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Book Synopsis The Link Between Company Environmental and Financial Performance (Routledge Revivals) by : David Edwards
Download or read book The Link Between Company Environmental and Financial Performance (Routledge Revivals) written by David Edwards and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-11-13 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Link between Company Environmental & Financial Performance, first published in 1998, is a detailed investigation into the effects of environmental performance – resource efficiency, regulatory compliance, new product and service opportunities – on corporate financial performance. This report makes essential reading for company management, investors and other stakeholders. It demonstrates the quantitative links between environmental and financial performance for the UK’s best and worst environmental performers across a range of business sectors. It shows that there is no financial penalty for being environmentally proactive, and confirms US findings that good environmental performance improves a company’s financial performance.
Book Synopsis The Links Between Environmental Performance and Financial Performance by : Alan Lewis
Download or read book The Links Between Environmental Performance and Financial Performance written by Alan Lewis and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Environmental and Financial Performance by : Mark A. Cohen
Download or read book Environmental and Financial Performance written by Mark A. Cohen and published by Investor Responsibility. This book was released on 1995 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover which foreign companies are conducting or are considering conducting business in southern Africa. Abstracts of nearly 2000 firms include the locations, product lines, number of employees & the amount of assets & sales in southern Africa. For companies with non-equity links, abstracts include the name & location of the company's South African distributor or licensee. Appendices sort companies by industry sector, size & location. The "Company Watch" section identifies firms that have announced plans to establish business ties to southern Africa.
Book Synopsis The Moderating Effects of Operations Efficiency on the Links Between Environmental Performance and Financial Performance by : Ramakrishnan Ramanathan
Download or read book The Moderating Effects of Operations Efficiency on the Links Between Environmental Performance and Financial Performance written by Ramakrishnan Ramanathan and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing upon stakeholder theory and the resource-based-view of a firm, we investigate the moderating role of operations efficiency of firms on the link between environmental and financial performance. Extant literature has highlighted that operations efficiency is closely associated with the environmental/financial performance of firms, but there is no empirical study that has investigated how operations efficiency affects the links between environmental and financial performances. We draw on the stakeholder theory to argue that environmental performance could be related to financial performance, and use the resource-based-view to argue that operations efficiency could act as a moderator of this relationship. Using data on the environmental/financial performance of Britain's most admired companies, we have found evidence for the moderating impact of operations efficiency. Our results are useful to managers in that they show that improvements in operations efficiency in a company can also help improve environmental/ financial performance and vice versa.
Book Synopsis The Relationship Between Environmental Performance and Financial Performance Accounting for the Strategic and Innovative Orientation of Organisation by : E. Grekova
Download or read book The Relationship Between Environmental Performance and Financial Performance Accounting for the Strategic and Innovative Orientation of Organisation written by E. Grekova and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Understanding the Relationship between a Facility's Environmental and Financial Performance by : Nicole Darnall
Download or read book Understanding the Relationship between a Facility's Environmental and Financial Performance written by Nicole Darnall and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is often argued that good environmental and commercial performance go hand in hand. In this chapter the links between environmental policy stringency, environmental performance and commercial performance (profitability and sales) for a sample of OECD manufacturing facilities are examined. Using a bivariate probit model for six different indicators of environmental performance (natural resource use, solid waste generation, wastewater effluent, local and regional air pollution, global pollutants, and an aggregate index) it is found that environmental performance has a positive and significant effect on both profitability and sales, indicating the potential for quot;win winsquot;. However, perceived policy stringency has a negative and significant effect, thus indicating that such quot;win winsquot; are not policy-induced.
Book Synopsis Unraveling the Complex Relationship Between Environmental and Financial Performance ─ A Multilevel Longitudinal Analysis by : Zuoming Liu
Download or read book Unraveling the Complex Relationship Between Environmental and Financial Performance ─ A Multilevel Longitudinal Analysis written by Zuoming Liu and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many business managers start to adopt environmental-friendly activities due to pressures and concerns regarding the potential adverse environmental impacts from their regular activities. However, there is no consensus regarding whether better environmental performance can lead to superior financial performance. Academic research also shows mixed or even contradictory results, possibly due to various limitations and problems. This study builds a multilevel framework to study the complicated relationship between environmental performance and financial return and synthesize those non-consensus results in many previous studies. An overall positive relationship is found between environmental and financial performance with variations across companies and industries due to the company- and industry-level heterogeneities. A negative relationship is also identified for some firms in specific industry sectors. Moreover, the bi-directional causal relationship between environmental and financial performance also imply that it is necessary for companies to have sufficient financial resources in order to implement proactive environmental strategies and initiatives. The findings in this study make contributions to the literature, provide guidelines for managers and investors, and give implications for policymakers.
