How to formulate and realise a corporate sustainability strategy

Progress in Industrial Ecology

Volumn 4, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 103-121

  Enroth, Maria ^a,b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b STFI Packforsk AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Environmental strategy; Printed products; Printing industry; Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats; Supply chain management; Sustainability strategy; SWOT

Indexed keywords

SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 34547657698     PISSN: 14768917     EISSN: 14788764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/PIE.2007.013860     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Bernroider, E. (2002) 'Factors in SWOT analysis applied to micro, small-to-medium, and large software enterprises; an Austrian study', European Management Journal, Vol. 20, No. 5, pp.62-573.
2. Börjeson, L., Höjer, M., Dreborg, K-H., Ekvall, T. and Finnveden, G. (2005) Towards a User's Guide to Scenarios - A Report on Scenario Types and Scenario Techniques, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden, ISSN 1652-5442, TRITA-INFRA-FMS 2005:3.
3. Carlsson-Kanyama, A., Dreborg, K-H., Eenkhorn, B.R., Engström, R., Falkena, H.J., Gatersleben, B., Henriksson, G., et al. (2003) 'Images of everyday life in the future sustainable city: experiences of back-casting with stakeholders in five European cities', Integration Report of WP4 in the ToolSust Project, fms report 182, ISSN 1404-652.
4. Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI) (2003) 'The European paper industry on the road to sustainable development', www.cepi.org.
5. Dyson, R.G. (2004) 'Strategic development and SWOT analysis at the University of Warwick', European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 152, pp.631-640.
6. Eden, C. and Ackermann, F. (1998) 'Making strategy', The Journey of Strategic Management, Detecting emergent strategizing: working with strategy making teams - the oval mapping technique, Sage Publications Ltd., Chap. P2.
7. Enroth, M. (2001) 'Tools for eco-efficiency in the printing industry', Licentiate Thesis, Royal Institute of Technology, KTH, Sweden.
8. Enroth, M., Johansson, M. and Moberg, Å. (2003) 'Environmental indicators in the newspaper industry', Advances in Printing Science and Technology, Proceedings of the 30th International Research Conference of iarigai, Post-conference ed., Acta Graphica Publishers, accepted for publication in Acta Graphica, Vol. 30, pp.231-242.
9. Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) (2002), 'Sustainability reporting (G2) guidelines on economic, environmental and social performance', www.globalreporting.com.
10. Gummesson, E. (2004) 'Fallstudiebaserad forskning', in B. Gustavsson (Ed.) Kunskapande metoder inom samhällsvetenskapen [In Swedish], 3rd ed., Studentlitteratur, Lund, Sweden, Chap. 6, pp. 115-144.
11. Hahn, T. and Scheermesser, M. (2006) 'Approaches to corporate sustainability among German companies', Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, Vol. 13, pp.150-165.
12. Handfield, R., Sroufe, R. and Walton, S. (2005) 'Integrating environmental management and supply chain strategies', Business Strategy and the Environment, Vol. 14, pp.1-19.
13. Hart, S.L. (1992) 'An integrative framework for strategy-making processes', The Academy of Management Review, Vol. 17, No. 2, pp.327-351.
14. Hart, S.L. (1995) 'A natural-resource-based view of the firm', The Academy of Management Review, Vol. 20, No. 4, pp.986-1014.
15. Hill, T. and Westbrook, R. (1997) 'SWOT analysis: it's time for a product recall', Long Range Planning, Vol. 30, No. 1, pp.46-52.
16. Höjer, M. and Mattsson, L-G. (2000) 'Determinism and backcasting in future studies', Futures, Vol.32, No.7, pp.613-634.
17. Humphreys, P., McIvor, R. and Chan, F. (2003) 'Using case-based reasoning to evaluate supplier environmental management performance', Expert Systems with Applications, Vol. 25, pp.141-153.
18. Hutchinson, C. (1992) 'Corporate strategy and the environment', Long Range Planning, Vol. 25, No. 4, pp.9-21.
19. International Organization for Standardization (ISO) (2004) 'Environmental management systems - requirements with guidance for use', ISO 14001.
20. Leskinen, L.A., Leskinen, P., Kurttila, M., Kangas, J. and Kajanus, M. (2006) 'Adapting modern strategic decision support tools in the participatory strategy process - a case study of a forest research station', Forest Policy and Economics, Vol. 8, pp.267-278.
21. MacDonald, J.P. (2005) 'Strategic sustainable development using the ISO 14001 Standard', Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 13, pp.631-643.
22. Olsmats, C. (2002) 'The business mission of packaging. Packaging as a strategic tool for business development towards the future', Doctoral Thesis, Åbo Academy University.
23. Patton, M. (1990) Qualitative Evaluation and Research Methods, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
24. Porter, M.E. (1996) 'What is strategy?', Harvard Business Review, November-December, pp.61-78.
25. Robert, K-H. (2000) 'Tools and concepts for sustainable development, how do they relate to general framework for sustainable development, and to each other?', Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 8, pp.243-254.
26. Robert, K-H., Schmidt-Bleek, B., Aloisi de Larderel, J., Basile, G., Jansen, J.L., Kuehr, R., Price Thomas, P.," et al. (2002) 'Strategic" sustainable development - selection, design and synergies of applied tools', Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 10, pp.197-214.
27. Roome, N.J. and Bergin, R. (2000) 'The challenges of sustainable development: lessons from Ontario Hydro', Corporate Environmental Strategy, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp.8-19.
28. Roome, N.J. and Wijen, F. (2006) 'Stakeholder power and organizational learning in corporate environmental management', Organization Studies, Vol. 27, No. 2, pp.235-263.
29. Saur, K. (2003) 'Life cycle management as a business strategy for sustainability', Environmental Progress, Vol. 22, No. 4, pp.237-240.
30. Thoresen, J. (1999) 'Environmental performance evaluation - a tool for industrial improvement', Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 7, pp.365-370.
31. Vachon, S. and Klassen, R.D. (2006) 'Green project partnership in the supply chain: the case of package printing industry', Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 14, pp.661-671.
32. van Kleef, J.A.G. and Roome, N.J. (2007) 'Developing capabilities and competence for sustainable business management as innovation: a research agenda', Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 15, pp.38-51.
33. Waage, S.A., Geiser, K., Irwin, F., Weissman, A.B., Bertolucci, M.D., Fisk, P., Basile, G., Cowan, S., Cauley, H. and McPherson, A. (2005) 'Fitting together the building blocks for sustainability: a revised model for integrating ecological, social, and financial factors into business decision-making', Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 13, pp.1145-1163.
34. Wallén, G. (1996) 'Aktionsforskning och fallstudier', Vetenskapsteori och forskningsmetodik [in Swedish], 2nd ed., Studentlitteratur, Lund, Sweden, Chap. 7, pp. 111-119.
35. Welford, R. (1998) 'Corporate strategy, competitiveness and the environment', in R. Welford (Ed.) Corporate Environmental Management 1, Systems and Strategies, 2nd ed., London: Earthscan Publications Ltd., Chap. 2, pp. 13-34.
36. Welford, R., Meaton, J. and Young, W. (2003) 'Fair trade as a strategy for international competitiveness', International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 1-13.
37. Wilkinson, S. (2004) 'Focus group research', in D. Silverman (Ed.) Qualitative Research, Theory, Method and Practice, 2nd ed., London: Sage Publications Ltd., Chap. 10, pp.177-199.
38. Yin, R.K. (2003) 'Case study research: design and methods', Applied Social Research Methods Series, 3rd ed., CA: Sage Publications Inc., Vol. 5.