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Dr. Cory Searcy
Ryerson University

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Journal article
Published: 10 November 2020 in Sustainability
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The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has recently begun promoting the linkages between its standards and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, further research is needed to explore how ISO standards can serve as a platform for achieving the SDGs. In this paper, we discuss the interlinkage between ISO standards and SDG 2 (i.e., Zero hunger—End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture). We review the literature on a set of 77 ISO standards related to SDG 2 and study existing evidence pertinent to SDG 2 and its targets. Specifically, we review research in four key areas of interest: agricultural productivity of ISO certified firms, adoption of ISO standards amongst small scale producers, ISO standards development, and governance of standards. We found implicit evidence in the literature that ISO standards have the potential to contribute to two SDG 2 targets, namely targets 2.3 and 2.4. Some aspects of ISO standards, however, such as low levels of adoption amongst small scale farmers or a lack of multi-stakeholder standard development, contradict key aspects of the SDG agenda. We outline key areas for future research in the four areas of interest noted above.

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Xiaoli Zhao; Pavel Castka; Cory Searcy. ISO Standards: A Platform for Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 2. Sustainability 2020, 12, 9332 .

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Xiaoli Zhao, Pavel Castka, Cory Searcy. ISO Standards: A Platform for Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 2. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (22):9332.

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Xiaoli Zhao; Pavel Castka; Cory Searcy. 2020. "ISO Standards: A Platform for Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 2." Sustainability 12, no. 22: 9332.

Journal article
Published: 10 June 2020 in Sustainability
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The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the certification and auditing services of Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS). The traditional approach to auditing—on-site visits—has been significantly curtailed, and it is unclear when, and under what conditions, it might resume in full. The purpose of this paper is to study the initial responses to COVID-19 of leading VSS—a group of 21 standards that are members of ISEAL, a global membership organization for VSS. This is a qualitative study, and data are collected from publicly-available sources (i.e., official announcements, policy amendments, derogations) in order to inductively analyze how individual VSS have adjusted their certification services in response to travel bans and lockdowns. The emphasis of the analysis was understanding the role of technologies in the VSS responses to the COVID-19 crisis. The findings demonstrate significant uptake of remote auditing and information and communications technology (ICT), even though that uptake is constrained by limiting conditions and it is not currently expected by VSS to extend beyond the crisis. Lessons learned from the crisis are discussed, and the potential for remote auditing during this period to encourage the adoption of more advanced technologies (such as artificial intelligence and satellite monitoring) in certification services is explored. A set of research questions to guide future work grounded in the analysis is also provided.

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Pavel Castka; Cory Searcy; Sönke Fischer. Technology-enhanced Auditing in Voluntary Sustainability Standards: The Impact of COVID-19. Sustainability 2020, 12, 1 .

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Pavel Castka, Cory Searcy, Sönke Fischer. Technology-enhanced Auditing in Voluntary Sustainability Standards: The Impact of COVID-19. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (11):1.

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Pavel Castka; Cory Searcy; Sönke Fischer. 2020. "Technology-enhanced Auditing in Voluntary Sustainability Standards: The Impact of COVID-19." Sustainability 12, no. 11: 1.

Journal article
Published: 07 November 2019 in International Journal of Production Economics
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Eco-innovation strategies are effective mechanisms for improving the sustainability of products, processes, and systems. Managers, however, often lack a full understanding of what drives and facilitates eco-innovations and, to some extent, underappreciate their benefits. This study discusses the importance of eco-innovation drivers in adopting new methods and technologies in a supply chain. It explores additive manufacturing (AM) as a best practice of eco-innovation through the development of an original mathematical model and provides recommendations to put AM into operation at minimal costs. The results provide recommendations to managers on how to best operate eco-innovative solutions in supply chains. Besides the study of eco-innovation drivers using AM, the contribution of this paper is in providing the infrastructure to investigate how eco-innovation drivers would influence green practices in supply chains.

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Hamid Afshari; Cory Searcy; Mohamad Y. Jaber. The role of eco-innovation drivers in promoting additive manufacturing in supply chains. International Journal of Production Economics 2019, 223, 107538 .

