Environmental management in Brazilis it a completely competitive priority?

Resumo

Current studies indicate a need to integrate environmental management with manufacturing strategy, including topics like cross-functional integration, environmental impact, and waste reduction. Nevertheless, such studies are relatively rare, existing still a need for research in specific regional contexts. At the same time, the results found are not unanimous. Due to these gaps, the objective of this article is to analyze if environmental management can be considered a new competitive priority for manufacturing enterprises located in Brazil. A cross-sectional survey was conducted with Brazilian companies certified by ISO 14001. Sixty-five valid questionnaires were analyzed through Structural Equation Modelling (SEM). The first conclusion is that environmental management presents a preventive approach in the sample analyzed, focused on eco-efficiency, what potentially do not to create a competitive advantage. This preventive approach inhibits environmental management from being regarded as a new competitive manufacturing priority, in the full sense as defined by the literature. Another important result is that environmental management, although following a preventive focus, may influence positively the four manufacturing priorities: cost, quality, flexibility and delivery. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Ficha do documento

Tipo

Artigo científico

Ano

2012

Instituição

Elsevier Sci Ltd

Fonte

Repositório da FGV

Idioma

Inglês

Acesso

Acesso restrito

DOI

10.1016/j.jclepro.2011.09.003

Identificador

oai:repositorio.fgv.br:10438/23242

Temas

Desenvolvimento RegionalMeio Ambiente

Palavras-chave

BrazilManufacturingEnvironmental managementCompetitive prioritiesStructural equation modellingSupply chain managementISO 14001Ciências sociaisGestão ambiental