Asian Journal of Sustainability and Social Responsibility

Table 3 Correlations^a,b

From: Supply chain uncertainty and environmental management

	Mean	s.d.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1. Environmental practices	4.0	1.3
2. % of capital budget	2.3	1.5	.339*
3. Pollution prevention	51.5	28.5	−.016	.120
4. Pollution control	26.1	24.0	−.063	.147^†	−.596*
5. Management systems	22.4	24.0	.082	−.005	−.593*	−.293*
6. Demand uncertainty	2.8	1.1	−.181*	.041	−.083	.186*	−.086
7. Supply uncertainty	2.4	0.8	−.092	.011	−.149^†	.157^†	.020	.420*
8. ISO 14001 certification	0.2	0.4	.196*	.204*	−.321*	−.040	.438*	−.081	−.101
9. Plant size	4.8	1.0	.155^†	.103	−.145	−.008	.181*	−.166*	−.075	.314*
10. Company size	6.0	1.8	.018	.102	−.231*	.003	.277*	−.051	−.007	.380*	.536*
11. Province	0.7	0.4	−.142^†	−.198*	.157^†	−.016	−.132^†	.173*	.105	−.174*	−.039	−.101

^aPearson correlation except for “ISO 14001 certification” and “Province” for which a Spearman correlation was computed (because of the binary nature of these two variables)
^b* p-value < .01; ^† p-value < .05

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