Book Synopsis Green Dividends by : United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Download or read book Green Dividends written by United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-08-13 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Green Dividends: Relationship Between Firms' Environmental Performance and Financial Performance
Download or read book Corporation 2020 written by Pavan Sukhdev and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Business as usual’ isn’t working. There is an emerging consensus that all is not well with today’s market-centric economic model. Although it has delivered wealth over the last half-century and pulled millions out of poverty, it is recession-prone, leaves too many people unemployed, creates ecological scarcities and environmental risks, and widens the gap between the rich and the poor. In Corporation 2020, Pavan Sukhdev lays out a sweeping new vision for tomorrow’s corporation: one that will increase human well being and social equity, decrease environmental risks and ecological losses, and still generate profit. Sukhdev illustrates his vision with examples ranging from Infosys’s creation of human capital to Citibank’s having to change its project finance policy due to rainforest destruction. From its insightful look into the history of the corporation to the thoughtful discussion of the steps needed to craft a better corporate model, Corporation 2020 offers a hopeful vision for the role of business in shaping a more equitable, sustainable future.
Book Synopsis The Potential Link between Corporate Environmental and Financial Performance by : Hunt, III (Herbert G.)
Download or read book The Potential Link between Corporate Environmental and Financial Performance written by Hunt, III (Herbert G.) and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental considerations are receiving increased attention in the corporate setting by several groups including top management, employees, regulators, environmentalists and the capital markets. Although claims are routinely made that good environmental performance should lead to good financial performance, there is considerable disagreement over whether such a linkage exists. This paper reviews the extant literature to determine whether existing empirical evidence indicates a systematic linkage between firms' environmental performance and their financial performance and what the nature of any such linkage is. Our examination of several different types of empirical studies reveals that there appears to exist a positive link between environmental performance and financial performance, but several caveats are necessary in interpreting the literature. We provide a discussion of these caveats and suggest fruitful directions for future research.
Book Synopsis Sustainability and company performance by : Lujie Chen
Download or read book Sustainability and company performance written by Lujie Chen and published by Linköping University Electronic Press. This book was released on 2015-09-03 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation approaches the question of sustainability and its influence on company performance, with special focus on the manufacturing industry. In the contemporary production environment, manufacturing operations must take into account not only profit, but also environmental and social performance, in order to ensure the long-term development of the company. Companies have to decide whether they should allocate resources to environmental and social practices in order to improve their competitive advantage. Consequently, in decision-making processes concerning operations, it is important for companies to understand how to coordinate profit, people, and planet. The objective of this dissertation was to investigate the current situation regarding manufacturers’ sustainable initiatives, and to explore the relationship between these sustainable practices and companies’ performance, including financial performance, operational performance, innovation performance, environmental performance, and social performance. First of all, a structured literature review was conducted to identify sustainable factors considered to be important in the decision making of manufacturing operations. The findings were synthesized into a conceptual model, which was then adopted as the basis for designing the survey instrument used in this dissertation. Drawing on Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) reports, empirical research was performed to explore the relationship between environmental management practices and company performance. Interestingly, the findings showed that many environmental management practices had a strong positive impact on innovation performance. Sustainability disclosures and financial performance were further analyzed using extended data from the GRI reports. The results also showed that several sustainability performance indicators, such as product responsibility, human rights, and society, displayed a significant and positive correlation with return on equity in the sample companies. In order to further explore the research area and to verify these findings, a triangulation approach was adopted and new data were collected via a survey conducted among middle and large sample companies in the Swedish manufacturing industry. The results indicated that the sustainable improvement practices had a positive impact on company performance. Some environmental and social improvement practices had a direct and positive correlation with product and process innovation. Furthermore, findings suggested that better cooperation with suppliers on environmental work could help to strengthen the organizational green capabilities of the focal companies. When considering the company’s general approach to implementing sustainable practices, some interesting findings emerged. There were limited significant differences in sustainable practices when comparing different manufacturing sectors, and different countries and regions. However, the results showed that Swedish manufacturing companies often place higher priority on implementing economic and environmental sustainability practices than on social ones. This dissertation contributes to the literature on manufacturing sustainability. The study expands the understanding of how environmental, social, or economic perspectives as a triple bottom line can influence company performance and to a certain extent the supply chain. Identifying and understanding such relationships gives companies the opportunity to integrate sustainability into their manufacturing operations strategy in order to sustain their manufacturing operations over the long term.
