Hotel companies and corporate environmentalism

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 an...

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Main Author: Paul Reynolds
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Language:English
Published: University of Algarve, ESGHT/CINTURS 2013-01-01
Series:Tourism & Management Studies
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Online Access:https://tmstudies.net/index.php/ectms/article/view/539/907
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description 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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spelling doaj-art-3728b9da745c46998d493af075b013c12025-02-02T14:16:31ZengUniversity of Algarve, ESGHT/CINTURSTourism & Management Studies2182-84582013-01-0191712Hotel companies and corporate environmentalismPaul Reynolds0School of Management, University of South Australia, Adelaide, AustraliaHotels 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.https://tmstudies.net/index.php/ectms/article/view/539/907hotelscorporate environmentalismcorporate citizenshipstakeholder theory
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Hotel companies and corporate environmentalism
Tourism & Management Studies
hotels
corporate environmentalism
corporate citizenship
stakeholder theory
title Hotel companies and corporate environmentalism
title_full Hotel companies and corporate environmentalism
title_fullStr Hotel companies and corporate environmentalism
title_full_unstemmed Hotel companies and corporate environmentalism
title_short Hotel companies and corporate environmentalism
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topic hotels
corporate environmentalism
corporate citizenship
stakeholder theory
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