International Journal of Supply Chain Management
Vol 8, No 1 (2019): International Journal of Supply Chain Management (IJSCM)

Design a Successful Program for Voluntary Carbon Footprint Reduction

Xu Hartling (Salem State University)



Article Info

Publish Date
26 Feb 2019

Abstract

A voluntary eco-labeling program acts as soft policy instruments to regulate or promote climate change mitigation and carbon footprint reduction. The proper design of an eco-labeling program will likely attract more environmentally cautious companies to participate; it will also demonstrate the authoritativeness and trustfulness to consumers when choosing an eco-labeled product. Ultimately, the environmental consumer behavior will lead to higher market penetration of products with eco-labels. The successful design of an eco-label will: (1) set an appropriate eco-standard accepted by the industry and the participants; (2) offer various degrees of strategic benefits from the participation; (3) ultimately increase the market share of eco-labeling products; and (4) benchmark green (described as more environmentally friendly) quality improvement to the environment, reduce carbon footprint, and benefit the society and human beings.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

IJSCM

Publisher

Subject

Decision Sciences, Operations Research & Management Engineering Environmental Science Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering Transportation

Description

International Journal of Supply Chain Management (IJSCM) is a peer-reviewed indexed journal, ISSN: 2050-7399 (Online), 2051-3771 (Print), that publishes original, high quality, supply chain management empirical research that will have a significant impact on SCM theory and practice. Manuscripts ...