Quality management, environmental management maturity, green supply chain practices and green performance of Brazilian companies with ISO 14001 certification: Direct and indirect effects

•This study aims to test a new conceptual model based on the Brazilian reality.•This study discusses concepts of sustainable operations management.•Improvement in firms’ green performance will require a systemic approach.•External GSCM practices influence firms’ green performance.•The public sector...

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Published inTransportation research. Part E, Logistics and transportation review Vol. 67; pp. 39 - 51
Main Authors Jabbour, Ana Beatriz Lopes de Sousa, Jabbour, Charbel Jose Chiappetta, Latan, Hengky, Teixeira, Adriano Alves, de Oliveira, Jorge Henrique Caldeira
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Exeter Elsevier India Pvt Ltd 01.07.2014
Elsevier Sequoia S.A
Subjects
Brazil
Environmental management
Green performance
Green supply chain practices
ISO standards
Operations research
Quality management
Studies
Supply chain management
Supply chains
Sustainable operations
Total quality
Brazil
Brazil
Green supply chain practices
Green performance
Environmental management
Sustainable operations
Quality management
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Summary:•This study aims to test a new conceptual model based on the Brazilian reality.•This study discusses concepts of sustainable operations management.•Improvement in firms’ green performance will require a systemic approach.•External GSCM practices influence firms’ green performance.•The public sector should pay special attention to smaller companies. This study aims to test a new conceptual model based on the relationship between quality management (QM), environmental management maturity (EMM), adoption of external practices of green supply chain management (GSCM) (green purchasing and collaboration with customers) and green performance (GP) with data from 95 Brazilian firms with ISO 14001. To our knowledge, such links and relationships are not simultaneously identified and tested in the literature. The results indicate the validation of all of the research hypotheses. This paper highlights that an improvement in green performance will require attention to quality management, environmental management maturity, and green supply chain.
ISSN:1366-5545
1878-5794
DOI:10.1016/j.tre.2014.03.005