Environmental Management in Thermal Power Plants - A Path Analytic Model Study in Indian Context

Abstract

This paper presents a path analytic model showing the influential relationship among various environmental management (EM) variables for thermal power plants in India. In recent years, the need and importance of environmental management has been recognized by researchers and practioners as well. Thermal power plants are pollution prone industries and hence the importance of environmental management gains precedence over other aspects.for this sector. Therefore, thermal power plants operating in India are selected for this study. Seven EM variables for thermal power plants are examined and the influence of one over the other is investigated using path analysis. Data were collected on EM variables from 152 thermal power plants operating in India and having capacity of more than 100 MW each. The results indicate that top management involvement and serious environmental impact assessment (EIA) exercise would help to achieve environmental management goals. The findings of the study will be useful for EM executives of power plants to formulate suitable strategies for effective environmental management.