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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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The impact of environmental management practices on firm financial performance : a case study of selected JSE SRI 2011 South African Mining Companies

Nyirenda, Gibson January 2014 (has links)
Thesis (MCom. (Accounting)) -- University of Limpopo, 2014 / This study explored the impact of Environmental Management Practices on firm financial performance through a case study of selected JSE SRI South African mining companies. Previous studies focused more on disclosure or international research but none focused on this impact in JSE SRI South African mining firms hence this study attempted to fill this gap. Using a mixed methods approach, the study examined whether the firms’ carbon emissions, energy usage and water usage had any impact on the firms’ return on equity. The study concluded that Environmental Management Practices did impact firms’ financial performance and offers many opportunities for academia, industry, managers, regulators and society to use these findings as a means for more research into and better understanding of these environmental management practices and their potential benefits to society.
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Adoção de práticas de gestão ambiental e seus efeitos nos desempenhos ambiental e financeiro de acordo com a percepção dos gestores: uma survey / Adoption of environmental management practices and their effects on the environmental and financial performance in accordance with the perception of managers: a survey

Zago, Ana Paula Pinheiro 15 March 2016 (has links)
Alterações nos regulamentos, mudanças no comportamento do consumidor e potenciais ganhos de competitividade são alguns dos motivos citados por gestores como motivadores para a adoção de várias práticas de gestão ambiental. Estas práticas afetam, de acordo com outros estudos, os desempenhos ambiental e financeiro das empresas. No entanto, práticas diferentes afetam de forma diferente os desempenhos mencionados, ou ainda algumas práticas podem ser usadas de forma propagandísticas, podendo afetar o desempenho financeiro, mas não necessariamente o desempenho ambiental.. Assim, este trabalho tem como objetivo verificar se há relação entre as práticas de gestão ambiental (aqui divididas em \'práticas de planejamento e organização\', \'práticas operacionais\' e \'práticas comunicacionais\') utilizadas pelas empresas e os desempenhos ambiental e financeiro destas por meio da análise de empresas do setor químico brasileiro, utilizando modelagem de equações estruturais (Structural Equation Modeling - SEM) e uma survey para coleta dos dados subjetivoprimários (percepção dos gestores). Para tanto, foi desenvolvido um modelo teórico e construído um diagrama de caminhos de relações causais que foi convertido em um conjunto de modelos estruturais e de mensuração. Para testar o modelo proposto, um teste empírico foi aplicado em empresas do setor químico brasileiro. Os resultados deste teste foram os seguintes: (a) PGAs de planejamento e organização possuem uma relação positiva com o desempenho ambiental e o com desempenho financeiro; (b) PGAs operacionais possuem uma relação negativa com o desempenho financeiro; (c) PGAs comunicacionais possuem uma relação positiva com o desempenho financeiro; (d) Não há relação estatisticamente significativa entre as PGAs operacionais e o desempenho ambiental; (e) Não há relação estatisticamente significativa entre as PGAs comunicacionais e o desempenho ambiental; (f) Não há relação estatisticamente significativa entre o desempenho ambiental e o desempenho financeiro. Neste estudo, as práticas de gestão ambiental se relacionam mais significativamente com o desempenho financeiro, podendo indicar, na amostra estudada, um perfil menos proativo de gestão ambiental, com foco na adequação legar para a continuar com um bom desempenho financeiro. / Regulation modifications, changes in consumer behavior, and potential competitiveness gains have motivated managers to adopt a number of environmental management practices. These practices affect, according to other studies, environmental and financial performance of companies. However, different practices act differently upon the aforementioned performances. Some practices may even be used in a propagandistic way, which may affect the financial performance, but not necessarily the environmental one. Thus, this study aims to determine whether there is relationship between environmental management practices (here divided into \'planning and organizational practices\', \'operational practices\', and \'communication practices\') used by companies and their environmental and financial performance by analyzing companies in the Brazilian chemical industry, using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and a survey to collect data according to the perception of managers. As a result, a theoretical model was developed and a diagram of causal relationships paths was built and converted into a set of structural models and measurement. To test the model, an empirical test was applied to companies in the Brazilian chemical industry. The results of this test were: (a) There is a positive relationship between planning and organizational practices and both environmental and financial performances; (b) There is a negative relationship between operational practices and financial performance; (c) There is a positive relationship between communication practices and financial performance; (d) there is no statistically significant relationship between operational practices and environmental performance; (e) there is no statistically significant relationship between communication practices and environmental performance; (f) there is no statistically significant relationship between environmental performance and financial performance. In this study, environmental management practices relates more significantly to the financial performance and may indicate, in the sample, a less proactive profile environmental management, focusing on theadequacy bequeath to continue with a good financial performance.
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Adoção de práticas de gestão ambiental e seus efeitos nos desempenhos ambiental e financeiro de acordo com a percepção dos gestores: uma survey / Adoption of environmental management practices and their effects on the environmental and financial performance in accordance with the perception of managers: a survey

