From innovation to sustainability: Sustainability innovations of eco-friendly hotels in Taiwan

Measuring the impact of sustainability policy and practices in tourism and hospitality industry

“…The construct includes six items representing environmental policies' implementation, environmental goals, integration of environmental management into corporate policy, employees' understanding, environmental education, and environmental training programmes. The measures for environmental communication and resource conservation were derived from different sources (e.g., Horng et al, ; Leonidou et al, ; Pereira‐Moliner et al, ; Teng et al, ). The environmental communication incorporates five items concerning environmental education, community support, dialogue with other hotels, environmental statements, and routine discussions.…”

“…Globally, sustainability in tourism and hospitality industry has warranted particular attention not merely as an industry extremely intense in terms of use of energy, water, and nondurable products but also for the potential release of toxic emissions into the air, soil, and water from day‐to‐day running functions (Aboelmaged, ; Ashraf, Hou, Kim, Ahmad, & Ashraf, ; Choi, Kim, Kim, & Agmapisarn, ; Han, Lee, & Kim, ; Horng, Liu, Chou, Tsai, & Chung, ).…”

“…Indeed, embracing eco‐preservation initiatives is not merely an ethical concern but also advantageous in reducing costs, improving operating efficiencies, profits, and long‐term financial stability, building brand value, and creating market differentiation (Radwan, Jones, & Minoli, ; Walsh & Dodds, ). In fact, a wide literature has supported a persistent interest of the guests in sustainable hotels (Berezan, Raab, Yoo, & Love, ; Horng et al, ). The strict regulatory policies have been seen as a vital source to improve environmental management in hotels.…”

“…Teng, Horng, Hu, Chien, and Shen (2012) developed energy conservation and carbon reduction measures. Horng et al (2017) investigated the relationship between innovations, environmental strategy, organizational environment, and sustainability innovations. Kim, Kim, Choi, Choi, and Phetvaroon (2018) studied the relationship between green human resource management, employees' organizational commitment, eco-friendly behaviour, and environmental outcomes.…”

Application of Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) to Solve Environmental Sustainability Problems: A Comprehensive Review and Meta-Analysis

“…Several previous studies have emphasized the vital role of environmental sustainability in various applications areas such as waste management [1][2][3][4], energy [5][6][7][8], sustainability performance [9][10][11], green product [12][13][14][15], low carbon and climate [16][17][18], tourism [19][20][21][22], information and communication technology [23][24][25][26], health [27,28], behavioral science [29,30], innovation [31][32][33], economic development [34][35][36][37], risk assessment [38][39][40], decision making [41][42][43][44], tourist behaviour [45][46][47][48], business practices …”