外文翻译利益相关者压力和价值在环保物流中作用.docVIP

Pressure and the value of the stakeholders in environmental logistics The preservation of the environment has become an unavoidable variable in industrial activity.While some firms have adopted a reactive strategy, limiting themselves to the prevailing legislation, others have chosen more proactive strategies, introducing voluntarily practices focused on reducing their environmental impact. In particular, many of these practices are carried out in the area of logistics, where there is great potential for contributing to the environmental performance of firms (Wu and Dunn, 1995). It is therefore interesting to know which contingencies lead firms to develop proactive environmental initiatives in this area of activity, i.e.what circumstances favour the implementation of environmental practices in logistics. environmental logistics practices. Specifically, this paper analyses the effect of the perceived stakeholder environmental pressure and the environmental awareness of managers and explores the extent to which the interaction between these two variables exists and is relevant. In this second respect, this paper expressly analyses the extent to which the environmental awareness of managers moderates the relationship between the perceived pressure and the implementation of environmental logistics practices and the extent to which this pressure mediates the relationship between managerial values and the implementation of environmental logistics practices. First,environmental logistics practices Different authors have pointed out that the environmental proactivity of firms is manifested not only through the transformation of their internal activities (product design and production processes) but also through the introduction of new practices in the logistics of supply and distribution that link them to other participants (suppliers and customers) in the value chain . A series of environmental practices has been identified or suggested for the management of physical flo