Resource Efficiency And Waste Reduction: A Review Of Conceptual Models Linking Green Leadership To Operational Outcomes
Abstract
This systematic literature review synthesizes conceptual and theoretical models published between 2015 and 2025 that link Green Leadership (GL) to core operational sustainability outcomes: Resource Efficiency (RE) and Waste Reduction (WR). While the necessity of GL and the benefits of green operations are established, a unified framework illustrating the theoretical pathways is fragmented. Using a rigorous search strategy across Scopus and Web of Science, 65 relevant conceptual papers were analyzed using thematic coding. The findings reveal that GL primarily functions as an antecedent that influences RE and WR outcomes through two dominant mediating mechanisms: Green Process Innovation (GPI) and the implementation of Lean Green Manufacturing (LGM). A Unified Conceptual Framework is presented, clarifying that GL’s transformational and visionary dimensions are most critical for initiating these operational improvements. This review contributes to Production and Operations Management (POM) literature by consolidating fragmented theoretical models and offering a clear research agenda for future empirical testing..
Keywords: Green Leadership, Resource Efficiency, Waste Reduction, Lean Green Manufacturing
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
Open Access
HUMANIS (Humanities, Management and Science Proceedings) is a national peer reviewed and open access journal that publishes significant and important research from all area of agroindustry.
This journal provides immediate open access to its content that making research publish in this journal freely available to the public that supports a greater exchange of knowledge.
Copyright
Submission of a manuscript implies that the submitted work has not been published before (except as part of a thesis or report, or abstract); that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere; that its publication has been approved by all co-authors. If and when the manuscript is accepted for publication, the author(s) still hold the copyright and retain publishing rights without restrictions. Authors or others are allowed to multiply article as long as not for commercial purposes. For the new invention, authors are suggested to manage its patent before published. The license type is CC-BY-SA 4.0.
Disclaimer
No responsibility is assumed by publisher and co-publishers, nor by the editors for any injury and/or damage to persons or property as a result of any actual or alleged libelous statements, infringement of intellectual property or privacy rights, or products liability, whether resulting from negligence or otherwise, or from any use or operation of any ideas, instructions, procedures, products or methods contained in the material therein.
