Management of Environmental Quality: Volume 30 Issue 5

Proposal for a new method for analyzing the domino effect in an oil refinery and its impact on the environment

Meriem Smaiah, Mebarek Djebabra, Leila Boubaker

The purpose of this paper is to propose a new managerial method to integrate the environmental dimension in the domino effects (DEs) analysis.

Policy making for GSCM implementation in the wooden furniture industry: A DEMATEL and system dynamics approach

Aries Susanty, Diana Puspita Sari, Dyah Ika Ika Rinawati, Ratna Purwaningsih, Faisal Hasbullah Sjawie

The purpose of this paper is to implement the combined approach of Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) and system dynamic (SD) for examining the impacts of…

Climate change, responsible leadership and organizational commitment: An experience from Egypt

Mohamed Mousa, Vesa Puhakka, Hala A. Abdelgaffar

The purpose of this paper is to focus on physicians in the four public hospitals located in the October province of Egypt in an attempt to explore the effect of climate change on…

Quality of environmental information disclosure and enterprise characteristics: Based on heavily polluted industries of A-share in the Shanghai Stock Exchange

Jianshu Wang, Bo Zhang

Based on several important environmental protection and information disclosure policies that have been issued in China, the purpose of this paper is to test the relationship…

The impact of Brexit on designing a material-based global supply chain network for Asian manufacturers

Kengo Nakamura, Tetsuo Yamada, Kim Hua Tan

The purpose of this paper is to investigate effects on global supply chain reconfigured in the customs duty rate of parts and specific material types brought about by Brexit and…

Sustainable supply chain management: A review of literature and implications for future research

Swayam Sampurna Panigrahi, Bikram Bahinipati, Vipul Jain

The business enterprises are increasingly focusing on buying and supplying of products and services in a manner to reduce the adverse impacts on the environment, society, and…

Analysis of the association between economic growth, environmental quality and health standards in the Gulf Cooperation Council during 1980-2012

Yasmeen Bader, Subhadra Ganguli

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the validity of the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) between gross domestic product (GDP) per capita and environmental indicators in…

The potential of environmental impact as a result of the development of palm oil plantation

Almasdi Syahza

The purpose of this paper is to develop strategies for potential environmental impacts as a result of institutional arrangement and development of oil palm downstream industry…

Paving the way for the circular economy and more sustainable supply chains: Shedding light on formal and informal governance instruments used to induce green networks

Mara Cristina Cardoso de Oliveira, Marcio Cardoso Machado, Charbel Jose Chiappetta Jabbour, Ana Beatriz Lopes de Sousa Jabbour

Circular economy is an emerging concept which requires insights from a variety of disciplines, especially from sustainable operations management. Therefore, the purpose of this…

Sustainable development for zero-wastewater-discharge reproduction planning under quantitative and qualitative information

Chun-Wei Lin, Shiou-Yun Jeng, Ming-Lang Tseng, Wai Peng Wong

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the wastewater discharge and a zero-wastewater-discharge (ZWD) reproduction plan is designed for a paper mill in Taiwan.

Sustainable modeling in reverse logistics strategies using fuzzy MCDM: Case of China Pakistan Economic Corridor

Muhammad Asees Awan, Yousaf Ali

Globalization in supply chain networks is urging manufacturing companies for the production of sustainable products with re-engineering technologies that offer competitive…

Assessment of alternative building technologies (ABT) for pre-tertiary school infrastructure delivery in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

Ngxito Bonisile, Kahilu Kajimo-Shakantu, Akintayo Opawole

Anecdotal evidence indicates that there is a backlog in the pre-tertiary school infrastructure in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. The purpose of this paper is to assess…

Green purchasing capabilities, practices and institutional pressure

Meow Yee Foo, Kanagi Kanapathy, Suhaiza Zailani, Mohd Rizaimy Shaharudin

The purpose of this paper is to ascertain the green-purchasing capabilities required to ensure the successful implementation of green-purchasing practices under the forces of…

Construction resource allocation for industrial solid waste treatment centers in cities of Anhui Province, China

Jie Wu, Wanting Zhang, Zhixiang Zhou

The purpose of this paper is to study where to place industrial solid waste treatment centers among the 16 prefecture-level cities under its jurisdiction.

Is radiative forcing cointegrated with temperature? A further examination using a structural time series approach

Kelvin Balcombe, Iain Fraser, Abhijit Sharma

The purpose of this paper is to re-examine the long-run relationship between radiative forcing (including emissions of carbon dioxide, sulphur oxides, methane and solar radiation…

The effects of recent austerity on environmental protection decisions: Evidence and perspectives from Scotland

Vincent Onyango, Paola Gazzola, Geoffrey Wood

The purpose of this paper is to establish the evidence for, the why and how recent austerity policy atmosphere associated with the UK government affected environmental protection…