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Hamid Afshari, Cory Searcy, Mohamad Y. Jaber. The role of eco-innovation drivers in promoting additive manufacturing in supply chains. International Journal of Production Economics. 2019; 223 ():107538.

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Hamid Afshari; Cory Searcy; Mohamad Y. Jaber. 2019. "The role of eco-innovation drivers in promoting additive manufacturing in supply chains." International Journal of Production Economics 223, no. : 107538.

Journal article
Published: 05 September 2019 in Sustainability
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The existing corporate environmental disclosure (CED) research focuses primarily on large companies operating in a single jurisdiction, leaving a gap of knowledge regarding the subsidiary operations of multinational corporations. In this study, consolidated narrative interrogation (CONI) is used to quantify CEDs presented in annual and stand-alone sustainability reports published over a 15-year span between 2002 and 2016 by agrochemical companies operating in India. Results show that the diversity, the quantity, and the quality of CED vary significantly, but generally each of them has been improving over time—most notably following the revisions to the Companies Act in 2013. The study finds that the subsidiaries of multinational agrochemical corporations implemented CED practices more strongly associated with those of domestic companies than those found in the reports produced by their parent companies. The CED of both subsidiary and domestic companies appears to reflect concerns of local legitimacy.

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Anna Jessop; Nicole Wilson; Michal Bardecki; Cory Searcy. Corporate Environmental Disclosure in India: An Analysis of Multinational and Domestic Agrochemical Corporations. Sustainability 2019, 11, 4843 .

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Anna Jessop, Nicole Wilson, Michal Bardecki, Cory Searcy. Corporate Environmental Disclosure in India: An Analysis of Multinational and Domestic Agrochemical Corporations. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (18):4843.

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Anna Jessop; Nicole Wilson; Michal Bardecki; Cory Searcy. 2019. "Corporate Environmental Disclosure in India: An Analysis of Multinational and Domestic Agrochemical Corporations." Sustainability 11, no. 18: 4843.

Journal article
Published: 20 August 2019 in Long Range Planning
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Tensions between economic, environmental, and social performance are inherent to the practice of corporate sustainability. These sustainability tensions present the company with stratc choices. Using an organizational cognition perspective, we posit that companies interpret and respond to these tensions in ways that reflect an underlying collective sustainability logic. The purpose of this research is to explore this link, and to describe the logics that companies use when approaching sustainability tensions—and in doing so, explore what this reveals about the nature of the logics themselves. To achieve this, we perform a qualitative content analysis of interviews with sustainability managers, as well as archival documents. We find that all companies, regardless of their sustainability logic, encounter tensions in the practice of sustainability. In navigating these tensions, companies following a market-led logic tended to consider a narrow scope of stakeholder interests in their sustainability decision-making. These companies also followed a mutually-exclusive (and unintegrated) ‘if/then’ approach to sustainability tensions. On the other hand, companies that followed a holistic logic tended to consider a much wider scope of stakeholders and displayed a higher degree of integration in their logic (i.e., synergetic approach to decision-making around tensions).

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Merriam Haffar; Cory Searcy. How organizational logics shape trade-off decision-making in sustainability. Long Range Planning 2019, 52, 101912 .

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Merriam Haffar, Cory Searcy. How organizational logics shape trade-off decision-making in sustainability. Long Range Planning. 2019; 52 (6):101912.

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Merriam Haffar; Cory Searcy. 2019. "How organizational logics shape trade-off decision-making in sustainability." Long Range Planning 52, no. 6: 101912.

Journal article
Published: 12 July 2019 in Sustainability
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This paper examines managerial perspectives on work environment (WE) disclosures in corporate social responsibility (CSR) reports. WE encompasses all aspects of the design and management of the work system that affect the employees’ interactions with the workplace. The data are drawn from interviews with 20 CSR managers in large companies that are recognized as high performers in CSR. Managers reported that WE disclosures were an important part of CSR reporting and had several benefits—for example, it helped to maintain companies’ reputations as good places to work, which were of interest to both investors and potential employees. However, WE reporting was at a low level, focusing predominantly on occupational health and safety performance indicators, such as the number of employee injuries per year. We suggest that organizations derive legitimacy by reporting WE disclosures within a corridor of conformance that permits a low level of reporting and a great deal of latitude regarding what topics and how topics are disclosed, provided organizations meet institutional expectations. The corridor is maintained by an institutional environment in which, from participants’ perspectives, few external stakeholders were interested in WE disclosures representing employee well-being (e.g., psychological health) and the prevailing CSR reporting standards and guidelines provide scant information about employee health.

