Framework for environmental performance measurement in a Swedish public sector organization |
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| Authors: | K Lundberg B Balfors L Folkeson |
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| Institution: | 1. Financial Economics and Accounting, University of Granada, Spain;2. Business Organization Area, University Loyola Andalucía, c/Escritor Castilla Aguayo 4, 14004 Córdoba, Spain;3. Financial Economics and Accounting, University Loyola Andalucía, c/Escritor Castilla Aguayo 4, 14004 Córdoba, Spain;1. Department of Management, E.U.E. Empresariales, University of the Basque Country UPV-EHU, Plaza Oñati 1, 20018 San Sebastian, Spain;2. Département de management, Faculté des sciences de l''administration, Université Laval, Pavillon Palasis-Prince, 2325, rue de la Terrasse, Québec, Québec G1V 0A6, Canada;1. Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia, UK;2. Otago Business School, University of Otago, New Zealand;1. Federal University of Santa Catarina, Department of Production Engineering and Systems, Campus Trindade, 88.040-900, Florianopolis, SC, Brazil;2. Federal Institute of Santa Catarina, Getúlio Vargas Avenue, 830, Centro, 89.251-000, Jaraguá do Sul, SC, Brazil;3. Universidade do Vale do Itajaí, Uruguay Street, 458, Centro, 88.302-202, Itajaí, SC, Brazil;1. Department of Management, University of Bologna, Via Capo di Lucca 34, 40126 Bologna, Italy;2. CENSE, Center for Environmental and Sustainability Research, Departamento de Ciências e Engenharia do Ambiente, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal;3. University of Gävle, Kungsbäcksvägen 47, Gävle, Sweden;4. Organisational Sustainability, Ltd., 40 Machen Place, Cardiff CF11 6EQ, UK;5. University of Victoria, Gustavson School of Business, Centre for Social and Sustainable Innovation, Victoria, BC, Canada |
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| Abstract: | Environmental performance measurements are an important component in strategies for achieving ecologically sustainable development. However, models and frameworks for performance measurement are primarily developed for business and may not be directly applicable to public organizations. This study aimed to contribute to the development of environmental performance measurement tools for public sector organizations by developing an appropriate framework. The study is based on a case study of the Swedish Rail Administration. The main method for data collection was focus group interviews. The proposed framework presents important features of an environmental performance measurement for the public sector and is illustrated by results from the case organization. The framework was constructed using the causal-chain framework pressure-state-response (PSR) and the management system management-by-objectives (MBO), respectively measuring and managing performance towards both strategic and operational objectives. An environmental management system serves as a toolbox, encompassing and coordinating the environmental objectives and the tools for performance measurement. |
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