Green purchasing and supply policies: do they improve companies’ environmental performance?
Ken Green
(Centre for Research on Organisations, Management and Technical Change, UMIST, Manchester, UK)
Barbara Morton
(Centre for Research on Organisations, Management and Technical Change, UMIST, Manchester, UK)
Steve New
(Steve New is at Hertford College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK)
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Abstract
Asks how does green purchasing change the environmental performance of the firms in a supply chain/network and what is the influence of supply chain and industry structure on that performance? Do such changes contribute to companies’ overall environmental performance and to sustainability? Discusses these, and related questions, by exploring the activities of the UK hardware retailer, B&Q, as an example of green purchasing and supply in action.
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Citation
Green, K., Morton, B. and New, S. (1998), "Green purchasing and supply policies: do they improve companies’ environmental performance?", Supply Chain Management, Vol. 3 No. 2, pp. 89-95. https://doi.org/10.1108/13598549810215405
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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