TY - JOUR
T1 - Green and competitive
T2 - Empirical evidence from ISO 9001 certified Brazilian companies
AU - Jabbour, Charbel Jose Chiappetta
AU - De Freitas, Thiago Pignatti
AU - Soubihia, Davi Fouad
AU - Gunasekaran, Angappa
AU - De Sousa Jabbour, Ana Beatriz Lopes
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
PY - 2015/1/12
Y1 - 2015/1/12
N2 - Purpose - There are many arguments in the literature on environmental management stating that companies that have a significant environmental performance tend to be more competitive, because environmental management tends to generate positive effects on their operational performance. Despite the fact that such arguments are widely accepted, there is little empirical evidence yet of such a relationship in manufacturing contexts that are rarely studied thus far, such as those of developing countries. The paper aims to discuss these issues.Design/methodology/approach - With the objective of testing the positive relationship between environmental performance and operational performance, this research presents the data of a survey conducted with 75 ISO 9001-certified Brazilian companies. Such data were analyzed by means of structural equation modeling.Findings - The paper discovered that, indeed, environmental management relates in a positive, significant manner and large effect to the operational performance of companies.Originality/value - This is the first exploratory research relating environmental management and operational performance in Brazilian companies with ISO 9001.
AB - Purpose - There are many arguments in the literature on environmental management stating that companies that have a significant environmental performance tend to be more competitive, because environmental management tends to generate positive effects on their operational performance. Despite the fact that such arguments are widely accepted, there is little empirical evidence yet of such a relationship in manufacturing contexts that are rarely studied thus far, such as those of developing countries. The paper aims to discuss these issues.Design/methodology/approach - With the objective of testing the positive relationship between environmental performance and operational performance, this research presents the data of a survey conducted with 75 ISO 9001-certified Brazilian companies. Such data were analyzed by means of structural equation modeling.Findings - The paper discovered that, indeed, environmental management relates in a positive, significant manner and large effect to the operational performance of companies.Originality/value - This is the first exploratory research relating environmental management and operational performance in Brazilian companies with ISO 9001.
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U2 - 10.1108/TQM-01-2013-0013
DO - 10.1108/TQM-01-2013-0013
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84920471562
SN - 1754-2731
VL - 27
SP - 22
EP - 41
JO - TQM Journal
JF - TQM Journal
IS - 1
ER -