From environmental sustainability practices to green innovations: Evidence from small and medium‐sized manufacturing companies

Sofia Gomes; Micaela Pinho; João M. Lopes

doi:10.1002/csr.2657

journal article Nov 02, 2023

From environmental sustainability practices to green innovations: Evidence from small and medium‐sized manufacturing companies

Sofia Gomes

Micaela Pinho

João M. Lopes

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management Vol. 31 No. 3 pp. 1677-1687 · Wiley

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Abstract

AbstractManufacturing companies have come under pressure to reduce their negative environmental impact. In response, these companies have implemented environmentally sustainable practices in their organizations and adopted green innovations. The present study aims to analyze: (i) whether environmentally sustainable behaviors followed in manufacturing small and media‐sized enterprises (SME) encourage the adoption of green product/service innovation, green process innovation, and green organizational innovation and (ii) the main difficulties/constraints felt by SME managers in adopting both environmental sustainable practices and green innovations. An online questionnaire was used to collect data from a sample of 3184 manufacturing SMEs. The quantitative analysis was performed using the Partial Least Square (PLS) method. The results reveal that companies' previously pro‐environmental practices positively influenced the adoption of green innovations. Following environmentally sustainable practices was positively associated with adopting (by decreasing order): green process innovation, green product/service innovation and green organizational innovation.

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Published: Nov 02, 2023
Vol/Issue: 31(3)
Pages: 1677-1687
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Authors

S

Sofia Gomes

Research on Economics, Management and Information Technologies, REMIT Portucalense University Porto Portugal

M

Micaela Pinho

Research on Economics, Management and Information Technologies, REMIT Portucalense University Porto Portugal; University of Aveiro Research Unit in Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policy, GOVCOPP Aveiro Portugal

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João M. Lopes

Miguel Torga Institute of Higher Education & NECE‐UBI – Research Unit in Business Sciences University of Beira Interior Covilhã Portugal

Funding

NECE - Research Center in Business Sciences, University of Beira Interior

Cite This Article

Sofia Gomes, Micaela Pinho, João M. Lopes (2023). From environmental sustainability practices to green innovations: Evidence from small and medium‐sized manufacturing companies. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 31(3), 1677-1687. https://doi.org/10.1002/csr.2657

From environmental sustainability practices to green innovations: Evidence from small and medium‐sized manufacturing companies

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