COMPETITION AMONG BRICS COMPANIES FOR CLEANER PRODUCTION STRATEGIES
Keywords:
BRICS, Cleaner Production, Vision, Mission, Multinational Companies
Abstract
Cleaner production is a universally defined policy ascertained by of the United Nations for countries worldwide. Multinational companies diligently emphasize the cleaner production strategy while setting their organizational goals. Keeping in view the importance of cleaner production in the world; this study investigates the vision and mission statements of selective multinational companies working in the BRICS countries. Top five multinational companies from each BRICS country; listed in the stock exchanges were taken and their vision and mission statements were analyzed via content analysis methods. The results of the study indicated that the Russian multinational companies were found to be most focused on the cleaner production strategies in their vision and mission statements. Moreover, the results reveal that the South African companies gave the least attention to the cleaner production as compared to other BRICS countries. This study opened the door for future studies and suggested the researchers to investigate more ineptly while focusing more countries and to expand the topic to know the universal implementation of cleaner production policies.
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the management of quality, environment and working conditions.
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Economy: Regional Priorities. R-Economy, 1(2).
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The roles of cleaner production in the sustainable development
of modern societies: an introduction to this special issue. Journal
of cleaner production, 18(1), 1-5.
Campagna, C., & Fernandez, T. (2007). A comparative analysis of the
vision and mission statements of international environmental
organisations. Environmental Values, 16(3), 369-398.
Collins, J. C., & Porras, J. I. (1996). Building your company’s vision.
Harvard business review, 74(5), 65.
CSIR. (2018). National Cleaner Production Centre of South Africa. Retrieved
from https://www.csir.co.za/national-cleaner-production-centre-southafrica
de Castro Camioto, F., Moralles, H. F., Mariano, E. B., & do
Nascimento Rebelatto, D. A. (2016). Energy efficiency analysis of G7
and BRICS considering total-factor structure. Journal of Cleaner
Production, 122, 67-77.
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regulatory discretion: Estimates from environmental inspections
in India. Econometrica, 86(6), 2123-2160.
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managing and measuring corporate social, environmental and
economic impacts. Routledge.
Ferdinand, P. (2014). Rising powers at the UN: an analysis of the voting
behaviour of BRICS in the General Assembly. Third World
Quarterly, 35(3), 376-391.
Fresner, J. (1998). Cleaner production as a means for effective environmental
management. Journal of cleaner production, 6(3-4), 171-179.
Glavic, P., & Lukman, R. (2007). Review of sustainability terms and their definitions. Journal of cleaner production, 15(18), 1875-1885.
Halkos, G., Managi, S., & Tsilika, K. (2017). Evaluating a continent-wise
situation for capital data. Economic Analysis and Policy, 55, 57-74.
Hicks, C., & Dietmar, R. (2007). Improving cleaner production through
the application of environmental management tools in China.
Journal of cleaner production, 15(5), 395-408.
Kantabutra, S., & Avery, G. C. (2010). The power of vision: statements
that resonate. Journal of Business Strategy, 31(1), 37-45.
Keukeleire, S., & Hooijmaaijers, B. (2014). The BRICS and Other Emerging
Power Alliances and Multilateral Organizations in the Asia-Pacific
and the Global South: Challenges for the European Union and Its
View on Multilateralism. JCMS: Journal of Common Market
Studies, 52(3), 582-599.
Kirton, J. J. (2018). Explaining the solid, strengthening the success of the BRICS
summit. In BRICS and Global Governance (pp. 21-40). Routledge.
Lee, K. H., Barker, M., & Mouasher, A. (2013). Is it even espoused? An
exploratory study of commitment to sustainability as evidenced
in vision, mission, and graduate attribute statements in Australian
universities. Journal of Cleaner Production, 48, 20-28.
Luken, R. A., Van Berkel, R., Leuenberger, H., & Schwager, P. (2016). A
20-year retrospective of the National Cleaner Production Centres
programme. Journal of cleaner production, 112, 1165-1174.
Mohanty, R. P., & Prakash, A. (2014). Green supply chain management
practices in India: an empirical study. Production Planning &
Control, 25(16), 1322-1337.
Mol, A. P., & Liu, Y. (2005). Institutionalising cleaner production in China:
the cleaner production promotion law. International Journal of
Environment and Sustainable Development, 4(3), 227-245.
Moors, E. H., Mulder, K. F., & Vergragt, P. J. (2005). Towards cleaner
production: barriers and strategies in the base metals producing
industry. Journal of cleaner production, 13(7), 657-668.
NCPC. (2018). National Cleaner Production Centre of the Russian
Federation. Retrieved from http://ncpc-russia.ru/en/proekty/
Nikolayevich, B. S., & Yuryevna, Y. Y. (2015). Regional priorities of the
green economy. ????????? ???????, (2).
