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How 1st‐Tier Suppliers Respond to Green Public Procurement Policies: An Empirical Analysis

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article analyses how 1st‐tier suppliers to public organisations respond operationally to Green Public Procurement (GPP) policies. Through a multiple case study of 12 Italian firms operating in different sectors, we develop a classification of suppliers' responses, identifying two interrelated macro‐types: internal operations realignment ...
Antonio Cavallin Toscani, Andrea Vinelli
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Controlling the delivery of outsourced services in asymmetrical supply chains

, 2009
Services are increasingly outsourced. When outsourced services are directly delivered to the final customer by the supplier, the buying company lacks direct control over the delivery of the service.
Valk, W Wendy van der, van der Valk, W, van Iwaarden, JD, Valk, van der, W., Aalders, L., Iwaarden, J van, Aalders, L, Iwaarden, van, J.   +7 more
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Ethical Behaviour and Corporate Financing. The Case of ‘Legality Rating’

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The financial crisis has heightened awareness of ethical and legal issues in the business context. Corporate ethical behaviour is increasingly measured through sustainability ratings. Since 2012, in Italy, the introduction of a sustainability rating, namely the legality rating (LR), has served as an innovative ‘label’ for socially responsible ...
Federica Doni, Lucio Masserini, Zeila Occhipinti, Roberto Verona   +3 more
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Digital Product Passports in Fashion: A Strategic Framework for Implementation

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the role of the Digital Product Passport (DPP) in promoting transparency, traceability, and sustainability within the fashion industry. As the fashion sector faces significant environmental and social challenges, including resource depletion, pollution, and unethical labor practices, the DPP offers a potential solution ...
Laura Macchion
wiley   +1 more source

A value-centric decision making framework for maintenance services outsourcing [PDF]

, 2011
The shift in mindset of decision makers, from maintenance being a “necessary evil” and “cost centre” to a “profit contributor” in manufacturing companies has driven outsourced maintenance suppliers to employ value-centric approaches in order to design
Toossi, Amir
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From Data to Action: The Role of Reports and Certifications in Driving Corporate Sustainability

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Corporate sustainability has become a central issue for businesses, driven by environmental, social and governance pressures and stakeholder expectations. The present study aimed to assess how reports and certifications influence motivations, operational practices and perceptions of obstacles, verifying whether these tools promote sustainable ...
Stefano Cianciotta, Idiano D'Adamo, Alfredo De Massis, Massimo Gastaldi, Nicolò Laganà   +4 more
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Dynamic audit services for integrity verification of outsourced storages in clouds

, 2011
In this paper, we propose a dynamic audit service for verifying the integrity of an untrusted and outsourced storage. Our audit service is constructed based on the techniques, fragment structure, random sampling and index-hash table, supporting provable ...
Gail-Joon Ahn, Hu, Zexing, Yan Zhu, Zexing Hu, Hongxin Hu, Stephen S. Yau, Hu, Hongxin, Wang, Huaixi, Ahn, Gail-Joon, Yau, Stephen S., Huaixi Wang, Zhu, Yan   +11 more
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Orchestration of Climate Action in Municipalities: A Collective Capacity Approach

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Municipalities are increasingly positioned as key actors in enabling local climate action, yet their ability to mobilise societal actors remains insufficiently understood. This study examines how municipal officials in six Finnish municipalities from different local contexts understand and operationalise collective capacity for climate action,
Maija Faehnle, Hanna Nieminen, Jani P. Lukkarinen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Outsourced Resources Productivity Improvement Without Changing Outsourcing Contracts

The Pinnacle
Outsourcing is a strategic initiative that various organizations use to reduce operational costs and increase market competitiveness. However, these organizations have observed low productivity, underutilized capacity, and low profitability from quality ...
Rakhi Jain, Charles P. Kost II
doaj   +1 more source

Security challenges in cloud storage

, 2014
As cloud becomes the tool of choice for more data storage services, the number of service providers has also increased. With these choices, organisations have a wide selection of services available to move their data to the cloud.
Yahya, Fara, Chang, Victor, Wills, Gary B., Walters, Robert J.   +3 more
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