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Shane M. Dixon; Cory Searcy; W. Patrick Neumann. Reporting within the Corridor of Conformance: Managerial Perspectives on Work Environment Disclosures in Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting. Sustainability 2019, 11, 3825 .

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Shane M. Dixon, Cory Searcy, W. Patrick Neumann. Reporting within the Corridor of Conformance: Managerial Perspectives on Work Environment Disclosures in Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (14):3825.

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Shane M. Dixon; Cory Searcy; W. Patrick Neumann. 2019. "Reporting within the Corridor of Conformance: Managerial Perspectives on Work Environment Disclosures in Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting." Sustainability 11, no. 14: 3825.

Journal article
Published: 28 June 2019 in Sustainability
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Understanding the complexity of sustainable fashion issues can be overwhelming and a barrier for fashion designers. A number of tools for sustainable fashion design have been developed to aid designers in the integration of sustainability into their design practices. We analyze these to determine their fitness for purpose. Among them, three categories (archetypes) of tools are identified: Universal, Participatory, and Assessment. We propose an innovation framework and a five-dimensional model of sustainability specific to fashion to facilitate the analysis of the tools. Using the archetype categorization may facilitate designers in identifying the most appropriate type of tool for a specific circumstance, depending on context and need.

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Anika Kozlowski; Michal Bardecki; Cory Searcy. Tools for Sustainable Fashion Design: An Analysis of Their Fitness for Purpose. Sustainability 2019, 11, 3581 .

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Anika Kozlowski, Michal Bardecki, Cory Searcy. Tools for Sustainable Fashion Design: An Analysis of Their Fitness for Purpose. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (13):3581.

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Anika Kozlowski; Michal Bardecki; Cory Searcy. 2019. "Tools for Sustainable Fashion Design: An Analysis of Their Fitness for Purpose." Sustainability 11, no. 13: 3581.

Journal article
Published: 31 December 2018 in Computers & Industrial Engineering
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Additive Manufacturing (AM) is an emerging technology that is inspiring manufacturers to utilize its potential in reducing risk in new product design and customizing products and services. Adopting AM in the supply chain domain, however, requires further investigation. Existing studies highlight AM's superiority at lower production rates than in traditional supply chains. However, AM requires skilled laborers to operate a machine and post-process manufactured parts. As a result of learning and forgetting phenomena, the manufacturing time would vary when production discontinues for a while. This research proposes a model for a supply chain enabled with AM technology and evaluates the effects of interruptions (e.g., demand fluctuations) on the feasibility of such supply chains. The analyses are extended to quantify how variations in network infrastructures, costs, and production technology could influence investment decisions in favor of AM in supply chains. The proposed model is supported by numerical studies to minimize supply chain costs. The research highlights the influence of learning-forgetting on the capacity of AM in supply chains and suggests solutions to mitigate such effects.

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Hamid Afshari; Mohamad Y. Jaber; Cory Searcy. Investigating the effects of learning and forgetting on the feasibility of adopting additive manufacturing in supply chains. Computers & Industrial Engineering 2018, 128, 576 -590.

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Hamid Afshari, Mohamad Y. Jaber, Cory Searcy. Investigating the effects of learning and forgetting on the feasibility of adopting additive manufacturing in supply chains. Computers & Industrial Engineering. 2018; 128 ():576-590.

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Hamid Afshari; Mohamad Y. Jaber; Cory Searcy. 2018. "Investigating the effects of learning and forgetting on the feasibility of adopting additive manufacturing in supply chains." Computers & Industrial Engineering 128, no. : 576-590.

