Enterprise Environmental Management Research Articles

The impact of performance feedback on corporate ESG performance: Mediating role of environmental strategy.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of performance feedback (performance expectation surplus, performance expectation deficit) on corporate ESG performance, and this paper also to investigate the role of environmental strategy as a mechanism in the impact of enterprises' performance feedback on corporate ESG performance. The study used data from 3679 companies listed on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges for the period 2009-2021 and also measured the intensity of corporate environmental strategies through analysis. Finally, we used a fixed effects model to test the research hypothesis. This study shows that enterprise performance feedback positively affects corporate ESG performance and that environmental strategy plays a significant mechanistic role in enterprise performance feedback and corporate ESG performance. Overall, performance expectation surplus negatively affects ESG performance, performance expectation deficit positively affects ESG performance, and the mechanism of environmental strategy plays a significant role in performance expectation deficit and ESG performance. The results of this study can help enterprises establish a scientific environmental management system, strengthen the supervision of enterprise environmental management, and have certain reference significance for enterprises to speed up the implementation of environmental protection measures. This study adds to the literature by describing corporate ESG performance using performance feedback theory and explaining the inherent role of enterprise performance feedback in corporate ESG performance utilizing environmental strategies.

Green Innovation, Environmental Certification, and the Sustainable Development of Enterprises in China

Purpose - Achieving sustainable development has always been the most important issue for enterprises. Owing to global warming and environmental deterioration, environmental management is increasingly becoming a major concern for enterprises and the external world, especially stakeholder behavior. This study explores whether enterprise environmental management can contribute to its sustainable development, and how stakeholder behaviors can influence this relationship.
 Design/Methodology/Approach - This study uses a fixed effects regression model to empirically test the data of Chinese A-share listed companies from 2012 to 2020, and investigates the impact of corporate environmental behavior (i.e. green innovation and environmental certification) on the sustainable development of enterprises. It also explores the moderating role of government support and analyst attention in the impact of environmental management on corporate sustainability.
 Findings - The research results showed that enterprise environmental management, namely, green innovation and environmental protection certification, can promote sustainable development capabilities. Simultaneously, government support and proper attention from analysts can have a positive moderating effect on green environmental management and improve sustainable development.
 Research Implications - This study enriches relevant theories on enterprise environmental management and sustainable development, proposes the importance of government support and external institutional supervision, and provides a reference for sustainably developing enterprises from the perspective of stakeholder behaviors.

ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT IN THE ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

The purpose of the article is to study the organizational and methodological principles of conducting an environmental audit in order to develop directions for increasing the effectiveness of the environmental management system at the enterprise. The relevance of conducting an environmental audit as a component of the enterprise's environmental management system is determined. The important role of organizing an environmental audit and determining existing environmental risks in the company's activities is indicated. The historical aspects of the formation of environmental audit are highlighted. The description of the environmental management system (EMAS) and the specific features of its activity are given. The regulatory and legal framework, which is guided by the auditor when conducting an audit, is defined. The purpose and tasks of conducting an environmental audit are revealed. The functions of environmental audit are defined. The essence of mandatory and voluntary environmental audit is considered. The types of environmental audit are characterized from the point of view of the purposes of its implementation: verification of compliance with legal requirements, audit within the scope of environmental insurance, audit during the passage of environmental certification, audit for the purpose of investment evaluation, audit of enterprises that cause damage to the environment. The requirements for an environmental audit are determined (independence, comprehensiveness, documentation, practical orientation) and the characteristics of the principles of its conduct are given. The peculiarities of the formation of an information array for conducting an environmental audit, which is grouped by the components of sustainable development (economic, ecological and social), are highlighted. The stages of the audit of the environmental sphere of the enterprise's activity have been established (preparatory, main, final). Emphasis is placed on drawing up an audit opinion, which provides the results of an audit on the compliance of the enterprise's environmental policy with current legislation and other issues that provide information on the effectiveness of the environmental activities of the business entity. Environmental audit methods used by auditors during an environmental audit are specified. The advantages provided to the business entity by conducting an environmental audit are determined.

Analysis of the environmental resources value and enterprises economic benefits based on combination algorithm

Abstract To solve the problems of fuzziness, nonlinearity and complexity of economic factors and environmental factors in the evaluation of ecological economic benefits of enterprises are studied. Based on the theory of environmental-economic benefits (EEB), this paper defines the value of environmental resources and economic benefits of enterprises, and puts forward the indicators of environmental and economic benefits. The evaluation model of enterprise EEB based on the analytic hierarchy process and fuzzy set algorithm is constructed. By establishing the hierarchical structure model of index system, the intuitive fuzzy judgement matrix is obtained, and the final score of enterprise environmental benefits is calculated by consistency test and weight analysis. After verifying the model, the evaluation method of enterprise EEB proposed in this paper is accurate and reliable, which is helpful to deeply analyse the hidden order and adaptation mechanism of complex adaptation system of enterprise environmental management.

