosureand influences factors, by using sample of companies in Indonesia and Japan.This paper investigates Triple Bottom Line (TBL) disclosure of 50 of the largest Indonesian andJapanese companies by using secondary data. Twenty two disclosure criteria were developed for each of theTBL disclosure areas: economic, social, and enviromental. Disclosure information was examined in annualreports, separate or stand-alone report and company‟s website. Regression analysis has been used to examinethe determinants of TBL disclosure practice empirically.Our result indicated that, for total of TBL disclosure (combining economic, social and environmentalcatagories), the extent of reporting is higher for firm with larger size and higher liquidity, and special forenvironmental disclosure for firm with membership in the manufacturing industry for Indonesian companies.Futher analysis indicated that the results of the total TBL disclosure are primarily driven by non-economicdisclosures. We also found that the extent of overall TBL disclosure is higher for Japanese firms, withenvironmental disclosure being the main key. This result could be attributed to the different national culturesand to the regulation environment between Indonesian and Japan.Keywords: TBL, economic, social, environment, Indonesia, Japan

scholarly journals A triple bottom line construct and reasons for implementing sustainable business practices in companies and their business networks

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 427-443 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nils M. Høgevold ◽  
Göran Svensson ◽  
H.B. Klopper ◽  
Beverly Wagner ◽  
Juan Carlos Sosa Valera ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Triple Bottom Line ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Business Networks ◽  
Sustainable Business ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Sustainable Practices ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
A Company

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to test a Triple Bottom Line (TBL)-construct as well as to describe the TBL-reasons for implementing sustainable business practices in companies and their business networks. This study explores how linking these seemingly disparate pillars of sustainability may be facilitated through a TBL construct. The notion of sustainable business practices has been evolving and is increasingly understood to encompass considerations of economic viability, as well as environmental sustainability and social responsibility. Design/methodology/approach – The research is quantitative in nature, exploring and analysing how companies in different Norwegian industries implement and manage sustainable business practices based on TBL. The survey results are reported here. Findings – The relevance of TBL to different aspects of sustainable business practices is outlined. The study generally supports the view that a heightened propensity for sustainable business practices ensures that organisations are better equipped for meeting the challenge of integrating TBL in companies and their business networks. Research limitations/implications – The study tested a construct of TBL in the context of sustainable business practices. It may be incorporated in further research in relation to other constructs. Suggestions for further research are proposed. Practical implications – Useful for practitioners to get insights into TBL-reasons for implementing business-sustainable practices in companies and their business networks. It may also be valuable to assess the general status of business-sustainable practices in a company and their business networks. Originality/value – Linking two traditionally separate and encapsulated areas of research, namely, the area of business sustainable practices and the area of TBL. The current study has contributed to a TBL-construct in relation to other constructs in measurement and structural models. It has also contributed to provide insights of priority into the main reasons to implement the elements of TBL within companies and their business networks.

scholarly journals Analysis the Drivers of Environmental Responsibility of Chinese Auto Manufacturing Industry Based on Triple Bottom Line

Processes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 751
Author(s):  
Hua Zhang ◽  
Meihang Zhang ◽  
Wei Yan ◽  
Ying Liu ◽  
Zhigang Jiang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Survey Methods ◽  
Triple Bottom Line ◽  
Environmental Responsibility ◽  
Fuzzy Decision Making ◽  
Model Framework ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Fuzzy Dematel ◽  
Automobile Manufacturing ◽  
Key Drivers

