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Operations and the environment
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ENV25 conceptualizing climate change: constructed practices in operations networks
Johanna K. Jaskari(1),(2)
(1)Aalto University School of Science and Technology, Espoo, Finland, (2)BIT Research Centre, Espoo, Finland
Climate change is an emergent issue for operations networks. By using statistico-organizational theory, I analyze in a
two-case study how operations networks can be managed despite uncertain and even unknowable concepts. The results
indicate that at managerial level, climate change provides supported but not fully understood business opportunities,
whereas at the operational level, the firms are learning to explicitly measure indicators related to climate change.
ENV26 Using multiple case studies to determine company attitudes to carbon emissions
reduction in logistics operations
Jimmy Castro Boluarte(1), Yongmei Bentley(1), James Crabbe(1), Martin Christopher(2)
(1)University of Bedfordshire, Luton, Bedfordshire, UK, (2)Cranfield University, Cranfield, UK
This paper reports on the initial findings of a case-study approach to identifying and analysing changes in the logistics
operations of five large UK-based companies in response to increasing concerns about carbon emissions in business
operations. The study sheds light on the current state of UK logistics operations regarding carbon emissions. It also
contributes to the understanding of how strategy is formed within logistics operations in response to the increased
concern to reduce the carbon emissions from business operations. The study is relevant to practice, as it will assist
logistics managers in the adoption of carbon emissions logistics initiatives.
ENV27 national innovation system framework for sustainable development of the
Canadian oil sands
Michael Luciuk, Kalinga Jagoda, Nathanial Johnson
Mount Royal University, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Increased environmental awareness has created challenges for the oil and gas industry while producing unique
opportunities for environmental innovation driven by social, administrative and economic forces. As a result there is
the potential for strategic partnerships between the oil and gas industry with environmental firms for the sustainable
development of Canadian oil sands. This article proposes an integrated framework examining the driving factors in
legitimizing environmental innovation and its impact on the industry. The framework will be applied to a small Calgary
based environmental services firm.