Book Synopsis The Association Between Environmental Performance and Financial Performance by : Peter N. Rampling
Download or read book The Association Between Environmental Performance and Financial Performance written by Peter N. Rampling and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Purpose: This paper outlines the impact that energy companies exert on the environment and the subsequent effect on financial performance of the energy companies. A major plank of this paper is whether the Kyoto protocol of which New Zealand is a signatory and Australia who is not a signatory have an impact on the environmental performance and outcomes of the energy companies. Design/Methodology/Approach: This paper adopts a content analysis of financial statements of selected energy company annual reports. The analysis examines financial and sustainability reports where available from a period of 1996-2006. This paper follows a quantitative paradigm. Findings: The analysis indicates that there is a distinct correlation between the environmental performance of the energy company and subsequent financial performance, pursuant to H1. It was found that the descriptive, multivariate and clustering statistics show that good economic performance does not drive the environmental performance of a company, but certainly has an effect on it, pursuant to H2. It was found that the descriptive, multivariate and clustering statistics show that the ratification of international regulations (such as Kyoto Protocol) does not make any difference in environmental performance between regulation ratified and non-ratified countries, pursuant to H3. Originality/Value: This paper it is anticipated will be a valuable tool to researchers, students and practitioners' who are seeking insight and verification that there is direct benefit to those energy companies that are socially responsible and are committed to environment improvements and change.
Book Synopsis Managing the Business Case for Sustainability by : Stefan Schaltegger
Download or read book Managing the Business Case for Sustainability written by Stefan Schaltegger and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-08 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The difficulties in moving towards corporate sustainability raise the question of how environmental and social management can be integrated better with economic business goals. Over the last decade, the relationship between environmental and economic performance, and more recently the interaction between sustainability performance and business competitiveness, have received considerable attention in both theory and practice. However, to date, only partial aspects of the relationship between sustainability performance, competitiveness and economic performance have been studied from a theoretical as well as an empirical perspective. And, to date, no unique relationship has prevailed in empirical studies. A number of explanations have been put forward to explain this, including methodological reasons, such as the lack of statistical data, the low quality of that data, or the fact that such data is often available for short time periods only. Other theoretical explanations have been developed, such as the influence of different corporate strategies or the relatively small influence of environmental or sustainability issues as one factor among many on the economic or financial success of firms. So, how should the business case for sustainability be managed? This is the starting point for this book, which compiles insights on a large number of aspects of the link between sustainability performance, business competitiveness and economic success in an attempt to provide a comprehensive and structured view of this relationship. The book provides an unrivalled body of knowledge on the state of theory and practice in this field and identifies prospective future fields of work. The book includes: conceptual frameworks for the interaction of social, environmental and economic issues in business environments; case studies of companies that have successfully integrated social, environmental and economic issues; analyses of the causal and empirical relationship between environmental and/or social performance, business performance and firm-level competitiveness; concepts and tools useful for improving business value with proactive operational strategies; assessment of the factors influencing operational sustainability strategies and their economic impact; and comparisons of interactions between sustainability performance and firm competitiveness across industry sectors and countries. Managing the Business Case for Sustainability is the definitive work in its field: the most comprehensive book yet published on the theory and practice of managing sustainability performance, competitiveness, environmental, social and economic performance in an integrated way. It will be essential reading for managers, academics, consultants, fund managers, governments and government agencies, NGOs and international bodies who need a broad and comprehensive overview of the business case for sustainability.
Book Synopsis The Relationship Between Environmental Performance and Financial Performance in Automobile Industry by : 阮世寶
Download or read book The Relationship Between Environmental Performance and Financial Performance in Automobile Industry written by 阮世寶 and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Corporate Environmental Strategy, Environmental Performance, and Financial Performance in the U.S.A. Heavy Polluting Industries, 1991-2005 by : Kyungho Kim
Download or read book Corporate Environmental Strategy, Environmental Performance, and Financial Performance in the U.S.A. Heavy Polluting Industries, 1991-2005 written by Kyungho Kim and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: This is a longitudinal study using KLD, EPA TRI and Compustat data to address several questions about the relationships between corporate environmental strategy, financial performance, and environmental performance in a sample of companies operating in the so-called "dirty" industries in the USA from 1991 to 2005.There have been numerous publications on sustainability over the last 35 years, but there is a dearth of research providing evidence in support of the theories and views advanced. The literature has focused on two issues: the relationship between corporate environmental strategy (ES) and environmental performance (EP) and the relationship between environmental performance and financial performance (FP). The preliminary research described in Chapter 2 of this dissertation explores several fundamental research questions. Building on this exploratory work are three chapters, each being a more tightly focused and rigorous study of several quite specific research questions: Chapter 3 deals with caveats for researchers using KLD data; Chapter 4 explores the relationship between corporate ES and EP in light of advances made in Chapter 3; and Chapter 5 deals with heterogeneity in the ES-EP-FP-Slack system. Chapter 6 summarizes the findings of both the preliminary and principal research and outlines future research possibilities.
Book Synopsis The Relationship Between Environmental Performance, Financial Performance and the Business Strategy by : Willemijn van Dusseldorp
Download or read book The Relationship Between Environmental Performance, Financial Performance and the Business Strategy written by Willemijn van Dusseldorp and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Relationship Between Environmental Performance, Financial Performance and the Business Strategy by : Willemijn van Dusseldorp
Download or read book The Relationship Between Environmental Performance, Financial Performance and the Business Strategy written by Willemijn van Dusseldorp and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