Decision-making model of sustainable ecological environment management based on enterprise environmental management under a low-carbon economy

With the development of industrialization, ecological and environmental problems have become increasingly prominent. In addition, the direct burning of crop straw and livestock manure also causes serious damage to the ecological environment. From the perspective of low-carbon economy, in order to promote the sustainable development of the ecological environment, this paper puts forward the idea of integrating the environmental management of enterprises, establishes the decision-making model of ecological environment management, and carries out related research. The experimental results show that the average error of cross-section water quality prediction is 2, the average error of pollutant discharge prediction is 2.1, and the highest ecological security degree is 1.28. The data show that the system dynamics method can effectively reduce the section water quality prediction error and pollutant discharge prediction error of the management decision-making model, and improve the accuracy of the model prediction. In the analysis experiment of the biomass energy potential of agricultural waste, livestock manure and straw waste accounted for 59.26% and 30.18% of the total, respectively. It can be seen that agricultural waste has a high content of convertible biomass energy, which can provide a large amount of renewable energy for human beings.

Can digital investment improve corporate environmental performance? -- Empirical evidence from China

Enterprise environmental performance has always been the core topic of enterprise environmental management. Under the promotion of the new generation of technological revolution, whether enterprise digitalization can help improve enterprise environmental performance has become a new research hotspot. Taking Chinese A-share listed industrial enterprises as the research sample, this paper discusses the influence mechanism of digitalization on corporate environmental performance. The results show that:(1) digital investment has a significant U-shaped relationship with corporate environmental performance; (2) Technological innovation is an important intermediary channel through which digital investment promotes enterprise environmental performance: digital investment can positively promote technological innovation, and there is also a significant U-shaped relationship between technological innovation and corporate environmental performance; (3) The hometown identification degree of executives positively moderates the relationship between technological innovation and corporate environmental performance. Accordingly, we suggest that companies need to adopt hedging policies in the early stage to reduce the adverse environmental effects caused by digital technology and accelerate the digital transformation of enterprises and promote the development of technological innovation to achieve the goal of coordinated environmental protection. Finally, we hope that executives will actively participate in this activity and jointly promote the development of this cause.

The Relationship Between the Contents of Several Typical Environmental Testing Indexes in Industrial Enterprises

With the emphasis on ecological civilization construction and green and low-carbon development policy in our country in recent years, the environmental protection of industrial enterprises and the related work of emission permits had been carried out steadily, self-monitoring had gradually become an indispensable part of urban pollution prevention and control. However, in the actual testing process, the enterprise environmental management and environmental law enforcement officials often found that the content of some related factors conflict between test results and theory. In order to solve the problem that the results of some relevant environmental monitoring indexes were contrary to the expectation, the relationship between the contents of some typical environmental monitoring indexes, including VOCs and NMHC, NMHC and benzene series, TN and NH₄⁺-N, COD and BOD, was discussed according to the definition of relevant standards, the reason of the change of the relationship between the content of each index was analyzed from the angles of detection method, calculation method and determination range, and the future development direction of environmental testing was prospected, which could be used as a reference for the prevention and control of waste water and air pollutants in industrial enterprises and for the relevant environmental law enforcers, managers and testers.

Study on cost benefit estimation of enterprise environmental management based on multiple linear regression

Study on cost benefit estimation of enterprise environmental management based on multiple linear regression

ФОРМУВАННЯ СИСТЕМИ ЕКОЛОГІЧНОГО МЕНЕДЖМЕНТУ ПІДПРИЄМСТВ В АСПЕКТІ ВІДНОВЛЕННЯ СТАЛОГО РОЗВИТКУ РЕГІОНІВ

The purpose. Substantiate the theoretical and methodological foundations and provide practical recommendations for the formation of an enterprise environmental management system in the aspect of restoring the sustainable development of the regions. Methodology. In the process of research, a number of general scientific and special research methods were used, namely: deduction and induction, logical generalization, analysis, synthesis to determine the essence of the enterprise's environmental management system and problems of restoration of sustainable development of regions; system analysis using statistical data processing methods to determine the effectiveness of the enterprise's environmental management system; calculation method - to determine the values of emissions of pollutants; method of strategic planning - when developing proposals for the formation of an environmental management system. Results. The essence and features of the formation of the environmental management system of the enterprise in the aspect of restoring the sustainable development of the region are revealed. Compliance of the studied enterprise with the criteria of the environmental management system was assessed. The main difficulties in the management system of industrial companies are revealed. The main stages of the implementation of the environmental management system at the enterprise are analyzed. Methodological approaches are highlighted and the effectiveness of the environmental management system of the enterprise under study is assessed. Scientific novelty. The features of the formation of the environmental management system of the enterprise in the aspect of restoring the sustainable development of the regions are substantiated. Practical significance. The results of the study form a scientific and practical basis for the formation of an enterprise environmental management system that will contribute to the restoration of sustainable development of the regions of Ukraine.

