Management of Environmental Quality: Volume 32 Issue 5

Guest editorial

Muhammad Shahbaz, Hashim Zameer, Muhammad Shujaat Mubarik

Automobile industry managers' views on their roles in environmental sustainability: a qualitative study

Kavitha Sathasivam, Rosmawani Che Hashim, Raida Abu Bakar

This paper focusses on the roles and experiences of the human resource managers and safety, health and environment managers in promoting environmental sustainability in automobile…

How environmental awareness and corporate social responsibility practices benefit the enterprise? An empirical study in the context of emerging economy

Syed Abdul Rehman Khan, Zhang Yu, Muhammad Umar

The study explores the linkage between environmental awareness, green practices, firm reputation and performance. Undeniably, very few studies have been conducted on corporate…

The effect of heavy metal pollution on urban ecosystem and the evaluation of different land classifications; in Bingöl city/Turkey

Hüccet Vural, Ayşenur Akbana, Alperen Meral

One of the problems that urbanization creates on the ecosystem is the increase of heavy metal accumulation of the urban lands. Due to constant urbanization and industrialization…

Consumer attitude towards green products: revisiting the profile of green consumers using segmentation approach

Pooja Mehta, Harpreet Singh Chahal

Over the last few decades, there has been a substantial increase in environmentally conscious consumers' willingness to switch their preferences from mainstream products to green…

The impact of individual motivation on employee voluntary pro-environmental behaviours: the motivation towards the environment of Polish employees

Małgorzata Budzanowska-Drzewiecka, Marta Tutko

Environmental management researchers stress the need to study the determinants of employee pro-environmental behaviour in different cultural settings. This study focusses on…

Systemic support and environmental awareness in a normalised environmental management system consistent with ISO 14001

Marek Bugdol, Bolesław Goranczewski, Grzegorz Kądzielawski

The study aimed to determine the correlations occurring between systemic support and environmental awareness. Additionally, the authors wished to establish which systemic factors…

The role of governance indicators to minimize the carbon emission: a study of Saudi Arabia

Suleman Sarwar, Majid Ibrahim Alsaggaf

The main purpose of the study is to examine the impact of governance indicators, to control carbon emission, through the environmental awareness and pro-environmental behavior…

Promoting environmental sustainability: the influence of knowledge of eco-labels and altruism in the purchase of energy-efficient appliances

Idrees Waris, Malik Dad, Irfan Hameed

The purpose of this study is to extend the theory of planned behavior (TPB) and understand consumers' purchase intention of energy-efficient appliances (EEA) from the perspective…

How Industry 4.0 technologies and open innovation can improve green innovation performance?

Muhammad Faraz Mubarak, Suman Tiwari, Monika Petraite, Mobashar Mubarik, Raja Zuraidah Raja Mohd Rasi

This study investigates the impact of Industry 4.0 technologies on green innovation performance. In this relationship, the mediating role of green innovation behavior is also…

Impact of blockchain technology on green supply chain practices: evidence from emerging economy

Mobashar Mubarik, Raja Zuraidah Raja Mohd Rasi, Muhammad Faraz Mubarak, Rashid Ashraf

This study investigates the impact of blockchain technology on green supply chain practices with the aim to promote pro-environmental settings in supply chains of manufacturing…

Green product preferences considering cultural influences: a comparison study between Malaysia and Indonesia

Ihwan Ghazali, Salwa Hanim Abdul-Rashid, Siti Zawiah Md Dawal, Hideki Aoyama, Novita Sakundarini, Fu Haw Ho, Safarudin Gazali Herawan

There is an increasing awareness among manufacturers to make production more sustainable in Southeast Asian countries such as Malaysia and Indonesia. Manufacturers are now urged…

Determinant analysis of employee attitudes toward pro-environmental behavior in textile firms of Pakistan: a serial mediation approach

Sundas Nisar, Naveed R. Khan, Mustafa Rehman Khan

The purpose of this study was to determine how environmentally specific transformational leadership (ETFL), green training (GT) and psychological green climate (PGC) affect…

Managing environmental quality in Pakistan through sustainable development of energy–economy–environment (3E): insights from graph model of conflict resolution (GMCR)

Humaira Yasmeen, Qingmei Tan, Sharafat Ali, Hina Ismail

The sustainable development of the energy–economy–environment (3E) needs to ensure the balanced interplay between the energy–economy and the environment. Likewise, creating such…

Sustainable management of national resources through implementation of balanced scorecard

Muhammad Arif

This study has been undertaken to find as to how the Pakistan defense services being resource-intensive organizations can help to secure the natural environment and achieve…