Benchmarking: An International Journal: Volume 17 Issue 3

Developing environmental supply chain performance measures

Sarah Shaw, David B. Grant, John Mangan

The purpose of this paper is to review extant literature and present a proposed research agenda to examine whether environmental, i.e. green performance measures, can be…

Benchmarking tool for improved corporate social responsibility in purchasing

Maria Björklund

The purpose of this paper is to develop a benchmark tool that can be applied to improve corporate social responsibility (CSR) in purchasing. The tool has been tested on two…

Eco‐design planning in a Chinese telecommunication network company: Benchmarking its parent company

Qinghua Zhu, Qing Liu

This paper aims to develop a framework for Chinese telecommunication network companies on how to implement eco‐design by benchmarking its parent foreign company.

Benchmarking environmental performance: five leading steel mills in India

M. Ruhul Amin, Sharmistha Banerjee

The purpose of this paper is to review general applications of the ISO14001 certification process and show how limitations such as ensuring minimum environmental performance…

Green operations initiatives in the automotive industry: An environmental reports analysis and benchmarking study

Breno Nunes, David Bennett

The purpose of this paper is to focus on investigating and benchmarking green operations initiatives in the automotive industry documented in the environmental reports of selected…

Pharmaceutical companies and sustainability: an analysis of corporate reporting

Jennifer L. Schneider, Anna Wilson, Joseph M. Rosenbeck

The purpose of this research paper is to benchmark the evolution of reported sustainability activity in the pharmaceutical sector, which has been recognized as a leading sector in…

Benchmarking for sustainability: an application to the sustainable construction industry

Adrien Presley, Laura Meade

The purpose of this paper is to present a methodology and framework to assist construction firms and contractors in incorporating sustainability measures into their benchmarking…

Identifying improvement areas when implementing green initiatives using a multitier AHP approach

Roberto Sarmiento, Andrew Thomas

The purpose of this paper is to discuss research gaps and the potential applications of analytic hierarchy process (AHP) in an internal benchmarking process used to identify…

Benchmarking the greening of business

Joseph Sarkis