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Environmental Purchasing: Benchmarking Our German Counterparts
Author(s) -
Carter Craig R.,
Ellram Lisa M.,
Ready Kathryn J.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
international journal of purchasing and materials management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.75
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1745-493X
pISSN - 1055-6001
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-493x.1998.tb00299.x
Subject(s) - purchasing , benchmarking , german , reuse , business , function (biology) , marketing , measure (data warehouse) , scale (ratio) , computer science , engineering , geography , waste management , cartography , archaeology , database , evolutionary biology , biology
Environmental purchasing consists of purchasing's involvement in activities that include reduction, reuse, and recycling of materials. Despite the valuable role that the purchasing function can play in an organization's environmental activities, research is only now beginning to emerge in this area. The authors present a reliable and valid scale used to measure environmental purchasing, examine the company‐specific factors that impact these activities, and compare the actions of U.S. purchasing managers to those of their German counterparts. Directions for much needed future research are then proposed.