Purpose – Stakeholder theory has been used extensively as it offers a way to address the changing demands in a dynamic business environment. This study aims to use stakeholder theory to analyze corporate environmental behavior by Australian listed companies. Design/methodology/approach – By...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent to which the environmental disclosures in annual reports of companies listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange are associated with corporate characteristics. Design/methodology/approach – A rating system for environmental...

Purpose – The objective of this paper is to examine environmental disclosure practices among Malaysian public-listed companies in an attempt to interpret corporate motivations for their environmental engagements and commitments. Design/methodology/approach – This paper investigates corporate...

Purpose – This paper aims to investigate empirically the findings of an analytical impure public good model. The impure public good model described in this study allows for the application of different technologies generating public and private characteristics. The influence of the individual...

Small and medium companies (SMC) are key for the process of local and endogenous development and have specific requirements in terms of localization and environmental management. In this research, criteria for localization and environmental requirements of SMC are developed for the metropolitan...

Municipal solid waste (msw) includes predominantly household waste (domestic waste) with sometimes the addition of commercial wastes collected in a given area; they are in either solid or semisolid state. The term residual waste relates to waste left from household sources containing materials...

Managerial changes are necessary for companies in the Dutch food industry and agribusiness to lessen the environmental impact of their activities. To identify the opportunities or limits of environmental management systems (EMSs), it is important to first understand what influence stakeholders...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present an overview of environmental management initiatives in the furniture retail area. The specific aim is to present reflections of participants implementing environmental initiatives in an Australian furniture retailer, Living Edge, in alignment with...

Purpose – Many companies are now under increasing scrutiny from end‐users and customers, and under pressure from legislation, in relation to the environmental performance of their products. Yet, despite these pressures, few companies, especially UK based SMEs, have progressed very far when...

Purpose – This paper aims to look at two recently published studies from the UK that report on using geo‐engineering solutions Design/methodology/approach – The paper examines the geo‐engineering solutions suggested by the two publications: to remove CO 2 from the atmosphere, or reflect...