Environmental Policies for Evaluating Suppliers' Performance Based on GRI Indicators

Many companies use a performance measurement system (PMS) to evaluate their suppliers' environmental performance (SEP). To do this a company can establish its own set of measures or adopt indicators borrowed from specific standards and guidelines such as the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). However, the results of a literature review indicate that the weights of the different environmental performance indicators within an overall SEP rating are unclear. The aim of this paper is to understand what the environmental policies adopted by European manufacturing companies to evaluate their suppliers really are. In order to reach this objective, a quantitative model based on multiple linear regression has been developed. The model correlates different environmental aspects taken from the GRI set of indicators with the overall SEP rating. Interestingly, results show that performances on aspects such as transport and ISO 14001 certification do not count towards the final ranking, whereas compliance with laws and regulations is the cornerstone of the evaluation of the supplier. Other performance indicators can in some ways be linked to compliance with laws and regulations. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment     

How Product–Environment Brightness Contrast and Product Disarray Impact Consumer Choice in Retail Environments

A conceptual model is developed to predict how consumers respond to in-store displays as a function of the extent to which a product’s brightness level (i.e., its perceived light-emitting quality) contrasts with that of its background environment and the product’s level of disarray. We show that products whose brightness levels contrast more with those of the retail environment are more preferred because they visually “pop out” (e.g., a dark product in a brightly lit store environment). However, this preference reverses when the products that pop out appear in disarray (i.e., are perceived to have been previously touched by other shoppers). Because most stores are bright environments, darker (vs. lighter) products in disarray are more likely to be perceived as contaminated and less pleasant, leading to avoidance behaviors, evident in reduced sales and preference. Theoretical and managerial implications are discussed.     

城市规划三大宪章的分析与比较

通过对《雅典宪章》、《马丘比丘宪章》、《北京宪章》的分析,比较了不同历史阶段城市规划的背景、内容与理念,反映了人们对城市规划的理解与思考和对城市规划的认识历程。     

基于熵权系数法的房地产市场比较估价模型研究

房地产估价方法主要包括收益现值法、成本法和市场比较法等,其中,市场比较法由于更加符合房价由市场决定的准则而成为房地产估价中常用的方法。市场比较法是以以往可比性交易实例为估价基础,通过对各因素差异修正来评价待估房地产价格。熵权系数法可用来完善现有的房地产市场比较法,通过从各个可比房地产项目构成的系统中计算各交易实例的熵值,以确定各交易实例相比于待估房地产的贴近度,进而确定待估房地产的估价。     

国内外食品添加剂限量指标对照实施方法

文章通过分析国内外食品添加剂限量指标对照的需求,阐述了了解和掌握不同国家和地区的食品添加剂安全体系、范围和类别、编码与功能分类、食品分类是对照工作开展的基础,给出了国内外食品添加剂限量指标对照的主要信息并建立了对照实施路线。     

我国上市银行经营绩效分析——基于各上市银行2010年年报

文章以2010年上市银行年报为基础,选取10个财务指标,分别从盈利能力、偿债能力、成长能力、市场价值四个方面,通过统计分析软件SPSS13.0运用主成分分析方法对上市银行进行综合分析和评价,为各银行扬长避短提出政策性建议。     

基于生态足迹的甘孜州与内蒙古草地生态安全对比研究

甘孜州与内蒙古草地资源都十分丰富,都面临畜牧业的发展与草地保护问题,其生态安全都备受广泛关注.本文利用生态足迹评价模型,计算甘孜州与内蒙古1995-2008年草地生态足迹,并对其生态安全进行了对比研究.结果表明,甘孜州与内蒙古草地都处于生态不安全的状态,但由于人口、经济、城市化水平等因素的差异,导致甘孜州与内蒙古生态安...     

对比语言学视角下的高职英语翻译教学研究

本文在对研究对象——高职学生全面分析的前提下,结合高职学生的人才培养目标和高职学生英语教学大纲对英语翻译能力的要求,从对比语言学的角度,通过对比分析的方法找到英汉两种语言词汇、句法和语篇的内部特征,探讨使译文符合译入语规则的方法,从而有针对性地提高高职院校英语翻译的教学质量。     

国内外医疗保障制度的对比分析

目的:通过对医疗保障制度在我国和国外的发展现状进行研究对比,着重阐述我国医疗保障制度中存在的问题,并就相关方面提出建议。方法:通过文献研究对比国内外医疗保障制度的发展模式。结果与结论:完善我旧的医疗保障制度应从建立多层次的医疗保障制度体系,发展健康范畴的医疗保障,构建医疗保障管理和服务网络等方面采取渐进式措施逐步进行改革。     

复杂地形下管道防腐补口质量控制的实践与认知

通过防腐补口质量调研,分析质量问题影响因素,结合比对试验,优选补口工艺,分析不合格原因,改进施工方法,取得了较好的质量效果。