Organizations can redirect their business models to solve the problem of materials
depletion using environmental management and cleaner production as practices of the circular
economy. This study aimed to measure the relationship between environmental management,
cleaner production, and organizational performance. Within this context, a survey of 372
companies was conducted in the agro-industrial, manufacturing, construction sectors in three
important productive regions of Colombia. These three sectors were defined because they
belong to the real productive sector and represent a greater participation in the country’s gross
domestic product. Structural equation modeling was used for data analysis. The economic
sector moderated the relationship between the latent variables. This phenomenon was
analyzed using a multi-group technique. The results showed that cleaner production was
positively related to organizational performance at corporations. It was also observed that
environmental management influenced cleaner production. Finally, it is worth noting that
productive sectors in Colombia tend to be committed to circular economy practices, some to
environmental management and others to cleaner production with an impact on organizational
performance. These findings will be extremely useful for promoting future research studies
with regard to establishing a better framework for promoting environmental management and
cleaner production practices primarily among Colombian productive companies as this work
can also serve as a reference for other industrial sectors and other countries.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:PUCP/oai:tesis.pucp.edu.pe:20.500.12404/14838 |
| Date | 28 August 2019 |
| Creators | Palacio, Sandra L. |
| Contributors | Barcellos de Paula, Luciano |
| Publisher | Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, PE |
| Source Sets | Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess |
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