Purpose

This paper aims to examine 12 factors influencing environmental activity adoption by Australian logistics companies.

Design/methodology/approach

After a literature review and collect the major factors influencing environmental activity adoption, exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and Friedman test are used to cluster and prioritize these factors through a Web survey.

Findings

The results of EFA show that these factors belong to three main groups including social and economic, pressure and governmental factors. The results of a Friedman test prioritizes 12 factors to find which factors have the greatest importance toward the adoption of environmental activity by managers of Australian logistics companies and reveals that governmental regulation, fuel and energy prices and the potential for achieving a competitive advantage, had the first to third ranking, respectively. Some new influencing factors in implementing environmental activities are found such as the willingness to be the market leader, responsibility and risk mitigation.

Research limitations/implications

This paper contributes to the literature by exploring the new factors influencing environmental adoption.

Practical implications

Australian logistics managers can use the results of this paper in developing their strategies and public policymakers can also use these results to improve sustainable development.

Originality/value

This is the first paper that clusters and prioritizes factors influencing environmental adoption in the Australian logistics industry.

中文翻译：

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调查影响澳大利亚物流公司采用环保活动的因素

目的

本文旨在研究影响澳大利亚物流公司采用环境活动的 12 个因素。

设计/方法/方法

在文献回顾和收集影响环境活动采用的主要因素后，探索性因素分析 (EFA) 和弗里德曼检验用于通过网络调查对这些因素进行聚类和优先排序。

发现

全民教育的结果表明，这些因素主要分为社会经济因素、压力因素和政府因素三大类。弗里德曼测试的结果优先考虑了 12 个因素，以找出哪些因素对澳大利亚物流公司的管理人员采用环境活动最重要，并揭示了政府法规、燃料和能源价格以及实现竞争优势的潜力，分别排名第一到第三。发现了一些新的影响环境活动实施的因素，例如成为市场领导者的意愿、责任和风险缓解。

研究限制/影响

本文通过探索影响环境采用的新因素来为文献做出贡献。

实际影响

澳大利亚物流管理者可以利用本文的结果制定他们的战略，公共政策制定者也可以利用这些结果来改善可持续发展。

原创性/价值

这是第一篇对影响澳大利亚物流业环境采用的因素进行聚类和优先排序的论文。