1、 2500 单词， 14500英文字符， 4150 汉字 出处： Tate W L, Ellram L M, Dooley K J. Environmental purchasing and supplier management (EPSM): Theory and practiceJ. Journal of Purchasing & Supply Management, 2012, 18(3):173-188. Environmental purchasing and supplier management (EPSM): Theory and practice Wendy L. Tate
2、, Lisa M. Ellram, Kevin J. Dooley Abstract The purpose of this research is to explore current literature and practice specically in environmental purchasing and supplier management (EPSM) in order to understand current activities and also to suggest avenues for future research. First, an assessment
3、of the current literature in environmental purchasing was completed which showed that most of the research in environmental purchasing is not grounded in theory, and is just beginning to appear in premiere business journals, as dened by the Financial Times journal list. This was followed by an exami
4、nation of company practices in environ- mental purchasing by assessing a targeted cross-industry subsection of 68 corporate sustainability reports. This analysis revealed that the organizations studied are still in the relatively early stages of environmental purchasing and supplier management, and
5、practices vary by industry predominantly because of external pressure towards environmental sustainability. The authors conclude that given the relatively early stage of development of environmental purchasing practice and research, there is signicant opportunity in this area to develop theory and t
6、o inuence practitioner behavior. Keywords: Environmental purchasing; Environmental supplier; Sustainability; Content analysis; Corporate sustainability reporting 1. Introduction Business leaders (World Business Council on Sustainable Development (WBCSD), 2007), government (Brown, 2008), special interest groups (Deutsch, 2008), and managerial educators (Christensen et al., 2007) are all calling for increased attention to the environmental performance of businesses. Historically, both rese