Journal article
Published: 14 November 2018 in Sustainability
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A growing number of companies in the brewery industry have made commitments to measure and reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. However, many brewers, particularly craft brewers with relatively low rates of production, have not made such commitments. The purpose of this research was to investigate the challenges and benefits of measuring and reducing GHG emissions in the craft brewery industry. The research was conducted in Ontario, Canada, which has seen strong recent growth in the craft brewery industry. A case study and semi-structured interviews among Ontario Craft Brewers were conducted. The case study found that indirect (scope 3 GHGs under the WBCSD & WRI GHG Protocol) GHG sources accounted for 46.4% of total GHGs, with major sources from barley agriculture, malted barley transportation, and bottle production. Direct emissions (scope 1) accounted for only 14.9% of GHGs, while scope 2 emissions, comprised mainly of energy consumption, accounted for 38.7% of GHGs. The case study used case company primary data, and secondary data such as emission factors from external sources. The case study and interviews found that the main challenges in calculating brewery GHGs are secondary data availability, technical knowledge, and finances. The semi-structured interviews, which used prepared interview questions and probes to encourage follow-up answers, also found that the main benefits for Ontario breweries to measure their GHGs include sustainability marketing and preserving the environment. The interviews also found a poor understanding of carbon regulation among Ontario Craft Brewers, which is interesting considering that Ontario implemented a provincial cap and trade program in 2017.

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Rachel Shin; Cory Searcy. Evaluating the Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Craft Beer Industry: An Assessment of Challenges and Benefits of Greenhouse Gas Accounting. Sustainability 2018, 10, 4191 .

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Rachel Shin, Cory Searcy. Evaluating the Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Craft Beer Industry: An Assessment of Challenges and Benefits of Greenhouse Gas Accounting. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (11):4191.

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Rachel Shin; Cory Searcy. 2018. "Evaluating the Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Craft Beer Industry: An Assessment of Challenges and Benefits of Greenhouse Gas Accounting." Sustainability 10, no. 11: 4191.

Preprint
Published: 22 October 2018
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A growing number of companies in the brewery industry have made commitments to measure and reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. However, many brewers, particularly craft brewers with relatively low rates of production, have struggled to meet these commitments. The purpose of this research was to investigate the challenges and benefits of measuring and reducing GHG emissions in the craft brewery industry. The research was conducted in Ontario, Canada, which has seen strong recent growth in the craft brewery industry. A case study and semi-structured interviews among Ontario Craft Brewers were conducted. The case study found that indirect (scope 3 emissions under the WBCSD & WRI GHG Protocol) GHG sources accounted for 46.4% of total GHGs, with major sources from barley agriculture, malted barley transportation, and bottle production. Direct emissions (scope 1) accounted for only 14.9% of GHGs, while scope 2 emissions, comprised mainly of energy consumption, accounted for 38.7% of GHGs. The case study and interviews found that the main challenges in calculating brewery GHGs are secondary data availability, technical knowledge, and finances. The study also found that the main benefits for Ontario breweries to measure their GHGs include sustainability marketing and preserving the environment. The interviews also found a poor understanding of carbon regulation among Ontario Craft Brewers, which is interesting considering that Ontario implemented a provincial cap and trade program in 2017.

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Rachel Shin; Cory Searcy. Evaluating the Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Craft Beer Industry: an Assessment of Challenges and Benefits of Greenhouse Gas Accounting. 2018, 1 .

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Rachel Shin, Cory Searcy. Evaluating the Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Craft Beer Industry: an Assessment of Challenges and Benefits of Greenhouse Gas Accounting. . 2018; ():1.

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Rachel Shin; Cory Searcy. 2018. "Evaluating the Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Craft Beer Industry: an Assessment of Challenges and Benefits of Greenhouse Gas Accounting." , no. : 1.

Book chapter
Published: 03 October 2018 in Business Strategies for Sustainability
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This chapter examines the validity of current approaches to corporate climate reporting under the top three most commonly used voluntary reporting frameworks, namely the Global Reporting Initiative’s (GRI) G4 guidelines, the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) and the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol). We define reporting validity as being the degree to which disclosures accurately reflect the company’s contribution to wider climate processes and thresholds. In this study, the three frameworks are evaluated to determine whether or not they allow for valid climate disclosures, specifically in terms of the comprehensiveness of the disclosures and their connection to the company’s sustainability context.

