Understanding Drivers for environmental practices in SMEs: A critical review

Author

Rasi, R. Z Raja Mohd ; Abdekhodae, A. ; Nagarajah, R.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Eng. & Ind. Sci., Swinburne Univ. of Technol., VIC, Australia

fYear

2010

fDate

2-5 June 2010

Firstpage

372

Lastpage

377

Abstract

The interest on environmental management has been increased significantly and now is often considered to be a mainstream challenge for organizations. Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in part can be of particular significance as their total impact towards environmental degradation is huge. Yet this sector still has not incorporated the concept of environmental sustainability into their strategic planning. The aim of this study is to explore (i) SMEs environmental initiatives and (ii) Drivers for environmental initiatives.

Keywords

environmental degradation; organisational aspects; reviews; small-to-medium enterprises; strategic planning; sustainable development; SME; environmental degradation; environmental initiatives; environmental management; environmental practices; environmental sustainability; medium enterprises; small enterprises; strategic planning; Australia; Costs; Degradation; Environmental management; Green products; Legislation; Manufacturing; Recycling; Strategic planning; Technology management; Environmental practices; SMEs; driver; environmental and manufacturing performance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Management of Innovation and Technology (ICMIT), 2010 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Singapore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6565-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-6566-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMIT.2010.5492718

Filename

5492718