scholarly journals A Review of Energy and Environmental Management Practices in Cast Iron Foundries to Increase Sustainability

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (24) ◽  
pp. 7245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Stefana ◽  
Paola Cocca ◽  
Filippo Marciano ◽  
Diana Rossi ◽  
Giuseppe Tomasoni
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Cast Iron ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Process Step ◽  
Impact Reduction ◽  
Environmental Management Practices ◽  
Iron Foundries ◽  
Technical Measures

Environmental impact and use of energy and materials are relevant topics in companies. To achieve energy savings and enhance environmental performance, managers can invest in technologies (technical measures) and/or implement management practices (low-cost and non-technical measures). This paper focuses on energy and environmental management practices in foundry, which is a particularly energy-intensive industry producing significant carbon dioxide emissions. We conducted a scoping review of scientific publications and technical documents to identify practices that enable energy efficiency improvement and adverse environmental impact reduction in cast iron foundries using coreless induction furnaces. The review returned 399 practices, which we categorised according to the process step of application and theme. We developed a hierarchy to classify the practices according to their sustainability. The results show that the practices proposed in the literature focus mainly on avoiding or reducing resource consumption, rather than on recovering residual value. The intended contribution is to promote the adoption of management practices as an effective lever to increase energy efficiency and reduce environmental impacts, while also providing a summary of current knowledge to facilitate the identification of areas for further research. The review could also support foundry managers in the selection and prioritisation of the practices to adopt.

HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND RESIDUES MANAGEMENT: BRAZILIAN EXPERIENCES

2012 ◽  
Vol 14 (03) ◽  
pp. 1250018 ◽  
Author(s):  
ERIC DORION ◽  
ELIANA SEVERO ◽  
PELAYO OLEA ◽  
CRISTINE NODARI ◽  
JULIO FERRO DE GUIMARAES
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Environmental Management ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Hospital Waste ◽  
Environmental Management Practices ◽  
Hospital Effluents ◽  
Waste Segregation ◽  
Waste Effluents ◽  
Responsible Attitude

Since Brazilian healthcare institutions have the duty to care about public health service, they also have the social and financial responsibilities to bring environmentally friendly practices and strategies, including principally a responsible attitude towards hospital waste management. Negligent waste management contributes significantly to polluting the environment. Today, a specific regional context in the southern State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, shows an ambivalent situation in terms of hospital waste management. This study aims to analyze the environmental management practices and innovation strategies of the hospitals of the Serra Gaúcha region, as well as conducting a comparison between the environmental management practices versus the current Brazilian laws. Based on data analysis, it was found that all hospitals employ the practice of waste segregation, preserving public health and environmental quality. However, in respect to hospital waste effluents, 75% of the hospitals of the Serra Gaúcha region do not treat their hospital effluents, not complying with the current Brazilian legislation.

Characterization of the adoption of environmental management practices in large Brazilian companies

2015 ◽  
Vol 86 ◽  
pp. 256-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Camila Duarte Teles ◽  
José Luis Duarte Ribeiro ◽  
Maria Auxiliadora Cannarozzo Tinoco ◽  
Carla Schwengber ten Caten
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Environmental Management Practices

Customer orientation and organizational innovation: the case of environmental management practices

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (7) ◽  
pp. 835-848 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanja Pekovic ◽  
Sylvie Rolland ◽  
Hubert Gatignon
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Information Processing ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Customer Orientation ◽  
Market Competition ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Industrial Marketing ◽  
Customer Information ◽  
Environmental Management Practices ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This study aims to investigates the effect of three customer orientation components – customer information-processing, responsiveness and values and norms – on a firm’s decision to adopt environmental management practices. Consistent with the literature on strategy and industrial marketing, the authors also examine the moderating effect of marketplace characteristics. Design/methodology/approach The authors use a linear model on a sample of 4,324 French firms with ten or more employees. Findings Based on a large-scale survey of firms across industries, the results indicate that customer information-processing and values and norms directly contribute to the adoption of environmental management practices. Furthermore, the effect of customer information-processing is shown to be contingent on market competition. Practical implications The findings have direct practical implications. When managers recognize the importance and usefulness of customer orientation, they understand the need to formulate organizational strategies in terms of environmental management practices that reflect customer expectations. In addition, following the strategic fit approach, customer orientation should fit with the specific market environment to stimulate the adoption of environmental management practices. In other words, the findings are useful for managers, who can assess the specific environmental characteristics they are facing and align these with customer orientation to build competitive advantage. Originality/value The findings indicate that the different dimensions of customer orientation distinctly affect a firm’s decision to adopt environmental management practices. In this sense, the authors argue that they capture different facets of the customer orientation measure, which points to the importance of analyzing the dimensions of customer orientation separately. Furthermore, rather than analyzing aggregate measures of corporate social responsibility, the authors selected environmental orientation as a specific dimension, which has received less attention in the industrial marketing literature. Finally, the main findings mark an important contribution to the literature because they provide deeper insights into the conditions under which customer orientation dimensions drive the adoption of environmental management practices.

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