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Merriam Haffar; Cory Searcy. Exploring the validity of corporate climate reporting under the Global Reporting Initiative, Carbon Disclosure Project, and Greenhouse Gas Protocol. Business Strategies for Sustainability 2018, 285 -304.

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Merriam Haffar, Cory Searcy. Exploring the validity of corporate climate reporting under the Global Reporting Initiative, Carbon Disclosure Project, and Greenhouse Gas Protocol. Business Strategies for Sustainability. 2018; ():285-304.

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Merriam Haffar; Cory Searcy. 2018. "Exploring the validity of corporate climate reporting under the Global Reporting Initiative, Carbon Disclosure Project, and Greenhouse Gas Protocol." Business Strategies for Sustainability , no. : 285-304.

Journal article
Published: 01 August 2018 in Journal of Cleaner Production
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The purpose of this paper is explore the extent to which environmental indicators disclosed in corporate sustainability reports address the broader ‘sustainability context’ in which companies operate. This was achieved by analyzing the types of environmental performance indicators present in a sample of sustainability reports issued by sustainability leader companies in Canada. The data collected was used to map out the relative frequencies and distributions of context-based and self-referential indicators across the different environmental performance areas addressed in the reports. Context-based indicators address the broader socio-ecological system within which a company operates; self-referential indicators do not. Of the 463 environmental indicators identified, none were found to be context-based. Instead, the reports relied exclusively on absolute indicators (57% of all indicator types identified) and relative indicators (37%) to represent their environmental performance data — as well as two other previously-unstudied categories of non-context indicators. These were labelled equivalent (5%) and benchmark indicators (<2%). The relative proportions of these non-context types were found to differ across the various environmental areas disclosed. This research is one of the first to undertake a complete study of the context-based reporting phenomenon as practiced today. In so doing, it described the extent of self-referential reporting, even among sustainability leader firms. This study also described the indicator strategies that the study companies were using to make the performance data presented more meaningful to the reader, in the absence of context.

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Merriam Haffar; Cory Searcy. The use of context-based environmental indicators in corporate reporting. Journal of Cleaner Production 2018, 192, 496 -513.

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Merriam Haffar, Cory Searcy. The use of context-based environmental indicators in corporate reporting. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2018; 192 ():496-513.

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Merriam Haffar; Cory Searcy. 2018. "The use of context-based environmental indicators in corporate reporting." Journal of Cleaner Production 192, no. : 496-513.

Journal article
Published: 01 May 2018 in Journal of Cleaner Production
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Industrial symbiosis is a cost-effective and environmentally-friendly solution for industries. It reduces the consumption of energy and virgin material by extracting value from waste, lost heat and by-products. Energy symbiosis could fulfill a portion of industrial and non-industrial energy needs. This study discusses the opportunities and challenges of energy symbioses for non-industrial purposes, and develops a multi-objective mixed integer linear programming model for that purpose. The model minimizes the total cost and the environmental impact among energy suppliers and users. It includes the costs of implementing and operating an energy sharing network. The model is used to determine the optimal energy partners in an industrial area and residential neighborhoods in a western European industrial park. The proposed model also helps in studying the effects of uncertainties that may arise when establishing the energy network. The contribution of this paper is twofold. First, it proposes using industrial symbioses to identify the challenges and to find solutions to meet the increasing demand for energy in urban and rural areas. Second, it develops a method to access affordable sources of energy for non-industrial purposes under uncertainties. The results show that involving residential customers in the symbioses would increase the environmental and economic benefits for all stakeholders in an eco-industrial park. The paper also shows that industries can play a key role in reducing the environmental impact in residential neighborhoods.

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Hamid Afshari; Mohamad Y. Jaber; Cory Searcy. Extending industrial symbiosis to residential buildings: A mathematical model and case study. Journal of Cleaner Production 2018, 183, 370 -379.

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Hamid Afshari, Mohamad Y. Jaber, Cory Searcy. Extending industrial symbiosis to residential buildings: A mathematical model and case study. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2018; 183 ():370-379.

