The adoption of Cleaner Production (CP) consists in taking preventive actions of one or more Cleaner Production practices; the most common are the reduction of emissions, efficient use of water, energy, and reuse of waste. This research identified in the literature 31 Cleaner Production practices and, through a survey in multinational textile industries and verified by specialists, was identified and evaluated the level of implementation of each Cleaner Production practices and link them to small, medium and large companies, so, this was the aim of this research. This study used statistical test analysis of variance. The main results were that small companies are motivated to implement Cleaner Production practices solely to reduce costs, and some small companies do not even know the concept of Cleaner Production. Medium-sized companies receive pressures to implement Cleaner Production practices to develop an environmental management system and participate in the competitive exportation market. In addition, ultimately, large companies have levels of implementation of the Cleaner Production practices significantly higher than small- and medium-sized enterprises due to the need to continually invest in their brand to increase market share. Efficient use of water is a Cleaner Production practice adopted by large- and medium-sized companies. These results enable business executives to perform benchmarking using levels of implementation of Cleaner Production practices according to the company size.

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评估清洁生产的实施和公司规模：对纺织公司的调查

采用清洁生产 (CP) 包括采取一种或多种清洁生产实践的预防措施；最常见的是减少排放、有效利用水、能源和废物再利用。这项研究在文献 31 清洁生产实践中确定，并通过对跨国纺织行业的调查并由专家验证，确定并评估了每种清洁生产实践的实施水平，并将它们与小型、中型和大型公司联系起来，因此，这是本研究的目的。本研究采用方差统计检验分析。主要结果是，小公司实施清洁生产实践的动机仅仅是为了降低成本，一些小公司甚至不知道清洁生产的概念。中型公司面临着实施清洁生产实践以开发环境管理体系和参与竞争性出口市场的压力。此外，最终，由于需要不断投资于其品牌以增加市场份额，大公司的清洁生产实践的实施水平明显高于中小型企业。高效用水是大中型企业采用的清洁生产实践。这些结果使业务主管能够根据公司规模使用清洁生产实践的实施水平来执行基准测试。最终，由于需要不断投资于其品牌以增加市场份额，大公司的清洁生产实践的实施水平明显高于中小型企业。高效用水是大中型企业采用的清洁生产实践。这些结果使业务主管能够根据公司规模使用清洁生产实践的实施水平来执行基准测试。最终，由于需要不断投资于其品牌以增加市场份额，大公司的清洁生产实践的实施水平明显高于中小型企业。高效用水是大中型企业采用的清洁生产实践。这些结果使业务主管能够根据公司规模使用清洁生产实践的实施水平来执行基准测试。