• 제목/요약/키워드: Green Practices

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Assessing Awareness, Understanding, Construction Practices and Innovation towards Green Construction

  • Zaini, Afzan Ahmad;Endut, Intan Rohani
    • 국제학술발표논문집
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    • The 6th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management
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    • pp.518-522
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    • 2015
  • Green Construction is the construction activities that conserved energy, land, water and material to reduce the negative effect to the environment while assuring essential demand on quality and safety during project construction. This paper critically examine the contribution of awareness and understanding, green construction practices and green construction innovation with the green construction benefits. A measurement model based on the theoretical framework and exploratory factor analysis was developed and tested using structural equation modelling technique. This study employs a survey research methodology involving a total of 346 respondents among construction contractors, developers, clients and consultants in the construction industry. The findings indicate that the awareness and understanding, green construction practices and green construction innovation are significant predictors of the green construction benefits. From the practical perspective, the findings should alert the construction participants on the need of awareness and understanding, green construction practices and green construction innovation towards the green construction benefits. In addition, the findings can be used as diagnostic tool for continuous improvements in the Malaysian construction industry.

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환경관리업무-정보시스템 조정이 기업성과에 미치는 영향 (Firm Performance Impact of Green Practice-IS Coordination)

  • 류성열;구철모
    • 지식경영연구
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    • 제13권4호
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    • pp.13-29
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    • 2012
  • Although the role of information systems (IS) on environmental sustainability much attention, the coordination between green practices and environmental management information systems (EMIS) in a firm remains unexplored area in environmental management and IS disciplines. This study elaborated the antecedents of the coordination between green practices and EMIS and then examines the links among them. Also, this study investigated the links from the coordination between green practices and EMIS to firm's environmental performance. The results showed that both attitudes of managers who are responsible for a firm's green practices and their support had direct effects on the coordination between green practices and EMIS. Also, consistent with environmental management literature, the study provides a better understanding of the relationship between the coordination between green practices and EMIS and environmental performance.

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Determinants of Green Practices in the Petrochemical Sector: An Empirical Study

  • Pun, Kit-Fai;Stanley M.J. Lau
    • International Journal of Quality Innovation
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    • 제4권1호
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    • pp.175-190
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    • 2003
  • This paper discusses the determinants of green practices and incorporates some empirical findings from a recent study in the petrochemical sector in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. The study was comprised of a survey and follow-up interviews with senior executives who participated in the survey. Of fourteen companies involved, the findings affirmed that the investigation of accidents, provision of an emergency response, employee training, decreasing the production of wastes, and pre-treating wastes before disposal should be stressed. Government requirement, the economic reasons and public pressures were the driving forces of green practices. The five most important determinants identified include performance evaluation, financial justification, impacts on company, management leadership and operations integration. Implementing environmental management systems as a feasible approach to green practices in the petrochemical sector was explored. The findings provide guidance that helps organisations to accommodate the determinants of green practices into achieving sustainable environmental goals.

Consumer perceptions on sustainable practices implemented in foodservice organizations in Korea

  • Ju, Seyoung;Chang, Hyeja
    • Nutrition Research and Practice
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    • 제10권1호
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    • pp.108-114
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    • 2016
  • BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Sustainable practices in foodservice organizations including commercial and noncommercial ones are critical to ensure the protection of the environment for the future. With the rapid growth of the foodservice industry, wiser usage of input sources such as food, utilities, and single use packaging should be reconsidered for future generations. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the customer's perceptions on sustainable practices and to identify the relationship among sustainable practices, social contribution and purchase intention. SUBJECTS/METHODS: The study was conducted using content analyses by reviewing articles on sustainable food service practices published domestically and abroad. Thereafter, data were collected with a face-to-face survey using a questionnaire and analyzed with factor analyses and multiple regressions. RESULTS: Sustainable practices classified with factor analysis consisted of 6 dimensions of green food material procurement, sustainable food preparation, green packaging, preservation of energy, waste management, and public relations on green activity, with a total of 25 green activities in foodservice operations. Consumers were not very familiar with the green activities implemented in the foodservice unit, with the lowest awareness of "green food material procurement (2.46 out of 5 points)", and the highest awareness of "green packaging (3.74)" and "waste management (3.28). The factors influencing the perception of social contribution by foodservice organizations among 6 sustainable practice dimensions were found to be public relations on green activity (${\beta}=0.154$), waste management (${\beta}=0.204$) and sustainable food preparation (${\beta}=0.183$). Green packaging (${\beta}=0.107$) and the social contribution of the foodservice organization (${\beta}=0.761$) had strong relationships with the image of the organization. The purchase intentions of customers was affected only by the foodservice image (${\beta}=0.775$). CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study suggest that sustainable practices by foodservice organization present a good image to customers and increase the awareness of valuable contributions that benefit the customer as well as the community.