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Hamid Afshari; Mohamad Y. Jaber; Cory Searcy. 2018. "Extending industrial symbiosis to residential buildings: A mathematical model and case study." Journal of Cleaner Production 183, no. : 370-379.

Research article
Published: 16 April 2018 in Business Strategy and the Environment
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The purpose of this research is to explore the extent to which companies are setting organization‐centric versus resilience‐based environmental targets in their sustainability reports. We define ecological resilience through the planetary thresholds identified by the Planetary Boundaries (PB) framework. On this basis, we define resilience‐based targets as corporate environmental targets that are connected (quantitatively or qualitatively) to these thresholds. Sustainability reports issued by 50 sustainability leader firms in Canada were analyzed to identify environmental sustainability targets. These targets were classified as resilience‐based and organization‐centric based on their connection to the PB framework. A total of 303 targets were identified, distributed across eight different corporate performance areas. None of these targets was found to be quantitatively tied to any PB thresholds. A small number of targets did nevertheless make reference to the global/regional ecological processes that underpin some of the Boundaries. These targets made reference to only five of the nine Boundaries described by the framework. This study highlights the extent of organization‐centric environmental targets in corporate sustainability reports. The implications of setting such targets are discussed, along with the challenges of adopting resilience‐based targets. This study also discusses the reasons why companies may not be adopting a resilience‐based approach to set sustainability targets and measure performance, despite increasing calls from stakeholders to do so. On this basis, several recommendations are also provided for managers to guide resilience‐based target‐ and goal‐setting.

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Merriam Haffar; Cory Searcy. Target-setting for ecological resilience: Are companies setting environmental sustainability targets in line with planetary thresholds? Business Strategy and the Environment 2018, 27, 1079 -1092.

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Merriam Haffar, Cory Searcy. Target-setting for ecological resilience: Are companies setting environmental sustainability targets in line with planetary thresholds? Business Strategy and the Environment. 2018; 27 (7):1079-1092.

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Merriam Haffar; Cory Searcy. 2018. "Target-setting for ecological resilience: Are companies setting environmental sustainability targets in line with planetary thresholds?" Business Strategy and the Environment 27, no. 7: 1079-1092.

Journal article
Published: 16 January 2017 in Management Research Review
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Purpose This paper aims to highlight the importance and need to include carbon emissions from international transport in the sourcing decisions of corporate organizations and the calculation of national emissions inventories (NEIs). Design/methodology/approach The paper proposes a method of attributing emissions from international transportation in global supply chains and calculating their impact on the economic sustainability of corporate organizations through a carbon price. Findings An application of the original model developed in this paper showed that international transport emissions can have an important effect on NEIs. An example of the imports of manufactured items from China and Germany to the USA showed a 3 per cent increase in emissions from manufacturing activities in the USA. Research limitations/implications Introducing carbon pricing on international transport emissions is expected to motivate corporate leaders to include emissions from international transport as a factor in their sourcing decisions. Practical implications Inclusion of international transport emissions along with the imposition of a carbon tax are designed to act as disincentives to generating emissions from supply chain activities. It is argued that the implementation of the model may provide long-term benefits associated with reduced emissions and a level playing field to organizations which use efficient technologies in manufacturing. Social implications It is recognized that the implementation of a carbon tax on international transport emissions may face resistance from several stakeholders, including governments of exporting countries, corporations and customers, due to an increase in cost. Originality/value This paper provides an original method to include emissions from international transport in supply chain decisions.

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Amulya Gurtu; Cory Searcy; M.Y. Jaber. Emissions from international transport in global supply chains. Management Research Review 2017, 40, 53 -74.

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Amulya Gurtu, Cory Searcy, M.Y. Jaber. Emissions from international transport in global supply chains. Management Research Review. 2017; 40 (1):53-74.

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Amulya Gurtu; Cory Searcy; M.Y. Jaber. 2017. "Emissions from international transport in global supply chains." Management Research Review 40, no. 1: 53-74.

