Sustainability-oriented management in the SMEs. A multilevel analysis in the European Union.

Autor: Maman A; Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Padua, Via Cesare Battisti, 241, 35121 Padova PD, Italy. Electronic address: alberto.maman@studenti.unipd.it., Dias JG; Business Research Unit (BRU - IUL), Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE - IUL), Av. das Forças Armadas, 1649-026 Lisboa, Portugal. Electronic address: jose.dias@iscte-iul.pt., Bassi F; Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Padua, Via Cesare Battisti, 241, 35121 Padova PD, Italy. Electronic address: bassi@stat.unipd.it.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of environmental management [J Environ Manage] 2024 Aug; Vol. 365, pp. 121559. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jun 20.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.121559
Abstrakt: This research focuses on SMEs in the EU and their acceptance of circular economy practices, with a special attention to the structural characteristics that might be significant drivers. Eight indicators of environmentally friendly practices are studied: water saving, energy saving, renewable energy, material saving, waste reduction, sale of waste materials, waste recycling, and eco-designed products. A sample of European SMEs from EU-28 data (countries at the time of the survey) is used to test hypotheses through eight multilevel probit regression models. Company- and country-level covariates are added to the multilevel models. The results showed that the number of employees, the business sector and the type of products/services sold have an impact on environmentally friendly practices. On the other hand, at the national level, per capita GDP and greenhouse gas emissions are the most relevant factors in the eight models. These findings are relevant for the implementation of the European Green Deal, which aims to increase resource efficiency through the transition to a cleaner EU and circular economy.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests:Francesca Bassi reports financial support was provided by University of Padova. If there are other authors, they declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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