Is ISO 14001 a gateway to more advanced voluntary action? The case of green supply chain management

Toshi H. Arimura; Nicole Darnall; Hajime Katayama

doi:10.1016/j.jeem.2010.11.003

Is ISO 14001 a gateway to more advanced voluntary action? The case of green supply chain management

Toshi H. Arimura, Nicole Darnall, Hajime Katayama

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Abstract

Using Japanese facility-level data, we estimate the effects of ISO 14001 certification on the promotion of more advanced practices, namely green supply chain management (GSCM). Our results show that ISO 14001 promotes GSCM practices. Facilities with environmental management systems (EMS) certified to ISO 14001 are 40% more likely to assess their suppliers' environmental performance and 50% more likely to require that their suppliers undertake specific environmental practices. Further, government programs that encourage voluntary EMS adoption indirectly promote GSCM practices. These programs increase the probabilities that facilities will assess their suppliers' environmental performance and require suppliers to undertake specific environmental practices by 7% and 8%, respectively. Combined, these findings suggest that there may be significant but previously unnoticed spillover effects of ISO 14001 and government promotion of voluntary action.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	170-182
Number of pages	13
Journal	Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
Volume	61
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2010.11.003
State	Published - Mar 2011
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Discrete choice model
Endogeneity
Environmental impacts
Environmental management systems
Government assistance programs
Green supply chain management
ISO 14001
Positive spillover
Voluntary actions

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Economics and Econometrics
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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