Journal article
Published: 01 January 2017 in Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene
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The purpose of this article is to explore the role of multi-stakeholder initiatives (MSIs) in sustainable supply chains. I argue that MSIs are needed to help establish and institutionalize the natural and social thresholds in which a sustainable supply chain must operate. While a multitude of MSIs relevant to supply chains already exist, they do not yet adequately address sustainability thresholds. Building on theory and literature, I elaborate on four interrelated roles for MSIs in this area: (1) providing learning platforms, (2) developing standards, (3) developing enforcement mechanisms, and (4) issuing labels and certifications. All four roles emphasize the need for supply chains to operate within the thresholds set by nature and society. Staying within thresholds is what distinguishes between sustainable and unsustainable supply chains. The four roles form part of a broader conceptual framework outlining a way forward for MSIs in sustainable supply chains. Different MSIs could address one or more of these roles. I argue that all MSIs must be developed with special attention to their input and output legitimacy. Stakeholders from both within and beyond the supply chain must be involved in developing and implementing a MSI for it to be viewed as legitimate. I note that the conceptual framework presented here is a starting point. It would benefit from further testing and refinement. For example, future work could add further specificity to the four roles I discuss. Future research could also focus on integrating economic thresholds for sustainable supply chains into the framework.

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Cory Searcy. Multi-stakeholder initiatives in sustainable supply chains: Putting sustainability performance in context. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene 2017, 5, 1 .

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Cory Searcy. Multi-stakeholder initiatives in sustainable supply chains: Putting sustainability performance in context. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene. 2017; 5 ():1.

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Cory Searcy. 2017. "Multi-stakeholder initiatives in sustainable supply chains: Putting sustainability performance in context." Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene 5, no. : 1.

Journal article
Published: 01 December 2016 in Applied Mathematical Modelling
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Managing sustainable supply chains is an area of growing interest in both academia and practice. The successful implementation of sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) practices is now recognized as a critical component of overall business sustainability. However, there is a dearth of established theories, models, and frameworks for assessing sustainable supply chain (SSC) performance. To help address this issue, this paper proposes an integrative multidimensional framework for a comprehensive evaluation of SSC performance. The framework is an extension of the sustainability model developed in an earlier study by Ahi and Searcy [4]. The key contribution of the current research is that the proposed stochastic framework is capable of accommodating any number of performance characteristics associated with SSCM. The framework is not restricted to the three traditional areas of the triple bottom line, namely economic, environmental, and social issues. This is important given the wide range of challenges and opportunities present in different supply chains. It is recognized that a key challenge in applying the framework is data availability and quality. The implications of the proposed framework are discussed and recommendations for future research are provided.

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Payman Ahi; Mohamad Y. Jaber; Cory Searcy. A comprehensive multidimensional framework for assessing the performance of sustainable supply chains. Applied Mathematical Modelling 2016, 40, 10153 -10166.

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Payman Ahi, Mohamad Y. Jaber, Cory Searcy. A comprehensive multidimensional framework for assessing the performance of sustainable supply chains. Applied Mathematical Modelling. 2016; 40 (23-24):10153-10166.

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Payman Ahi; Mohamad Y. Jaber; Cory Searcy. 2016. "A comprehensive multidimensional framework for assessing the performance of sustainable supply chains." Applied Mathematical Modelling 40, no. 23-24: 10153-10166.

Journal article
Published: 10 June 2016 in Sustainable Production and Consumption
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•First attempt to integrate social cost of outsourcing.•A macro analysis of offshore outsourcing at a national level.•Compares and contrast nations engaged in offshore outsourcing.•Trend analysis of effects of outsourcing at state level in the USA. AbstractThis paper analyzes the effects of offshore outsourcing at a macro level for a nation. It contains trend analyses of national data to address the research question “Does offshore outsourcing correlates with economic growth and prosperity of the people at large and in the long run for an outsourcing nation?” by analyzing various economic indicators. This paper pays a special attention to how employment rates and revenues from imports are affected by offshore outsourcing. Further, the paper contrasts these trends for the USA and Germany. The analyses of the data collected show that offshore outsourcing affects a nation’s economic growth and the prosperity of its people. The findings suggest the need to promote local/regional manufacturing in/near the country of consumption.

