The dual environmental customer and green reputation pressures on environmental management systems: the performance implications of manufacturing exports

Nguyen, Hung, Onofrei, George, Wiengarten, Frank, Yang, Ying, McClelland, Robert, and Akbari, Mohammadreza (2023) The dual environmental customer and green reputation pressures on environmental management systems: the performance implications of manufacturing exports. Supply Chain Management: an International Journal, 28 (4). pp. 695-709.

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Abstract

Purpose - This study aims to explore the joint effects of environmental customer and green reputation pressures (GRP) on environmental management systems (EMSs), and their linkages to environmental and business performance, especially among export manufacturers.

Design/methodology/approach - This study collected empirical data from 437 manufacturers in multiple countries to explore differences in handling environmental customer and reputation pressures among export and domestic manufacturers and the subsequent performance implications.

Findings - The results indicate that although the GRPs might initially enhance firms’ environmental compliance and reputation, they can also support EMSs and sustainable performance. Furthermore, as firms increase their engagement in exports, both environmental customer and GRPs intensify, leading to stronger EMS implementation as well as sustainable performance, mainly in environmental measures.

Practical implications - The findings suggest that the international market orientation is an important context to understand sustainability developments.

Originality/value - The study offers an alternative approach to understanding the environmental customer and GRPs, to accommodate resources for sustainability development.

Item ID: 77392
Item Type: Article (Research - C1)
ISSN: 1758-6852
Keywords: Environmental compliance, Environmental management, Green supply chain management, Sustainability
Copyright Information: © Emerald Publishing Limited
Date Deposited: 09 Feb 2023 03:16
FoR Codes: 35 COMMERCE, MANAGEMENT, TOURISM AND SERVICES > 3509 Transportation, logistics and supply chains > 350909 Supply chains @ 80%
38 ECONOMICS > 3801 Applied economics > 380105 Environment and resource economics @ 20%
SEO Codes: 15 ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK > 1503 Management and productivity > 150302 Management @ 60%
19 ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, CLIMATE CHANGE AND NATURAL HAZARDS > 1902 Environmental policy, legislation and standards > 190209 Sustainability indicators @ 20%
24 MANUFACTURING > 2499 Other manufacturing > 249999 Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified @ 20%
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