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Environmental Proactiveness


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1 Indian Institute of Social Welfare & Business Management Management House, College Square West Kolkata 700073, India
2 Department of Business Administration University of Kalyani Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal, India
     

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There are a number of factors, which contribute to the variations in the environmental performance of organizations. This paper attempts to select the primary environmental performance indicators. Also, an attempt has been made to identify some factors that explain the variations in the overall environmental performance score. Considering the nature of the industry segment, government ownership, total capital investment, total annual turnover, age of the unit and ratio of permanent employees out of total workers as the determinants and the environmental performance score as the dependent variable, multiple regression models were used to ascertain which of the variables significantly influence environmental proactiveness and which of these do not.

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Environmental Performance Indicators, Environmental Proactiveness, Corporate Environmental Management
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Authors

Sarbani Mitra
Indian Institute of Social Welfare & Business Management Management House, College Square West Kolkata 700073, India
Satyajit Dhar
Department of Business Administration University of Kalyani Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal, India
K. M. Agrawal
Indian Institute of Social Welfare & Business Management Management House, College Square West Kolkata 700073, India

Abstract


There are a number of factors, which contribute to the variations in the environmental performance of organizations. This paper attempts to select the primary environmental performance indicators. Also, an attempt has been made to identify some factors that explain the variations in the overall environmental performance score. Considering the nature of the industry segment, government ownership, total capital investment, total annual turnover, age of the unit and ratio of permanent employees out of total workers as the determinants and the environmental performance score as the dependent variable, multiple regression models were used to ascertain which of the variables significantly influence environmental proactiveness and which of these do not.

Keywords


Environmental Performance Indicators, Environmental Proactiveness, Corporate Environmental Management

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