Table 2 Constructs and items description...

Table 2

Constructs and items description

Variables		Description	Means	Std. Dev	Loading factor	Outer weight	p-value	VIF	Cronbach's alpha	Composite reliability	AVE
My plant's involvement in environmental initiatives has been motivated by
CP									0.866	0.910	0.716
	CP01	Current government legislation	4.252	0.780	0.857
	CP02	The threat of future government legislation	3.673	0.993	0.761
	CP03	Industry or government regulation	3.946	0.892	0.887
	CP04	Regulations dealing with the environment	4.093	0.799	0.874
NP									0.793	0.866	0.618
	NP01	Top management's commitment to environmental responsibility	0.717	0.036	0.758
	VP02	Programs that our customers have in place	0.827	0.023	0.808
	NP03	Customers who believe that environmental protection is important	0.875	0.016	0.835
	NP04	Championing efforts by individual employees or small groups of employees	0.681	0.035	0.738
Please indicate the degree to which your plant is engaged in the following initiatives/practices
ISP									0.894	0.914	0.542
	ISP01	Water efficiency	3.652	0.910	0.671
	ISP02	Reducing waste in internal processes (e.g. improving yield or efficiency)	3.976	0.756	0.717
	ISP03	Improving the workforce environment (e.g. indoor air quality)	4.041	0.751	0.722
	ISP04	Pollution prevention (eliminating emissions or waste)	4.052	0.779	0.801
	ISP05	Pollution control (scrubbing, waste treatment)	4.109	0.941	0.695
	ISP06	Decreasing the likelihood or impact of an environmental accident	3.920	0.818	0.788
	ISP07	Complying with an industry-wide code of conduct	3.905	0.918	0.751
	ISP08	Environmental improvements in the disposition of your organization's scrap or excess material	4.041	0.766	0.718
	ISP09	Environmental improvements in the disposition of your organization's equipment	3.669	0.881	0.754
ESPc									0.868	0.910	0.717
	ESPc01	Encouraging suppliers to improve the environmental performance of their processes	3.192	1.064	0.872
	ESPc02	Providing design specification to suppliers in line with environmental requirements	3.297	1.120	0.762
	ESPc03	Co-development with suppliers to reduce the environmental impact of the product	3.073	1.015	0.868
	ESPc04	Involvement of suppliers in the re-design of internal processes	2.925	1.027	0.880
ESPm									0.795	0.858	0.551
	ESPm01	Requesting that your suppliers sign a code of environmental conduct	2.969	1.277	0.777
	Espm02	Visiting suppliers' plants or ensuring that they are not using sweatshop labour	3.023	1.187	0.790
	ESPm03	Ensuring that suppliers comply with child labour laws	3.240	1.388	0.785
	ESPm04	Using a third party to monitor working conditions at supplier facilities	2.311	1.175	0.567
	ESPm05	Incorporating environmental consideration in evaluating and selecting suppliers	3.338	1.029	0.768
As a result of undertaking environmental initiatives, firms have experienced
STR
	STR01	Supply chain integration and supplier relationships	3.488	0.761		0.525	0.000	1.529
	STR02	Stakeholder (community, investors) relationships	3.742	0.758		0.596	0.000	1.529
ECA									0.903	0.923	0.600
	ECA01	Being environmentally conscious can lead to substantial cost advantages for our plant	3.558	0.973	0.797
	ECA02	Our plant can realize significant cost savings by experimenting with ways to improve the environmental quality	3.326	0.984	0.826
	ECA03	By regularly investing in research and development on cleaner products and processes, our plant can be a leader in the market	3.674	1.010	0.650
	ECA04	Our plant can enter lucrative new markets by adopting environmental strategies	3.219	1.071	0.841
	ECA05	Our plant can increase market share by making our current products more environmentally friendly	3.332	1.033	0.832
	ECA06	Reducing the environmental impact of our plant's activities will lead to a quality improvement in our products and processes	3.613	0.937	0.725
	ECA07	Better environmental performance can differentiate our plant from our competitors	3.577	1.032	0.833
	ECA08	Being environmentally conscious can set us apart from the competition	3.661	0.959	0.667