가정교과의 녹색식생활 교육과 중학생의 자아존중감 및 행복감과의 관계 연구 (A Study of the Relationship of Green Dietary Education, Self-esteem and Happiness of Middle School Home Economics Students)

  • 김은실;조현주;김윤화
    • 한국가정과교육학회지
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    • 제27권3호
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    • pp.63-77
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    • 2015
  • 인성과 환경을 강조한 녹색식생활 교육이 중학교에서 실시되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 중학생의 자아존중감과 행복감이 녹색식생활 실천에 미치는 영향과 현재 중학교에서 실시되고 있는 녹색식생활 단원 교육 효과를 살펴보고, 효과적인 녹색식생활 교육 프로그램 개발을 위하여 실시되었다. 대구시 소재 중학교 2학년 242명을 대상으로 2014년 3월과 6월에 각각 실시되었다. 녹색식생활 실천과 효능감은 성별과 학년, 가정의 경제적 수준, 한 달 용돈에 따라 유의적인 차이가 있었다(p<0.5). 자아존중감의 가족관계, 또래관계, 자기역량 요인(p<0.05)과 행복감의 긍정적, 부정적 요인이 녹색식생활 실천에 유의적인 영향을 미쳤고(p<0.001), 녹색식생활 실천 효능감은 자아존중감의 가족관계, 또래관계, 자기역량 요인(p<0.05), 행복감의 긍정적, 부정적 정서, 부정적 인관관계에 유의적인 영향을 받았다(p<0.001). 녹색식생활 교육 후 녹색식생활에 대한 흥미와 실천도는 유의적으로 증가하였지만(p<0.05) 청소년의 자아존중감 요인들(가족관계, 불만족, 또래관계, 자기역량)과 행복감 요인들(긍정적, 부정적 정서, 부정적 인간관계)에는 유의적인 변화가 나타나지 않았다. 따라서 중학생의 녹색식생활 교육이 성별, 학교성적, 경제적 수준, 한 달 용돈 등을 고려하는 동시에 자아존중감과 행복감을 높일 수 있는 전략을 세워 실시된다면 인성과 녹색식생활 교육의 효과를 더욱 높일 수 있을 것이다.

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유통 물류 변화에 따른 친환경 정부지원이 중소제조업체의 수출경쟁력에 미치는 영향: 친환경 동적 역량과 Green SCM 관행의 매개효과를 중심으로 (The Effect of Green Government Support According to Changes in Distribution and Logistics on Export Competitiveness of SMEs: Focusing on the Mediating Effect of Green Dynamic Capabilities and Green SCM)

  • 김창봉;양혜정
    • 무역학회지
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    • 제47권5호
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    • pp.161-179
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    • 2022
  • This paper aims to examine the role of government's support in facilitating small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs)' green dynamic capabilities and green SCM practices in a global market. It also investigates whether government support, green dynamic capabilities, and green SCM practices affect export competitiveness. To develop those hypotheses, prior studies and in-depth interviews were conducted and data was collected from Korean manufacturing companies that export abroad and then developed the structural equation model. The hypotheses test results revealed that green dynamic capabilities through government support positively affect export competitiveness and green SCM practices through green dynamic capabilities have positive effects on export competitiveness. Finally, this study is valuable in that it directly and indirectly confirmed the effect of eco-friendly government support on export competitiveness.

The Moderating Effects of Retailers' Green Practices upon Customer Environmental Values and Organic Food Purchasing Intention

  • Cho, Meehee;Bonn, Mark A.;Kang, Sora
    • 유통과학연구
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    • 제13권11호
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    • pp.5-13
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    • 2015
  • Purpose - The purpose of this study is to understand how retailers' green practices influence customer environmental values and their organic food purchasing intention. Research design, data, and methodology - Data were collected from randomly intercepting retail shoppers (n=719) departing from 33 retail stores selling organic food products located in Florida, USA. U.S. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, CFA and Hierarchical regression analyses. Results - Results documented that customer environmental values (social-altruistic values and biospheric values) were determinants of organic food purchasing intention. Retailers' green practices representing'green self-governance'were found to significantly enhance the effects of customer environmental values upon organic food purchasing intention. Conclusions - This study successfully demonstrated that customers'willingness to purchase eco-friendly products can be greatly increased when having a positive perceptions toward retailers'green practices such as environmental friendly waste management, environmental improvement of packaging, taking back packaging and recovery of the company's end-of-life products.