Hazardous Waste Disposal Enterprise Selection in China Using Hesitant Fuzzy PROMETHEE.

Because of the urgent need to protect the environment, it has become vital to deal with the dangers and particularities associated with the growth in hazardous industrial waste. Governments have begun to expand their investments in the environmental protection industry and have tightened enterprise environmental management requirements. The 13th Five-Year Plan period in China, in particular, increased the focus on the environmental supervision and enterprise environmental management. Because of the specific qualities of many types of hazardous waste, most enterprises do not have the ability to process hazardous waste and therefore must outsource the disposal to third-party contractors. However, choosing suitable hazardous waste disposal enterprises (HWDE) can be difficult. Therefore, to assist in the selection of appropriate hazardous waste disposal enterprises, this paper developed a comprehensive evaluation index system for hazardous waste disposal enterprises (EISHWDE). As multi-criteria decision-making problems involve qualitative evaluations that have semantic ambiguity, hesitant fuzzy linguistic term sets (HFLTS) were introduced to increase the accuracy of the evaluation process, an analytic hierarchy process (AHP) used to determine the objective indicator weights, and PROMETHEE (Preference Ranking Organization Method for Enrichment Evaluation) employed to determine the final order for the selected enterprises. This research developed a scientific evaluation model that industrial waste enterprises (IWE) and related organizations could use to objectively and systematically select suitable hazardous waste disposal enterprises. Then, the problems of uncertainty and fuzzy semantics in the evaluation process were solved, and the weight of each selection criteria and the ranking of alternative enterprises are given.

Product's green production method based on environmental management and ecological perspective of enterprise

The product production process will cause environmental pollution, resulting in low production efficiency and energy utilisation. A green production method based on corporate environmental management and ecological perspective is proposed. Design the overall route and process of product green production methods. Select the objectives of the enterprise's environmental management system, and construct the framework of the enterprise's environmental management system from an ecological perspective to control the use and production of pollutants in the production of raw materials and products. Based on the enterprise's environmental protection management system, an impact model of product green production is constructed, and environmental pollution caused by production is prevented and controlled from two aspects: raw material selection and product production process, and complete product green production. The experimental results show that the designed method has good green production effect, low environmental pollution, high production efficiency and high energy utilisation rate.

ЕКОЛОГІЧНИЙ МЕНЕДЖМЕНТ ЯК ФАКТОР ЕКОЛОГО-ЕКОНОМІЧНОЇ СТІЙКОСТІ ТА РОЗВИТКУ ПРОМИСЛОВОГО ПІДПРИЄМСТВА В СИСТЕМІ ОХОРОНИ ПРАЦІ

The paper explores the structure of environmental management, directions in implementing green polices and specific types of environmental activities at the enterprise. Within a range of actions to enhance environmental and energy saving activities, the implementation and targeted use of the economic mechanism to affect production is paramount, since it creates favourable environment and encourages employees immediate motivation to ensure the rational utilization, protection and reproduction of natural resources. This mechanism is based on managerial economic methods, the essence of which is managing interests and managing through interests. Managerial economic methods include planning, business accounting and economic incentives. These methods affect production through the application of such economic tools as pricing, funding, lending policies, economic sanctions and incentives, long-term economic standards, etc. The specifics of implementing an enterprise environmental management system in line with Ukrainian and international standards has been explored along with disclosing all its pros and cons. The environmental management framework is part of the overall business management system which includes organizational structure, planning, division of responsibilities, applied methods, procedures, processes and resources needed for the development, implementation, analysis and building of environmental policy. Taking a decision in favour of such a system, managers make use of its financial advantages (resources and assets saving, enhancing production efficiency, developing potential markets) and as well as assume risks associated with inappropriate attitude towards company environmental policies, which this system will fundamentally change (accidents, regulatory sanctions, difficulties in attracting new investors including foreign ones, barriers in obtaining bank loans by consumers, etc.).

