The Role of Selected Tools of Institutionalising the Environmental Area in the Process of Generating the Environmental Performance

• Authors: Hanna Sikacz , Dorota Teneta-Skwiercz

Title variants

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Rola wybranych narzędzi instytucjonalizacji obszaru środowiskowego w procesie generowania efektów działalności środowiskowej

Abstracts

PL

Artykuł wpisuje się w nurt badań związanych z aspektami środowiskowymi, społecznymi i governance (ESG) w działalności gospodarczej, koncentrując się na czynnikach środowiskowych. Jego głównym celem jest określenie siły związku pomiędzy wybranymi narzędziami instytucjonalizacji obszaru środowiskowego a wynikami środowiskowymi przedsiębiorstwa. Analizie poddano sześć narzędzi: politykę emisji, politykę efektywności wodnej, politykę efektywności energetycznej, politykę zrównoważonego pakowania, politykę ekologicznego łańcucha dostaw oraz zespół zarządzania środowiskiem. Do analiz wykorzystano dane ESG firm z sektora odzieżowego, uzyskane z bazy Refinitiv. Z badań wynika, że najpopularniejszą polityką jest polityka efektywności energetycznej, a najmniej popularną – polityka zrównoważonego pakowania. Istnieje pozytywna korelacja pomiędzy narzędziami instytucjonalizacji obszaru środowiskowego a Environmental Score. Polityka emisji, zespół zarządzania środowiskiem oraz polityka efektywnego wykorzystania wody są najbardziej skorelowane z wynikami w zakresie ochrony środowiska i powinny być przedmiotem szczególnego zainteresowania przedsiębiorstw. Badanie to stanowi istotny wkład w dyskusję na temat skuteczności narzędzi instytucjonalizacji obszaru środowiskowego w przedsiębiorstwie.

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The article is a part of a stream of research related to environmental, social and governance (ESG) aspects of business activity, focusing on environmental factors. Its main objective is to identify the strength of the relation between selected tools of institutionalising the environmental area and the environmental performance a the company. Six tools were analysed: Policy Emissions, Policy Water Efficiency, Policy Energy Efficiency, Policy Sustainable Packaging, Policy Environmental Supply Chain and Environment Management Team. ESG data of companies from the clothing sector obtained from the Refinitiv database were used for the research, which found that the most popular policy is Policy Energy Efficiency, and the least popular, Policy Sustainable Packaging. There is a positive correlation between the tools of institutionalisation of the environmental area and Environmental Score. Policy Emissions, Environment Management Team, and Policy Water Efficiency, are most correlated with environmental performance and should be of particular interest to companies. This research makes an important contribution to the discussion on the effectiveness of tools for institutionalising the environmental area within a company.

Keywords

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clothing industry; sustainability; Environmental Score; environmental policies; Environment Management Team

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przemysł odzieżowy; zrównoważony rozwój; Environmental Score; zespół zarządzania środowiskiem; polityka środowiskowa

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
• Journal: Prace Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 66
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 115-133

Dates

published

2022

Contributors

author

Hanna Sikacz

• Wroclaw University of Economics and Business

author

Dorota Teneta-Skwiercz

• Wroclaw University of Economics and Business

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15611/pn.2022.1.08

Biblioteka Nauki

2050102