The rapid increasing number of automobile products has brought great convenience to people’s living, but it has also caused serious environmental issues, waste of resources and energy shortage during its whole lifecycle. Corporate Environmental Responsibility (CER) refers to the company’s responsibility to avoid damage to the natural environment derived from its corporate social responsibility (CSR), and it plays an important role in solving resource and environmental problems. However, due to various internal and external reasons, it is difficult for the automobile manufacturing industry to find the key drivers for the implementation of CER. This research proposes a model framework that uses the fuzzy decision-making test and evaluation laboratory (fuzzy DEMATEL) method to analyze the drivers of CER from the perspective of the triple bottom line (TBL) of economy, environment and society. Firstly, the common drivers of CER are collected using literature review and questionnaire survey methods. Secondly, the key drivers are analyzed by using the fuzzy DEMATEL. Finally, the proposed approach was verified through a case study. The research results show that some effective measures to implement CER can be provided for the government, the automobile manufacturing industry and the public to promote sustainable development of Chinese Auto Manufacturing Industry (CAMI).

scholarly journals Environmental sustainability in supply chains

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Φώτιος Μισόπουλος
Keyword(s):  
Institutional Theory ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Triple Bottom Line ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Purposive Sampling

Η κλιματική αλλαγή που εντείνεται με την πάροδο του χρόνου και οι επιδράσεις αυτής στην ανθρωπότητα και τον πλανήτη, ανάγκασαν τις κυβερνήσεις πολλών χωρών να αντιδράσουν κατόπιν της έντονης κριτικής διαφόρων κοινωνικο-πολιτικών φορέων και να ενσκήψουν πάνω στο πρόβλημα. Από την κίνηση αυτή δε θα μπορούσε να απουσιάσει και η ακαδημαική κοινότητα, η οποία με ενδελεχή και συντονισμένη έρευνα καταβάλει κάθε δυνατή προσπάθεια για να μειώσει και να περιορίσει τις επιδράσεις αυτής της κλιματικής αλλαγής. Η κύρια αιτία της εντοπίζεται στις δραστηριότητες των επιχειρήσεων που συμβάλουν τα μέγιστα στο φαινόμενο του θερμοκηπίου. Η παρούσα διατριβή εξετάζει διάφoρους παράγοντες που άπτονται του θέματος και καταβάλει προσπάθεια ώστε να συνδράμει στην αντιμετώπιση του φαινομένου. Υπό το πρίσμα δύο θεωριών, Triple Bottom Line και Institutional Theory, εξετάζει τις απόψεις επαγγελματιών του κατασκευαστικού κλάδου ως προς τις ενέργειες των εταιρειών τους για να συμβάλουν σε πρακτικές περιβαλλοντικής βιωσιμότητας. Ο λόγος που επιλέχθηκε ο κατασκευαστικός κλάδος είναι διότι ο κλάδος αυτός χαρακτηρίζεται ως ο πλέον ρυπογόνος. Για την καλύτερη κατανόηση των λεπτομερειών και ιδιαιτεροτήτων του κλάδου, διερευνήθηκε το επίπεδο κάλυψης του θέματος από την υπάρχουσα ακαδημαική βιβλιογραφία που εστιάζει στον κατασκευαστικό κλάδο της Μεγάλης Βρετανίας. Η συστηματική ανάσκοπηση κατέδειξε ότι μέχρι σήμερα η ακαδημαική έρευνα εστιάζει κυρίως σε ενεργειακά θέματα των κτιριακών εγκαταστάσεων και οικοδομικών υλικών και πολύ λιγότερο σε θέματα που αφορούν στην εφοδιαστική αλυσίδα των εταιρειών. Βασιζόμενος στα αποτελέσματα της συστηματικής ανασκόπησης αλλά και στη γενικότερη βιβλιογραφία των συντελεστών πράσινων εφοδιαστικών αλυσίδων, ο συγγραφέας προχώρησε στη διενέργεια ποιοτικής έρευνας ώστε να συλλέξει εις βάθος πληροφορίες για τον τρόπο με τον οποίο σκέφτονται και ενεργούν οι επιχειρήσεις στη Μεγάλη Βρετανία και στην Ελλάδα. Οι συνεντεύξεις με εικοσιεπτά ειδικούς του χώρου, ανέδειξαν ότι οι θεσμικές πιέσεις που ασκούνται στις επιχειρήσεις κατηγοριοποιούνται ως ρυθμιστικές πιέσεις, απαιτήσεις των πελατών, πιέσεις ενδιαφερομένων μερών, εξωτερική εικόνα ή φήμη της εταιρείας και τέλος, οι πιέσεις από τον ανταγωνισμό. Οι εξωτερικές αυτές πιέσεις δημιουργούν εσωτερικές αντιδράσεις για την υιοθέτηση βιώσιμων περιβαλλοντικών πρακτικών. Σύμφωνα με τις αντιλήψεις των συμμετεχόντων στην έρευνα, οι βασικοί παράγοντες που συμβάλουν προς αυτήν την κατεύθυνση είναι η υποστήριξη της ανώτατης διοίκησης, οικομικοί παράγοντες, τα συστήματα περιβαλλοντικής διαχείρισης και η χρήση λογισμικού στην μέτρηση αποτυπώματος άνθρακα, καθώς και εκπαίδευση και κατάρτιση του προσωπικού των επιχειρήσεων. Η έρευνα ολοκληρώθηκε με τη μελέτη περίπτωσης μίας ελληνικής μικρομεσαίας κατασκευαστικής εταιρείας, όπου με την χρήση ενός συστήματος υποστήριξης λήψης αποφάσεων, διερευνήθηκε αρχικά η μέτρηση αποτυπώματος άνθρακα της εταιρείας και κατόπιν η εφικτότητα μείωσής του μέσω παρεμβάσεων στην παραγωγική διαδικασία αλλά και στην εφοδιαστική της αλυσίδα. Η παρούσα έρευνα παρέχει θεωρητική και πρακτική συνεισφορά. Η θεωρητική συμβολή είναι διτή. Αρχικά μέσω του θεωρητικού μοντέλου που αναπτύσει βασιζόμενο στις θεσμικές πιέσεις που ασκούνται στις επιχειρήσεις, στοχεύοντας στην υιοθέτηση βιώσιμων περιβαλλοντικών πρακτικών εκ μέρους των. Η δεύτερη συνεισφορά είναι στο χώρο της φιλοσοφικής (phenomenological constructivism) και μεθοδολογικής προσέγγισης (mixed purposive sampling) της έρευνας που χρησιμοποιείται για πρώτη φορά συνδιαστικά στο συγκεκριμένο ερευνητικό πεδίο. Η πρακτική συνεισφορά της έρευνας είναι η ανάδειξη των ενδο-επιχειρησιακών παραγόντων που οδηγούν στην υιοθέτηση βιώσιμων πρακτικών, στο χώρο του κατασκευαστικού κλάδου.