Variables		Description	Means	Std. Dev	Loading factor	Outer weight	p-value	VIF	Cronbach's alpha	Composite reliability	AVE
My plant's involvement in environmental initiatives has been motivated by
CP									0.866	0.910	0.716
	CP01	Current government legislation	4.252	0.780	0.857
	CP02	The threat of future government legislation	3.673	0.993	0.761
	CP03	Industry or government regulation	3.946	0.892	0.887
	CP04	Regulations dealing with the environment	4.093	0.799	0.874
NP									0.793	0.866	0.618
	NP01	Top management's commitment to environmental responsibility	0.717	0.036	0.758
	VP02	Programs that our customers have in place	0.827	0.023	0.808
	NP03	Customers who believe that environmental protection is important	0.875	0.016	0.835
	NP04	Championing efforts by individual employees or small groups of employees	0.681	0.035	0.738
Please indicate the degree to which your plant is engaged in the following initiatives/practices
ISP									0.894	0.914	0.542
	ISP01	Water efficiency	3.652	0.910	0.671
	ISP02	Reducing waste in internal processes (e.g. improving yield or efficiency)	3.976	0.756	0.717
	ISP03	Improving the workforce environment (e.g. indoor air quality)	4.041	0.751	0.722
	ISP04	Pollution prevention (eliminating emissions or waste)	4.052	0.779	0.801
	ISP05	Pollution control (scrubbing, waste treatment)	4.109	0.941	0.695
	ISP06	Decreasing the likelihood or impact of an environmental accident	3.920	0.818	0.788
	ISP07	Complying with an industry-wide code of conduct	3.905	0.918	0.751
	ISP08	Environmental improvements in the disposition of your organization's scrap or excess material	4.041	0.766	0.718
	ISP09	Environmental improvements in the disposition of your organization's equipment	3.669	0.881	0.754
ESPc									0.868	0.910	0.717
	ESPc01	Encouraging suppliers to improve the environmental performance of their processes	3.192	1.064	0.872
	ESPc02	Providing design specification to suppliers in line with environmental requirements	3.297	1.120	0.762
	ESPc03	Co-development with suppliers to reduce the environmental impact of the product	3.073	1.015	0.868
	ESPc04	Involvement of suppliers in the re-design of internal processes	2.925	1.027	0.880
ESPm									0.795	0.858	0.551
	ESPm01	Requesting that your suppliers sign a code of environmental conduct	2.969	1.277	0.777
	Espm02	Visiting suppliers' plants or ensuring that they are not using sweatshop labour	3.023	1.187	0.790
	ESPm03	Ensuring that suppliers comply with child labour laws	3.240	1.388	0.785
	ESPm04	Using a third party to monitor working conditions at supplier facilities	2.311	1.175	0.567
	ESPm05	Incorporating environmental consideration in evaluating and selecting suppliers	3.338	1.029	0.768
As a result of undertaking environmental initiatives, firms have experienced
STR
	STR01	Supply chain integration and supplier relationships	3.488	0.761		0.525	0.000	1.529
	STR02	Stakeholder (community, investors) relationships	3.742	0.758		0.596	0.000	1.529
ECA									0.903	0.923	0.600
	ECA01	Being environmentally conscious can lead to substantial cost advantages for our plant	3.558	0.973	0.797
	ECA02	Our plant can realize significant cost savings by experimenting with ways to improve the environmental quality	3.326	0.984	0.826
	ECA03	By regularly investing in research and development on cleaner products and processes, our plant can be a leader in the market	3.674	1.010	0.650
	ECA04	Our plant can enter lucrative new markets by adopting environmental strategies	3.219	1.071	0.841
	ECA05	Our plant can increase market share by making our current products more environmentally friendly	3.332	1.033	0.832
	ECA06	Reducing the environmental impact of our plant's activities will lead to a quality improvement in our products and processes	3.613	0.937	0.725
	ECA07	Better environmental performance can differentiate our plant from our competitors	3.577	1.032	0.833
	ECA08	Being environmentally conscious can set us apart from the competition	3.661	0.959	0.667

Source(s): Authors’ own work using PLS4

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