Ana Paula Pinheiro Zago 15 March 2016 (has links)
Alterações nos regulamentos, mudanças no comportamento do consumidor e potenciais ganhos de competitividade são alguns dos motivos citados por gestores como motivadores para a adoção de várias práticas de gestão ambiental. Estas práticas afetam, de acordo com outros estudos, os desempenhos ambiental e financeiro das empresas. No entanto, práticas diferentes afetam de forma diferente os desempenhos mencionados, ou ainda algumas práticas podem ser usadas de forma propagandísticas, podendo afetar o desempenho financeiro, mas não necessariamente o desempenho ambiental.. Assim, este trabalho tem como objetivo verificar se há relação entre as práticas de gestão ambiental (aqui divididas em \'práticas de planejamento e organização\', \'práticas operacionais\' e \'práticas comunicacionais\') utilizadas pelas empresas e os desempenhos ambiental e financeiro destas por meio da análise de empresas do setor químico brasileiro, utilizando modelagem de equações estruturais (Structural Equation Modeling - SEM) e uma survey para coleta dos dados subjetivoprimários (percepção dos gestores). Para tanto, foi desenvolvido um modelo teórico e construído um diagrama de caminhos de relações causais que foi convertido em um conjunto de modelos estruturais e de mensuração. Para testar o modelo proposto, um teste empírico foi aplicado em empresas do setor químico brasileiro. Os resultados deste teste foram os seguintes: (a) PGAs de planejamento e organização possuem uma relação positiva com o desempenho ambiental e o com desempenho financeiro; (b) PGAs operacionais possuem uma relação negativa com o desempenho financeiro; (c) PGAs comunicacionais possuem uma relação positiva com o desempenho financeiro; (d) Não há relação estatisticamente significativa entre as PGAs operacionais e o desempenho ambiental; (e) Não há relação estatisticamente significativa entre as PGAs comunicacionais e o desempenho ambiental; (f) Não há relação estatisticamente significativa entre o desempenho ambiental e o desempenho financeiro. Neste estudo, as práticas de gestão ambiental se relacionam mais significativamente com o desempenho financeiro, podendo indicar, na amostra estudada, um perfil menos proativo de gestão ambiental, com foco na adequação legar para a continuar com um bom desempenho financeiro. / Regulation modifications, changes in consumer behavior, and potential competitiveness gains have motivated managers to adopt a number of environmental management practices. These practices affect, according to other studies, environmental and financial performance of companies. However, different practices act differently upon the aforementioned performances. Some practices may even be used in a propagandistic way, which may affect the financial performance, but not necessarily the environmental one. Thus, this study aims to determine whether there is relationship between environmental management practices (here divided into \'planning and organizational practices\', \'operational practices\', and \'communication practices\') used by companies and their environmental and financial performance by analyzing companies in the Brazilian chemical industry, using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and a survey to collect data according to the perception of managers. As a result, a theoretical model was developed and a diagram of causal relationships paths was built and converted into a set of structural models and measurement. To test the model, an empirical test was applied to companies in the Brazilian chemical industry. The results of this test were: (a) There is a positive relationship between planning and organizational practices and both environmental and financial performances; (b) There is a negative relationship between operational practices and financial performance; (c) There is a positive relationship between communication practices and financial performance; (d) there is no statistically significant relationship between operational practices and environmental performance; (e) there is no statistically significant relationship between communication practices and environmental performance; (f) there is no statistically significant relationship between environmental performance and financial performance. In this study, environmental management practices relates more significantly to the financial performance and may indicate, in the sample, a less proactive profile environmental management, focusing on theadequacy bequeath to continue with a good financial performance.
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Skolledares uppfattningar om lärande för hållbar utveckling : En flerfallsstudie av certifierade och icke-certifierade grundskolor i hållbar utveckling i Skåne / School leaders' perceptions of learning for sustainable development : A multiple case study of certified and non-certified primary schools in sustainable development in Skåne

