Minimizing the business impact on the natural environment

Santos, Maria A.O. Dos

doi:10.1108/09555341111145762

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“…Several studies have recently been reported within a business sustainability context, such as: (i) case studies that provide meaningful and valuable contextual insights into this matter (Cambra-Fierro and Ruiz-Benítez, 2011;Dos Santos, 2011;Høgevold, 2011, Høgevold andSvensson andWagner, 2011, 2012); and (ii) models to frame stakeholder considerations, related to the context, and sources, related to the process, (Wagner and Svensson, 2014).…”

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“…The authors were, however, able to uncover models that framed the contemplation of stakeholders by companies when sustainability is concerned (Wagner and Svensson, 2014). The authors were furthermore able to discover a number of case studies that delivers telling and significant understandings of the BUSINESS SUSTAINABILITY IN CONTEXT context within which companies undertake sustainable business practices (Cambra-Fierro and Ruiz-Benítez, 2011;Dos Santos, 2011;Høgevold, 2011, Høgevold andSvensson andWagner, 2011, 2012) The degree to which companies contemplate or consider their stakeholders when it comes to sustainability are, however, inadequate when various sectors and industries are concerned. In fact, there is to the authors knowledge only one previous study beyond case study research that has empirically studied focal companies' considerations of other stakeholders in supply chains in connection to their business sustainability efforts based upon a broad spectrum of businesses.…”

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Framing stakeholder considerations and business sustainability efforts: a construct, its dimensions and items

Svensson

Høgevold

Petzer

et al. 2016

Journal of Business &Amp; Industrial Marketing

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The purpose is twofold: (i) to determine the extent to which companies' efforts aimed at sustainable business practices consider stakeholders in their organisations and business networks, the marketplace and society; and (ii) to validate or refute a stakeholder framework of business sustainability efforts within focal companies, the marketplace, society and business networks. Design/Methodology/Approach: Based on a questionnaire survey targeting large companies across industries and sectors in Spain. The sample consisted of 231 companies generating a useable response rate of 38.5%. Exploratory factor analyses was performed on a crossindustry sample to test a five-dimensional framework. Findings: Reports on the validation of initial and refined factor solutions. The factor analyses confirmed five stakeholder dimensions related to business sustainability efforts of organisations, their business networks, marketplace and society. The validated results indicate satisfactory convergent, discriminant and nomological validity and reliability through time and across contexts. Research implications: The stakeholder framework in connection to business sustainability efforts in supply chains consisting of five factors was validated: (i) the focal company, (ii) downstream stakeholders, (iii) societal stakeholders, (iv) market stakeholders, and (v) upstream stakeholders.. Suggestion for further research is provided. Managerial implications: The validated framework of stakeholders allows insight into the environment which stakeholders operate and how they influence on the focal company. Originality/Value: The manuscript contributes to the validation of a stakeholder framework of business sustainability efforts within focal companies, their business networks, the marketplace and society. The measurement properties provide support for acceptable validity and reliability across contexts and through time.

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Framing stakeholder considerations and business sustainability efforts: a construct, its dimensions and items

Svensson

Høgevold

Petzer

et al. 2016

Journal of Business &Amp; Industrial Marketing

101

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“…A wide variety of approaches were used by researchers while studying sustainability in retail, which include case study approach (Dos Santos, 2011), content analysis (Fulton & Eun Lee, 2013), and interviews and observations (Lehner, 2015). While most of the existing research focuses on sustainability practices of retailers in various sectors (viz., grocery, food, and garment) in both online and physical formats, considerable amount of research has been done on leveraging the sustainable practices for marketing and branding (e.g., Ilić, Stanković, & Ilić, 2013; Lehner & Halliday, 2014; Miller & Merrillees, 2013; Stuart, 2011).…”

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Sustainability Practices in Indian Retail Industry: A Comparison with Top Global Retailers

Sivagnanasundaram¹

2018

Emerging Economy Studies

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Globally retail industry has significant impact on economy and in the lives of the people. With fast deteriorating environmental conditions and widespread awareness of the consumers about it, retail industry is taking necessary steps to prove its concern for the environment. This article explores the sustainable practices adopted by the retail industry to protect the environment. Since the retail industry is growing at a faster pace in India, it is necessary to understand where the retail industry in growing economies such as India stands in comparison to global retailers in adopting sustainable practices. For the purpose of this study, secondary data was obtained from sustainability reports, annual reports, and policy documents published by the retailers available in the public domain besides their own websites. Indian retailers were compared with global retailers based on the key sustainable practice indicators. The results of the study show that sustainable practices in retail industry in India are still in nascent stage. The results also indicate that Indian retailers have to go a long way in sustainability reporting and leveraging it as a marketing tool.

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“…GreenChoice), contribute to making a 'business case' for biodiversity conservation. 76 The notion of a business case often finds resonance and expression in corporate stewardship 'sustainability journeys' of retailers 123 , although there are possible weaknesses in using 'journey' as a metaphor for measuring progress in sustainability 124 .…”

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broader view of stewardship to achieve conservation and sustainability goals in South Africa

Barendse¹,

Roux²,

Currie³

et al. 2016

S. Afr. J. Sci.

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Stewardship is a popular term for the principles and actions aimed at improving sustainability and resilience of social-ecological systems at various scales and in different contexts. Participation in stewardship is voluntary, and is based on values of altruism and long-term benefits. At a global scale, ‘earth stewardship’ is viewed as a successor to earlier natural resource management systems. However, in South Africa, stewardship is narrowly applied to biodiversity conservation agreements on private land. Using a broader definition of stewardship, we identify all potentially related schemes that may contribute to sustainability and conservation outcomes. Stewardship schemes and actors are represented as a social network and placed in a simple typology based on objectives, mechanisms of action and operational scales. The predominant type was biodiversity stewardship programmes. The main actors were environmental non-governmental organisations participating in prominent bioregional landscape partnerships, together acting as important ‘bridging organisations’ within local stewardship networks. This bridging enables a high degree of collaboration between non-governmental and governmental bodies, especially provincial conservation agencies via mutual projects and conservation objectives. An unintended consequence may be that management accountability is relinquished or neglected by government because of inadequate implementation capacity. Other stewardship types, such as market-based and landscape initiatives, complemented primarily biodiversity ones, as part of national spatial conservation priorities. Not all schemes related to biodiversity, especially those involving common pool resources, markets and supply chains. Despite an apparent narrow biodiversity focus, there is evidence of diversification of scope to include more civic and community-level stewardship activities, in line with the earth stewardship metaphor.

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Minimizing the business impact on the natural environment

Abstract: Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the sustainable business practices of Woolworths, a major South African retail chain.

Cited by 28 publications

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Framing stakeholder considerations and business sustainability efforts: a construct, its dimensions and items

Framing stakeholder considerations and business sustainability efforts: a construct, its dimensions and items

Sustainability Practices in Indian Retail Industry: A Comparison with Top Global Retailers

broader view of stewardship to achieve conservation and sustainability goals in South Africa

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