Water input
Number of
employees (;)
No result
Variables wre
excluded from
analysis
Sales (9); Profit
(;); Number of
employees (;)
Sales (;); EMAS
registered (lower
input); Employees
(9); Profit (;)
Energy input
Number of
employees (;)
Profit (9); No ISO
registration
Separate reporting
of environmental
investment
Sales (;); Profit
(9); Number of
employees (;)
Fuel: Profit (;);
EMAS (higher)
Electricity: Sales
(;), Employees (9);
Profit (;); ISO
(lower)
Results obtained from regressions on the MEPI variables at the company level. A ‘;’ in brackets following the variable name means a positive
correlation, a ‘9’ a negative regression coefficient. ‘No result’ signifies that no significant correlations could be found between the variable identified in
the left hand column and other variables.
Environmental
Corporate Environmental Performance
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Table 4 Correlations between management, business and environmental performance variables in firms surveyed in the MEPI study
Pulp and
Fertilizer
Electricity
Textile
Variable
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manufacture
generation
finishing
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