Page 194 - Hojnik, Jana. 2017. In Persuit of Eco-innovation. Drivers and Consequences of Eco-innovation at Firm Level. Koper: University of Primorska Press
P. 194
In Pursuit of Eco-innovation
of each item’s communality index and its contribution, we retained all
the items (the lowest communality after extraction was 0.414).
Table 54: The eco-innovation dimension’s item factor loadings (three eco-innovation fa-
ctors)
Factors
Items Process eco-inno- Product eco-inno- Organizational
eco-innovation
vation vation
Process eco-innovation (PC)
The manufacturing process of the company ef- 1.015
fectively reduces the emission of hazardous sub-
stances or waste.
194 The manufacturing process of the company re- 0.891
duces the use of raw materials.
Use of cleaner technology to generate sav- 0.737
ings and prevent pollution (such as energy, wa-
ter and waste).
Low energy consumption such as water, elec- 0.725
tricity, gas and petrol during production/use/
disposal.
Recycle, reuse and remanufacture material. 0.592
Product eco-innovation (PD)
The company uses the smallest amount of ma- 0.930
terials to comprise the product for conducting 0.839
the product development or design. 0.711
0.379
The company chooses materials of the product 0.348
that consume the least amount of energy and
resources for conducting the product develop-
ment or design.
The company deliberately evaluates wheth-
er the product is easy to recycle, reuse and de-
compose for conducting the product develop-
ment or design.
The company is improving and designing en- 0.287
vironmentally friendly packaging (e.g., using
less paper and plastic materials) for existing and
new products.
The company is using less or non-polluting/ 0.362
toxic materials (i.e., using environmentally
friendly material).
of each item’s communality index and its contribution, we retained all
the items (the lowest communality after extraction was 0.414).
Table 54: The eco-innovation dimension’s item factor loadings (three eco-innovation fa-
ctors)
Factors
Items Process eco-inno- Product eco-inno- Organizational
eco-innovation
vation vation
Process eco-innovation (PC)
The manufacturing process of the company ef- 1.015
fectively reduces the emission of hazardous sub-
stances or waste.
194 The manufacturing process of the company re- 0.891
duces the use of raw materials.
Use of cleaner technology to generate sav- 0.737
ings and prevent pollution (such as energy, wa-
ter and waste).
Low energy consumption such as water, elec- 0.725
tricity, gas and petrol during production/use/
disposal.
Recycle, reuse and remanufacture material. 0.592
Product eco-innovation (PD)
The company uses the smallest amount of ma- 0.930
terials to comprise the product for conducting 0.839
the product development or design. 0.711
0.379
The company chooses materials of the product 0.348
that consume the least amount of energy and
resources for conducting the product develop-
ment or design.
The company deliberately evaluates wheth-
er the product is easy to recycle, reuse and de-
compose for conducting the product develop-
ment or design.
The company is improving and designing en- 0.287
vironmentally friendly packaging (e.g., using
less paper and plastic materials) for existing and
new products.
The company is using less or non-polluting/ 0.362
toxic materials (i.e., using environmentally
friendly material).