Malmberg Zasada, Sabine, Liljegren, Joakim January 2024 (has links)
Lärande för hållbar utveckling (LHU) är ett ramverk som har skapats på global nivå för att främja hållbar utveckling (HU) på både global och lokal nivå. LHU innebär att integrera kunskaper och värderingar inom grundskolan som präglas av HU. För att elever ska kunna agera ansvarsfullt gentemot miljön syftar LHU att ge elever en förståelse för komplexa sociala och ekologiska samband för att potentiellt kunna lösa miljöproblem och i slutändan bidra till ett mer hållbart samhälle. LHU har införts i den svenska läroplanen som ett led i att säkerställa måluppfyllnad av Agenda 2030. Inom grundskolan har rektorer det övergripande ansvaret för att leda och samordna den pedagogiska verksamheten och forskning visar att rektorer är avgörande för att skapa en skolorganisation som ger en plattform för HU. Emellertid förekommer ett behov av organisationsutveckling inom svenska skolor avseende den pedagogiska verksamheten som knyter an till LHU. Med syfte att undersöka vilka drivkrafter som ligger bakom rektorers tillämpande av LHU undersöks därför rektorers uppfattningar om HU för att synliggöra hur LHU tillämpas inom skolan. Genom en kvalitativ ansats hölls intervjuer med sex skolledare på skolor i Skåne och med en kompletterande diskursanalys av nationella styrdokument kunde det konstateras att det förekommer skillnader i rektorernas syn på HU. Resultatet av denna studie visar att utmärkelser inte påverkar tillämpningen av LHU. Drivkraften bakom implementeringen av LHU synliggörs således snarare genom förändringsagenter, HL, investeringar i EMP och inre motivation. / Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is a global framework to promote sustainable development (SD) on both a global and local level. The purpose of ESD is to integrate knowledge and values that embodies SD throughout the education system. To ensure students responsible engagement with the environment, ESD aims to give students an understanding of complex connections regarding both social and ecological aspects. ESD has been implemented in the Swedish curriculum to fulfill its obligations towards 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In elementary school the principal has the overall responsibility to lead and coordinate the pedagogical activities and research has shown that the principal is crucial in developing a platform for ESD within the school organization. However, in order to implement ESD there is a need in Sweden for organizational change within schools. In this study principal’s perception of SD are investigated with the purpose of gaining knowledge regarding the principal’s motivation for implementing ESD. Through a qualitative method six interviews were conducted with school leaders in Skåne and with a complementing discourse analysis of national governing documents, it could be concluded that there was a difference in perception of SD. The results of this study show that awards for ESD does not affect the implementation of ESD. Instead, the driving force for implementing ESD is rather shown in the presence of change agents, leadership for sustainability, investments in EMP and intrinsic motivation.

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