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- Aalto, Kristina, et al.
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The Nordic swan
- 2008
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Leire, Charlotte
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Increasing the environmental and social sustainability in corporate purchasing: Practices and tools
- 2009
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Despite efforts to stimulate the dissemination of green purchasing practices, their uptake in business and industry has so far proven limited. Reasons for the limited progress remain largely unclear. One factor explored in this thesis, is the role of information in the operationalization and dissemination of green purchasing in organizations and supply chains. The importance of knowledge and information for the dissemination and operational possibility of green purchasing has until now remained under-examined in both academic and practitioner-based literature. The research presented in this thesis concentrates on the perspective of the purchasers. The research concludes that that green purchasing practices in private sector organizations in Sweden remain limited, and mainly focus products of strategic importance. The most common approach in applying environmental and social requirements is the supplier performance based approach. Few purchasers use, and are aware of, the range of information tools that are currently available. The obstacles among purchasing managers to use information tools in green purchasing seem to vary with the type of purchasing situation.
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- Leire, Charlotte, et al.
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Product-related environmental information to guide consumer purchases - a review and analysis of research on perceptions, understanding and use among Nordic consumers
- 2005
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Ingår i: Journal of Cleaner Production. - : Elsevier BV. - 0959-6526. ; 13:10-11, s. 1061-1070
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Forskningsöversikt (refereegranskat)abstract
- Informed product choices are,a prerequisite for the greening of consumption. Nordic consumers are subject to an ever-growing amount of product-related environmental information that is available in a number of formats. The degree to which they use information is disputed. This paper reviews Nordic research on consumer perceptions, understanding and use of product-related environmental information. The majority of the publications point to a great number of consumers, who recognise, know. and possess sufficient confidence in the main eco-labels and should therefore, be able to use them. However, this is not always the case. How the product-related environmental information works in the market place is dependent upon many determinants related to the purchasing moment. Therefore, in contrast to the majority of research on the topic, studies of the use of product-related environmental information suggests that the focus. hould be on the purchasing decision and take into account the dynamic context of the diverse purchasing situations.
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- Leire, Charlotte, et al.
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Product-related environmental information to guide consumer purchases - a review and analysis of research on perceptions, understanding and use among Nordic consumers
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Ingår i: Labelling Strategies in Environmental Policy. - : Routledge. - 9781351154529 - 9781351154512 ; , s. 343-352
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Informed product choices are a prerequisite for the greening of consumption. Nordic consumers are subject to an ever-growing amount of product-related environmental information that is available in a number o f formats. The degree to which they use information is disputed. This paper reviews Nordic research on consumer perceptions, understanding and use of product-related environmental information. The majority o f the publications point to a great number of consumers, who recognise, know and possess sufficient confidence in the main eco-labels and should therefore, be able to use them. However, this is not always the case. How the product-related environmental information works in the market place is dependent upon many determinants related to the purchasing moment. Therefore, in contrast to the majority of research on the topic, studies o f the use of product-related environmental information suggests that the focus should be on the purchasing decision and take into account the dynamic context o f the diverse purchasing situations.
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- Leire, Charlotte
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The application of green purchasing tools in the corporate sector
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Ingår i: Environmental Engineering and Management Journal. - 1582-9596. ; 5:5, s. 1159-1179
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Abstract in UndeterminedAll types of organizations are under increasing pressure to integrate green considerations in their purchasing practices. A number of tools aimed for the practitioners have been developed in response to their new challenges. However, the application of such tools among private firms is not well known, and one important question is how well the tools correspond with practitioners’ needs. This paper discusses the many dimensions of various purchasing activities and the range of environmental requirements that are possible for practitioners to apply in the purchasing process. The paper also provides an initial overview of the current application of available green purchasing tools. The findings point to a lack of a systematic application of different tools among firms.
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- Mont, Oksana, et al.
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Socially responsible purchasing in the supply chain drivers and barriers in Sweden
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Ingår i: Social Responsibility Journal. - : Emerald. - 1747-1117. ; 5:2, s. 388-407
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The purpose of the paper is to explore the factors that drive or hinder organisations to implement socially responsible purchasing.Design/methodology/approachA literature analysis is complemented with empirical data from interviews with 20 private and public Swedish organisations.FindingsThe findings from the literature analysis are compared with findings from Swedish organisations. The study finds that in Swedish organisations, the main drivers for socially responsible purchasing include stakeholder influence and organisational values, media and NGOs' attention and employees' concern. The main barriers are a lack of resources for supplier audits, difficulties to ensure that all suppliers fulfil the code of conduct, differences in culture and management style, low levels of social standards and high levels of corruption in some countries of supply, all of which makes assurance practices a very costly enterprise.Research limitations/implicationsFuture research could compare socially responsible purchasing (SRP) practices of focal organisations from different countries and deepen the understanding of contextual factors that shape responses of suppliers situated in different regions.Practical implicationsAlthough exploratory in nature, this study assists managers and public procurers with a greater understanding of the drivers and barriers of socially responsible purchasing, as well as of success factors for integrating social aspects into purchasing practices.Originality/valueThe paper contributes to the limited body of literature on the drivers and barriers for organisations to initiate and maintain the work on socially responsible purchasing.
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