Nilsen, A. G., & Holdt, K. V. (2018). Rising powers, people rising: neoliberalization
and its discontents in the BRICS countries. Globalizations, 1-16.
O’Gorman, C., & Doran, R. (1999). Mission statements in small and mediumsized
businesses. Journal of Small Business Management, 37(4), 59.
Oliveira Neto, G. C., Shibao, F. Y., & Godinho Filho, M. (2016). The state
of research on cleaner production in Brazil. Revista de
Administração de Empresas, 56(5), 547-577.
O’neill, J. (2001). Building better global economic BRICs. Goldman Sachs Global
Economics Website, Retrieved from http://www.elcorreo.eu.org/IMG/pdf/
Building_Better_Global_Economic_Brics.pdf
Petek, J., & Glavic, P. (2000). Improving the sustainability of regional
cleaner production programs. Resources, Conservation and
Recycling, 29(1-2), 19-31.
Pesce, M., Shi, C., Critto, A., Wang, X., & Marcomini, A. (2018). SWOT
Analysis of the Application of International Standard ISO 14001
in the Chinese Context. A Case Study of Guangdong Province.
Sustainability, 10(9), 3196.
President of Russia. (2012). Public policy framework in the area of
environmental development of Russia for the period up to 2030.
Retrieved from http://news.kremlin.ru/acts/15177
Reijnders, L. (2003). Policies influencing cleaner production: the role of prices
and regulation. Journal of cleaner production, 11(3), 333-338.
Roberts, C. A., Armijo, L. E., & Katada, S. N. (2018). The BRICS and
collective financial statecraft. Oxford University Press.
Shen, L., Shuai, C., Jiao, L., Tan, Y., & Song, X. (2017). Dynamic
sustainability performance during the urbanization process between BRICS countries. Habitat International, 60, 19-33.
Silva, D. A. L., Delai, I., de Castro, M. A. S., & Ometto, A. R. (2013).
Quality tools applied to Cleaner Production programs: a first
approach toward a new methodology. Journal of cleaner production, 47, 174-187.
Smith, K. R., Apte, M. G., Yuqing, M., Wongsekiarttirat, W., & Kulkarni,
A. (1994). Air pollution and the energy ladder in Asian cities. Energy, 19(5), 587-600.
Stuenkel, O. (2015). The BRICS and the future of global order. Lexington Books.
Thompson, J. A. (2018). Seeing Green Through the Eyes of National Oil
Companies: A Comparison of Gazprom’s and Petrobras’
Environmental Sustainability. Channels: Where Disciplines
Meet, 3(1), 6.
Tomic, B., & Spasojevic Brkic, V. K. (2018). Customer satisfaction and
ISO 9001 improvement requirements in the supply chain. The TQM Journal.
UN. (2018). Case study in Good Organization, Management and Governance
Practices. South Africa National Cleaner Production Centre.
Retrieved from https://www.unido.org/sites/default/files/2010- 04/SANCPC%20web_0.pdf
Unnikrishnan, S., & Hegde, D. (2007). Environmental training and cleaner
production in Indian industry—A micro-level study. Resources,
Conservation and Recycling, 50(4), 427-441.
Velazquez, L., Munguia, N., Platt, A., & Taddei, J. (2006). Sustainable
university: what can be the matter? Journal of cleaner
production, 14(9-11), 810-819.
Vijayakumar, N., Sridharan, P., & Rao, K. C. S. (2010). Determinants of
FDI in BRICS Countries: A panel analysis. International Journal
of Business Science & Applied Management, 5(3).
Wilson, D., & Purushothaman, R. (2003). Dreaming with BRICs: The path
to 2050. Global Economics Paper. (99), 1.
Wilson, I. (1992). Realizing the power of strategic vision. Long Range
Planning, 25(5), 18-28.
Yong, J. Y., Klemeš, J. J., Varbanov, P. S., & Huisingh, D. (2016). Cleaner
energy for cleaner production: modelling, simulation,
optimisation and waste management. Journal of Cleaner
Production, 111, 1-16.
Zhan, Y., Tan, K. H., Ji, G., Chung, L., & Chiu, A. S. (2018). Green and
lean sustainable development path in China: Guanxi, practices
and performance. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 128,
240-249.
Zwetsloot, G. I. (1995). Improving cleaner production by integration into
the management of quality, environment and working conditions.
Journal of cleaner production, 3(1-2), 61-66.
Published
2018-12-15
How to Cite
Hussain, D. T., Wang, D. D., & Ali, D. S. (2018). COMPETITION AMONG BRICS COMPANIES FOR CLEANER PRODUCTION STRATEGIES. Journal of Business Strategies, 12(2), 109-124. Retrieved from http://greenwichjournals.com/index.php/businessstudies/article/view/344
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