Management of Environmental Quality: Volume 34 Issue 5

The dynamic link between eco-innovation and ecological footprint in India: does the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hold?

Yongming Wang, Muhammed Ashiq Villanthenkodath, Mohammad Haseeb

The eco-innovation is considered one of the possible ways to tackle climate change. However, the conflicting empirical evidence related to the role of eco-innovation on…

An extended TPB model of waste-sorting intention: a case study of Indonesia

Tri Rakhmawati, Sih Damayanti, Rahmi Kartika Jati, Nidya Judhi Astrini

This research investigates factors affecting the intention to sort waste. Specifically, this research aims to develop a waste-sorting intention model by extending the theory of…

Green finance continuance behavior: the role of satisfaction, social supports, environmental consciousness, green bank marketing initiatives and psychological reactance

Md. Al Amin, Md. Abdul Ahad Mia, Tapas Bala, Mohammed Masum Iqbal, Md. Shariful Alam

The study aims to examine the green finance customers' post-usage continuance behavior based on an extended social support theory (SST). Remarkably, this study explores five…

Natural resource endowments and growth dynamics in Africa: evidence from panel cointegrating regression

Ibrahim Ayoade Adekunle, Olukayode Maku, Tolulope Williams, Judith Gbagidi, Emmanuel O. Ajike

With heterogeneous findings dominating the growth and natural resources relations, there is a need to explain the variances in Africa's growth process as induced by robust…

A comparative assessment of Composite Environmental Sustainability Index for emerging economies: a multidimensional approach

Neha Jain, Geetilaxmi Mohapatra

The present study aims to construct and compare Composite Environmental Sustainability Index (CESI) for 20 emerging countries for the period 1990–2020.

Beyond lean manufacturing and sustainable performance: are the circular economy practices worth pursuing?

Gonzalo Maldonado-Guzmán, Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes

The need to improve sustainability in manufacturing firms, which would allow them to reduce the emission of pollutants and the generation of industrial waste, has stimulated the…

Towards a green Agri-food supply chain through ANP and ELECTRE I

Sana Elhidaoui, Srinivas Kota

This research aims to comprehensively analyse the Agri-food supply chain, by identifying the barriers, and considering effective pathways towards a green supply chain. To the best…

The dilemmas of relevance: exploring the role of natural resources and energy consumption in managing climate crisis in Africa

Olatunji Shobande, Simplice Asongu

The study examines the role of natural resources (NRs) and energy consumption in managing the climate crisis in Africa, using annual series data from the World Bank from 1980 to…

Does nanotechnology contribute to energy poverty reduction?

Tajul Ariffin Masron, Yogeeswari Subramaniam, Nanthakumar Loganathan

Nanotechnology's rapid development worldwide is a significant measure for countries to strengthen the building of energy security. Thus, to empirically investigate the underlying…

Purchase intention of organic foods from the perspective of consumers

Luciene Eberle, Gabriel Sperandio Milan, Ana Paula Graciola, Miriam Borchardt, Giancarlo Medeiros Pereira

The present research had the objectives of proposing, testing and validating a theoretical model that includes ecological awareness, healthy consumption, consumer attitude and…

Framework to evaluate sustainable supply chain intensity index in MSMEs using analytic network process and fuzzy logic

Swayam Sampurna Panigrahi, Bikram Kumar Bahinipati, Sarada Prasad Sarmah

The Indian micro small and medium scale enterprises (MSMEs) are potential suppliers to the original equipment manufacturers (OEM). The implementation of sustainable supply chain…

Climate change and food security at household level in the central dry zone in Myanmar

Aung Kyaw Zaw, Sayamol Charoenratana

The central dry zone of Myanmar is a climatic risk area in which the inhabitants are experiencing food insecurity, demonstrating the link between water scarcity and climate risk…

Sustainable and resilient supplier selection in the context of circular economy: an ontology-based model

Khadija Echefaj, Abdelkabir Charkaoui, Anass Cherrafi, Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes, Syed Abdul Rehman Khan, Abla Chaouni Benabdellah

Selecting the optimal supplier is a challenging managerial decision that involves several dimensions that vary over time. Despite the considerable attention devoted to this issue…