ENVIRONMENTAL PURCHASING AND FIRM PERFORMANCE: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION
A great deal of debate has occurred in the literature as to whether socially responsible actions undertaken by firms result in improved financial performance. A key dimension of social responsibility is environmental initiatives and programs. While the purchasing function can create value and significantly affect the environmental actions of a firm and its upstream supply chain, no research to date has explored the effect of environmental purchasing on firm performance. The research presented here provides an initial examination of this relationship. Survey and archival data are combined to show that environmental purchasing is significantly related to both net income and cost of goods sold, after controlling for firm size, leverage, and primary earnings per share.
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Authors:
- Carter, C R
- Kale, R
- Grimm, C M
- Publication Date: 2000-9
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: References; Tables;
- Pagination: p. 219-228
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Serial:
- Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review
- Volume: 36
- Issue Number: 3
- Publisher: Elsevier
- ISSN: 1366-5545
- Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13665545
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Corporations; Empirical methods; Environmental impacts; Financial analysis; Private enterprise; Purchasing; Social factors; Socioeconomic factors; Supply; Transportation
- Subject Areas: Economics; Society; Transportation (General); I10: Economics and Administration;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00795977
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jul 10 2000 12:00AM