Sustainability motivations and practices in small tourism enterprises in European protected areas

JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

卷:137

Article

Font, Xavier¹  Garay, Lluis²  Jones, Steve¹ 

[1] Leeds Metropolitan Univ, Leeds LS6 3QW, W Yorkshire, England

[2] Univ Oberta Catalunya, Av Tibidabo 39, Barcelona 08035, Spain

关键词: Business case;    Legitimization;    Social capital;    Altruism;    Lifestyle;    Corporate social responsibility;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.01.071

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

A survey of around 900 tourism enterprises in 57 European protected areas shows that small firms are more involved in taking responsibility for being sustainable than previously expected, including eco-savings related operational practices but also reporting a wide range of social and economic responsibility actions. Two-step cluster analysis was used to group the firms in three groups based on their motivations to be sustainable. Business driven firms implement primarily eco-savings activities and are commercially oriented. Legitimization driven firms respond to perceived stakeholder pressure and report a broad spectrum of activities. Lifestyle and value driven firms report the greatest number of environmental, social and economic activities. No profile has a higher business performance than average. The study has implications for policy programmes promoting sustainability behaviour change based primarily on a business case argument. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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