The Impact Mechanism of Certification Body on ISO14001 Certification Effectiveness of Enterprise

Based on knowledge management, the paper discusses the factors that the certification body influences the effectiveness of enterprise environmental management certification. The factors are including certification bodies, audited enterprise, media, influence channel and influence context. Then the paper establishes network model.

Environmental orientation of consumer behavior: motivational component

Environmental issues are a priority, since global environmental problem has become perceived as a threat to humanity’s existence. The necessity and timeliness of conceptual marketing approaches revision are dictated by the formation of new economy sector of ecological goods and services, and the environmentally responsible marketing concept is being formed. The purpose of the work is to substantiate the environmental factor influence on consumer behavior motives and formation of consumer demand for environmental products within the frame of environmentally responsible marketing. Changes in the external marketing environmentlead to changes in the internal environment of the market entity, causing its environmental development. The recorded tendencies and changes in the marketing environment form the marketing ecological imperative, which takes into account the environmental factor in marketing activity of the market player. The research allows to determine the position of ecologically responsible marketing as a basic marketing concept that defines the philosophy and technology of marketing management by socio-economic systems regardless the sphere of the market entity activity in conditions of ecological imperative. The analysis shows that the modern Ukrainian society began to strive not only to purchase and consume desired products, but also to improve and to preserve the ecological situation. In a market environment, the specific marketing activity feature, which changes under the influence of the factor of ecological situation quality deterioration, adds new tasks, concomitant to main classical. The development of the enterprise environmental management system will promote the implementation of environment-oriented goals: formalization of the environmental products concept, environmental products market development, certification programs development, preservation of the environment quality, formation of ecologically oriented consciousness of the society. Considering the understanding of the needs, the motivational aspects of ecologically oriented consumer behavior in the market are stated in the form of the system based on the need for the security. Through the development of eco-responsible marketing tools and their step-by-step introduction into enterprise activity, it becomes possible to develop the ecological products market through the implementation of proactive environmental activity and satisfaction of individual consumer demand.

Microeconomia e Meio Ambiente: Análise de Fundamentos Microeconômicos Inerentes à Gestão Ambiental nas Organizações

The research that follows objective to present certain passive beddings of the microeconomic of application and analysis in the environmental management of the companies. Initially a revision on the microeconomic concepts and beddings is carried through as the curve of production possibility, total costs of pollution and control, benefits and costs and delinquents and theory of the games; being, later, broached its possible influences, also with hypothetical exercises for understanding the applicability of the beddings. It is important to point out that in the broaching of the theory of the games justification of the action of the regulating agencies is demonstrated to it as agencies of implementation of environmental controls in the companies. The tools broached here are considered under the theoretical aspect, but allowing a posterior application in the management process, in the search for green productive technologies and specific certifications. The research uses as methodology the deductive method, searching for general theory of the microeconomic a specific application in the environmental management; and as procedure technician the bibliographical research. The consolidation of the applicability of the microeconomic theory in the aspects of the enterprise environmental management is verified thus, mainly for the fact that the environmental question currently influences directly the strategic planning of the organizations.

Valoración económica del suelo y gestión ambiental: aplicación en empresas floricultoras colombianas

<span>Este artículo tiene como objetivo central presentar la valoración económica de bienes y servicios ambientales brindados por el recurso suelo vinculado a empresas floricultoras, la cual se plantea como criterio base para establecer una subvención ambiental como mecanismo de fortalecimiento de la gestión ambiental empresarial en Colombia. Así, mediante una revisión bibliográfica analítica, se realiza un reconocimiento de la normativa ambiental nacional en torno al control de la contaminación del suelo. Igualmente, se aplica el método de transferencia de beneficios como mecanismo de valoración económica y se propone un modelo de gestión ambiental en empresas floricultoras colombianas a través de la subvención ambiental. Este trabajo concluye que la información asociada al valor económico de los bienes y servicios ambientales de un recurso natural es relevante porque permite dar una idea de la importancia de los mismos, al tiempo que es fundamental en el establecimiento de la tarifa mínima requerida en el instrumento económico</span>

Factor analysis of corporate environmental responsibility

Under the current situation of environmental pollution and resources shortage, the research of corporate environmental responsibility (CER) is of great importance to promote the sustainable development of society. The article adopts the perspective of the Stakeholder Theory and environmental management to make the empirical analysis of CER. Consequently designed questionnaire investigation is carried out among 30 Shanghai enterprises during 2007 and 2008. Through the correlation analysis, principal component analysis, factor ordering, and variables reappearance of key factors, seven key indexes are identified in the original 35 variables. This article aims to provide reference for enterprise environmental management and forwards the study of Corporate Social Responsibility.