Validating a triple bottom line construct and reasons for implementing sustainable business practices in companies and their business networks

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 849-865 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmen Padin ◽  
Carlos Ferro ◽  
Beverly Wagner ◽  
Juan Carlos Sosa Valera ◽  
Nils M. Høgevold ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Triple Bottom Line ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Business Networks ◽  
Sustainable Business ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Business Sustainability ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to validate a triple bottom line (TBL) construct, as well as to describe the TBL reasons for implementing sustainable business practices in companies and their business networks. Design/methodology/approach This study reports on the validation of a TBL construct, in a Spanish context, of a study originally conducted in Norway. In this validation study, 230 companies were selected for participation. A total of 89 usable questionnaires were returned, generating a response rate of 38.5 per cent. Findings The empirical findings indicate major similarities and minor differences between organizations in Spain and Norway across two studies. By extension, the empirical findings appear to be valid and reliable across contexts and through time. Research limitations/implications This study explains the structural properties of the main reasons for business sustainability (economic, social and environmental) and business sustainability efforts in companies and the supply chains or business networks. Practical implications Business sustainability efforts need to be assessed in a systematic manner, and the validated TBL construct offers a foundation for doing this, though it needs to be complemented with other elements and details in connection with business sustainability. Originality/value Business sustainability efforts have been evolving over time and are increasingly seen to consider economic viability, as well as environmental sustainability and social responsibility. This study deals with how these elements of TBL are interrelated with respect to business sustainability.

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