Hotel companies and corporate environmentalism
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Resumo: | Hotels consume a huge amount of resources in the way of energy and water, and many are built in fragile environments. Despite the strong interest in environmental sustainability, hotel companies have an uneasy relationship with trying to ensure green credentials while pleasing their customers and maintaining competitive advantage. How do hotel companies devise and manage their strategies in their relationship with the natural environment? What are the factors that influence their choice? This paper identifies four important antecedents to corporate environmentalism and examines them within political/economic framework bounded by stakeholder theory. The emergence of environmental issues and the implications for strategy are debated and the theoretical and practical implications of integrating environmental issues into corporate strategies are discussed. |
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Hotel companies and corporate environmentalismEmpresas hoteleiras e ambientalismo empresarialHotelscorporate environmentalismcorporate citizenshipstakeholder theoryHotels consume a huge amount of resources in the way of energy and water, and many are built in fragile environments. Despite the strong interest in environmental sustainability, hotel companies have an uneasy relationship with trying to ensure green credentials while pleasing their customers and maintaining competitive advantage. How do hotel companies devise and manage their strategies in their relationship with the natural environment? What are the factors that influence their choice? This paper identifies four important antecedents to corporate environmentalism and examines them within political/economic framework bounded by stakeholder theory. The emergence of environmental issues and the implications for strategy are debated and the theoretical and practical implications of integrating environmental issues into corporate strategies are discussed.Os hotéis consomem uma grande quantidade de recursos na forma de energia e de água, e muitos hotéis são construídos em ambientes frágeis. Apesar do forte interesse na sustentabilidade ambiental, as empresas hoteleiras têm uma relação difícil com o compromisso de, por um lado, garantir credenciais ambientais e ao mesmo tempo agradar aos seus clientes e manter a vantagem competitiva. Como é que as empresas hoteleiras concebem e gerem as suas estratégias no seu relacionamento com o meio ambiente natural? Quais são os fatores que influenciam a sua escolha? Este documento identifica quatro antecedentes importantes para o ambientalismo empresarial e analisa-os no quadro político/económico delimitado pela teoria dos stakeholders. O surgimento das questões ambientais e as implicações para a estratégia são debatidas, assim como as implicações teóricas e práticas de integração das questões ambientais nas estratégias das empresas.University of Algarve2013-05-27info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://tmstudies.net/index.php/ectms/article/view/539Revista Encontros Científicos - Tourism & Management Studies; v. 9 n. 1 (2013); 7-12Tourism & Management Studies; Vol. 9 N.º 1 (2013); 7-12Tourism & Management Studies; Vol. 9 No. 1 (2013); 7-12Revista Encontros Científicos - Tourism & Management Studies; Vol. 9 Núm. 1 (2013); 7-122182-8466reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPenghttps://tmstudies.net/index.php/ectms/article/view/539https://tmstudies.net/index.php/ectms/article/view/539/907Copyright (c) 2016 Tourism & Management Studiesinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessReynolds, Paul2023-12-27T10:25:24Zoai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/539Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T00:56:19.012292Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Hotel companies and corporate environmentalism Empresas hoteleiras e ambientalismo empresarial |
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Reynolds, Paul |
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Hotels corporate environmentalism corporate citizenship stakeholder theory |
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Hotels corporate environmentalism corporate citizenship stakeholder theory |
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Hotels consume a huge amount of resources in the way of energy and water, and many are built in fragile environments. Despite the strong interest in environmental sustainability, hotel companies have an uneasy relationship with trying to ensure green credentials while pleasing their customers and maintaining competitive advantage. How do hotel companies devise and manage their strategies in their relationship with the natural environment? What are the factors that influence their choice? This paper identifies four important antecedents to corporate environmentalism and examines them within political/economic framework bounded by stakeholder theory. The emergence of environmental issues and the implications for strategy are debated and the theoretical and practical implications of integrating environmental issues into corporate strategies are discussed. |
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