Green supply chain management in local and multinational high-tech companies located in Brazil

Author(s)

Lopes de Sousa Jabbour, Ana Beatriz ^[1] ; Azevedo, Fernanda de Souza ^[1] ; Arantes, Ariana Fernandes ^[1] ; Chiappetta Jabbour, Charbel Jose ^[1]

Affiliation

^[1] Sao Paulo State Univ, UNESP Univ Estadual Paulista, Sch Engn, BR-17033360 Sao Paulo - Brazil

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY; v. 68, n. 1-4, p. 807-815, SEP 2013.
• Web of Science Citations: 17

Abstract

The objective of this article is to analyse how green supply chain management (GSCM) practices are being adopted by some high-tech companies located in Brazil. The research was conducted using the case study approach, focusing on eight companies that are representative of this sector. The main results are: (a) the most adopted GSCM practices in the studied high-tech companies located in Brazil are internal environmental management, investment recovery and reverse logistics and (b) Brazilian environmental legislation and international policies are very important in driving the adoption of GSCM practices. The internationalisation of companies was also found to be a variable that interferes with the adoption of GSCM practices. This is one of the first studies that examine the relationship between GSCM and the internationalisation of companies located in Brazil. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 11/23454-1 - Use of structural equation modeling for quantitative analysis of the main features of environmental training: survey from companies with ISO14001 located in Brazil
• Grantee: Charbel José Chiappetta Jabbour
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• FAPESP's process: 10/11553-2 - Adoption of environmental practices of supply chain management and evolutionary stages of environmental management: survey and case study in the Brazilian electro-electronic sector
• Grantee: Ana Beatriz Lopes de Sousa Jabbour
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants