Lean and Green: The Move to Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing

作者：Richard L. Florida · 发表于：California Management Review · 年份：1996 · DOI：10.2307/41165877 · 被引用次数：769 · 研究领域：Sustainable Supply Chain Management、Quality and Supply Management、Environmental Sustainability in Business

This article presents the results of a national survey of environmental manufacturing practices. Efforts by firms to improve manufacturing processes and increase productivity create substantial opportunities for environmental improvement. The adoption of advanced manufacturing process innovations provides incentives for the adoption of environmentally conscious manufacturing strategies. Close relationships across the production chain, between end-users and suppliers in particular, facilitate the adoption of this related bundle of environmental and industrial innovations. Firms and plants that are R&D-intensive and manufacturing innovators possess the capacity to both improve productivity and reduce environmental costs and risks.