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Environmental management in product chains

Occasion
Environ-mental initiative		 Internal initiative Customer demand Economic support and consultant support Public green pro-curement Govern-mental regulation of materials etc. Develop-ment of eco-labelling scheme Cost savings Public debate Mediation of govern-mental regulation of customer Supplier demand
LCA X X X   X          
Information for custo-mer   X X              
Green procure-ment X X     X          
Recovery of products and mate-rials X       X   X      
Supplier assess-ment and dialogue X X               X
Green product develop-ment   X     X X   X X  
Eco-labelling X X   X   X X (at customer)   X  
Strategic co-opera-tion X X X     X X (at customer)      

Table 7.1: Relations between the environmental initiatives and occasions and driving forces


Occasion
Branch		 Internal initiative Customer demand Economic support and consultant support Public green pro-curement Govern-mental regulation of materials etc. Develop-ment of eco-labelling scheme Cost savings Public debate Mediation of govern-mental regulation of customer Supplier demand
Chemical industry X X     X     X X X
Textile and leather industry X X X           X X
Iron and metal industry X X X   X X        
Transportation servi-ces X X                
Stoneware, ceramics and glass industry X           X     X
Paper and graphic industry X     X            
Cleaning, dry clean- ing and laundry X X       X X      
Marketing company           X        
Concrete, tile covering etc. X   X       X      
Napkins and hygiene products       X   X        
Wood processing industry X X   X            
Plastic industry X       X          

Table 7.2: Relations between the occasions behind and driving forces behind the environmental initiatives and the industrial branches involved


Occasion
Branch		 Internal initiative Customer demand Economic support and consultant support Public green pro-curement Govern-mental regulation of materials etc. Develop-ment of eco-labelling scheme Cost savings Public debate Mediation of govern-mental regulation of customer Supplier demand
Less than 10 employees   X X              
Less than 50 employees X       X         X
Less than 250 employees X X X     X        
More than 250 employees X X X X X X X X   X

Table 7.3:  Relations between the occasions behind and driving forces behind the environmental initiatives and the size of the core company

 

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