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Amulya Gurtu; Cory Searcy; M.Y. Jaber. Effects of offshore outsourcing on a nation. Sustainable Production and Consumption 2016, 7, 94 -105.

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Amulya Gurtu, Cory Searcy, M.Y. Jaber. Effects of offshore outsourcing on a nation. Sustainable Production and Consumption. 2016; 7 ():94-105.

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Amulya Gurtu; Cory Searcy; M.Y. Jaber. 2016. "Effects of offshore outsourcing on a nation." Sustainable Production and Consumption 7, no. : 94-105.

Articles
Published: 20 March 2015 in Ergonomics
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The ‘design for human factors’ grounded theory explains ‘how’ human factors (HF) went from a reactive, after-injury programme in safety, to being proactively integrated into each step of the production design process. In this longitudinal case study collaboration with engineers and HF Specialists in a large electronics manufacturer, qualitative data (e.g. meetings, interviews, observations and reflections) were analysed using a grounded theory methodology. The central tenet in the theory is that when HF Specialists acclimated to the engineering process, language and tools, and strategically aligned HF to the design and business goals of the organisation, HF became a means to improve business performance. This led to engineers ‘pulling’ HF Specialists onto their team. HF targets were adopted into engineering tools to communicate HF concerns quantitatively, drive continuous improvement, visibly demonstrate change and lead to benchmarking. Senior management held engineers accountable for HF as a key performance indicator, thus integrating HF into the production design process. Practitioner Summary: Research and practice lack explanations about how HF can be integrated early in design of production systems. This three-year case study and the theory derived demonstrate how ergonomists changed their focus to align with design and business goals to integrate HF into the design process.

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Judy Village; Cory Searcy; Filippo Salustri; W. Patrick Neumann. Design for human factors (DfHF): a grounded theory for integrating human factors into production design processes. Ergonomics 2015, 58, 1529 -1546.

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Judy Village, Cory Searcy, Filippo Salustri, W. Patrick Neumann. Design for human factors (DfHF): a grounded theory for integrating human factors into production design processes. Ergonomics. 2015; 58 (9):1529-1546.

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Judy Village; Cory Searcy; Filippo Salustri; W. Patrick Neumann. 2015. "Design for human factors (DfHF): a grounded theory for integrating human factors into production design processes." Ergonomics 58, no. 9: 1529-1546.

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Published: 16 February 2015 in Management Research Review
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the keywords used in peer-reviewed literature on green supply chain management. Design/methodology/approach To determine the keywords that were used in this area, an analysis of 629 papers was conducted. The papers were identified through searches of 13 keywords on green supply chains. Trends in keyword usage were analyzed in detail focusing on examining variables such as the most frequently used journals/keywords, their frequencies, citation frequency and research contribution from different disciplines/countries. Findings A number of different terms have been used for research focused on the environmental impacts of supply chains, including green supply chains, sustainable supply chains, reverse logistics and closed-loop supply chains, among others. The analysis revealed that the intensity of research in this area has more than tripled in the past six years and that the most used keyword was “reverse logistics”. The use of the terms “green supply chains” and “sustainable supply chains” is increasing, and the use of “reverse logistics” is decreasing. Research limitations/implications The analysis is limited to 629 papers from the Scopus database during the period of 2007 and 2012. Originality/value The paper presents the first systematic analysis of keywords used in the literature on green supply chains. Given the broad array of terms used to refer to research in this area, this is a needed contribution. This work will help researchers in choosing keywords with high frequency and targeting journals for publishing their future work. The paper may also provide a basis for further work on developing consolidated definitions of terms focused on green supply chain management.

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Amulya Gurtu; Cory Searcy; Mohamad Y Jaber. An analysis of keywords used in the literature on green supply chain management. Management Research Review 2015, 38, 166 -194.

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Amulya Gurtu, Cory Searcy, Mohamad Y Jaber. An analysis of keywords used in the literature on green supply chain management. Management Research Review. 2015; 38 (2):166-194.

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Amulya Gurtu; Cory Searcy; Mohamad Y Jaber. 2015. "An analysis of keywords used in the literature on green supply chain management." Management Research Review 38, no. 2: 166-194.