Corporate environmental competence: a concept for characterising and assessing the environmental practice in companies and product chains

Abstract

The article describes and discusses the concept of corporate environmental competence and a methodology for its use in analyses of the shaping of corporate environmental competence in companies and product chains. The focus is on a number of themes in relation to corporate environmental practice: Prevention at the source Life cycle perspective Integrated perspective on external environment and work environment Employee participation in corporate environmental activities. The article is based on a number of studies of the shaping of environmental practice in Danish companies and the interaction within supply chains and other types of network relations.