Lessons From Benchmarking Environmental Performance at Automobile Assembly Plants

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Overview: The purpose of this paper is to better understand benefits and problems with different approaches to benchmarking environmental performance in manufacturing. This paper shares the experience of a research program developing environmental benchmarking measures for the automobile industry. In this paper, these options are categorized into four general categories: regulatory, gross emissions, efficiency, and life cycle. It is found that firms emphasized different approaches to benchmarking depending upon regulatory context and company strategy. Product type, corporate and national culture, resource costs, stakeholder demands also all played a role in influencing their preferred benchmarking approach. Overall, the most robust environmental programs will incorporate elements of all four approaches.

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Format: PDF | Size: 74KB | Date: Apr 2005 | Pages: 11

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