A Study on Green Consumer Segmentation Based on Socio-Demographics and Behavioral Responses: Renewing the Relationships between Socio-demographics and Green Behavior

  • Kim, Young Doo
    • Asia Marketing Journal
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    • 제17권1호
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    • pp.1-26
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    • 2015
  • In the 21st century, green consumer behavior, playing one of the core roles of sustainability, is still an important issue to green-related stakeholders. Because one of the major objectives of green-consumer research is an improvement of behaviors aligned with greening, this paper revisited socio-demographic variables and shed light on segmenting and profiling green consumers based on their connectedness between socio-demographic variables and green behaviors. Using correlations, factor analysis, analysis of variance, k-means cluster analysis and χ2-tests, this paper shows that socio-demographic variables differentially impact green-consumer behaviors. In order to profile green consumers, this paper additionally attempts to segment green-consumer groups. The results also coincide with former findings that socio-demographic variables relate significantly with segmented green-consumer group behaviors. General findings are summarized as: 1) older people used green practices more strongly than younger people, 2) females demonstrated better energy-saving and recycling practices compared to males, 3) marital status also significantly influenced green-related behaviors, 4) subjective social class had a significant influence on green-related behaviors, 5) education level and income, however, weakly influenced or showed no impact on green-related behaviors, and 6) a green consumer was classified as an 'active green consumer,' 'utilitarian green consumer,' or 'inactivated green consumer.' The utilitarian green consumer group distinctively behaved more strongly in energy-saving and recycling practices compared to the inactivated green consumer group, whereas active green consumers behaved more strongly on the whole, when compared to those in the inactivated green consumer group.

In Search of Demanded Green Marketing Practices to Encourage Customer's Eco-friendly Purchasing Intention

  • KANG, Eungoo;HWANG, Hee-Joong
    • 동아시아경상학회지
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    • 제10권3호
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    • pp.93-104
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    • 2022
  • Purpose - The green marketing practice improves consumers' environmental knowledge, consequently bolstering their environmental purchase intention. It also improves consumers' green brand knowledge, positively influences their attitude toward green brands. This research examines the role of green brand image between green marketing practice and consumers' green purchasing intention Research design, Data, and methodology - This research has conducted the 'Qualitative Content Analysis' in the current literature dataset. It is crucial to create the procedures and processes that is used to acquire the data needed to structure or solve problems. Finally, total 35 prior studies included for the analysis. Result - Based on prior studies, the current authors figured out that the green brand image plays an essential role in promoting companies' efforts in green marketing practices and green purchase intentions through its mediating ability by fostering trust, green perceived value, green brand loyalty, and social responsibility as a significant determiner of green practices Conclusion - This research concludes that green brand positioning helps companies secure a special place in a consumers' mind by facilitating the design of the desired green brand awareness image and strengthening consumers' desire to purchase a specific green product/service. Green brand positioning centers on the way marketing communications of green brand features green brand knowledge.

저탄소 녹색도시를 위한 태양에너지 이용 선진사례 조사 (Best Practices Research Use of Solar Energy For Low Carbon Green City)

  • 김지수;이응직;이충식
    • 한국태양에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국태양에너지학회 2009년도 춘계학술발표대회 논문집
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    • pp.37-42
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    • 2009
  • We are in search for many method at 21th century thinking about the environment internationally. One is among them low carbon green city. Consequently this dissertation put a system solar energy key point of low carbon green city and purpose of low carbon green city Besides system and technique about the solar energy best practices try to do the investigation analysis. It's important of low carbon green city's environmental friendly system such as solar heat system, solar power generation, ecological greening, All these systems are connected each other and organize low carbon green city. A solar energy system uses pure energy of the situation directly most among the environmental friendly system. Energy saving and environment-friendly city in the world must do not a choice. However, recognition conversion and infrastructure of the Korea still has not come true. But South Korea and the international best practices is not the same system. But plan to solar city, the concept of green city in Cheongju, Deagu local government. And many meetings are in progress.

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