Study of Environmental Performance of Taiwan’s Manufacturing Industry
| Autor: | Miao Ling Huang, Yu Yen Lo, Tsai Chi Kuo, Chiu Hsiang Joe Lin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Sustainable development
Engineering business.industry 020209 energy 02 engineering and technology General Medicine Certification 010501 environmental sciences Environmental economics 01 natural sciences Resource (project management) Manufacturing 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Environmental management system Green management Performance indicator business Environmental scanning 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Applied Mechanics and Materials. 858:359-365 |
| ISSN: | 1662-7482 |
| DOI: | 10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.858.359 |
| Popis: | Resource restrictions and carbon restrictions are posing a challenge to corporate sustainable development. Therefore, enterprises will be able to become more competitive by enhancing their research and development of green technology as well as environmental performance. Taiwan is a high-tech island featuring the highly-intensive manufacturing, and Taiwan’s manufacturing industry is actively developing the green management. This study proposed the environmental performance indicators integrating five aspects: green product design, green product recycling, green manufacturing management, environmental protection and environmental management. A total of 239 valid questionnaires, collected from various manufacturing industries, were the research subjects to investigate their environmental performance. The study found respondents performed the best in environmental protection while the worst in green product recycling, and especially got the lowest score in the “Using biodegradable materials” indicator. The environmental performances of research subjects were positively correlated to their enterprise scales. However, the environmental performances of various industry categories showed no significant differences between with each other. The overall environmental performances of the enterprises that implemented ISO 14001 and 14064 certifications were significantly higher than those without certifications. These results indicate that the environmental management system could improve the environmental performance in manufacturing industry. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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