Engaging with environmental stakeholders: routes to building environmental capabilities in the context of the low-carbon economy
Journal article
Authors | Baranova, P. |
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Abstract | The transition to a low carbon economy demands new strategies to enable organizations to take advantage of the potential for “green” growth. An organization's environmental stakeholders can provide opportunities for growth and support the success of its low carbon strategies, as well as potentially acting as a constraint on new initiatives. Building environmental capabilities through engagement with environmental stakeholders is conceptualized as an important aspect for the success of organizational low carbon strategies. We examine capability building across a range of sectors affected by the sustainability agenda, including construction, rail, water, and health care. We identify a number of emergent environmental stakeholders and explore their engagement with the development of environmental capabilities in the context of the transition toward a low carbon economy. Our conceptual framework offers a categorization of environmental stakeholders based on their position in relation to a focal organization and the potential for the development of environmental capabilities. |
Keywords | Environmental capability; Stakeholder engagement,; Capability building; Stakeholder theory; Resource-based view; Environmental stakeholders |
Year | 2017 |
Journal | Journal of Business Ethics: European Review |
Publisher | Wiley |
ISSN | 09628770 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1111/beer.12141 |
Web address (URL) | http://hdl.handle.net/10545/621820 |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | |
hdl:10545/621820 | |
Publication dates | 22 Jan 2017 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 24 Aug 2017, 11:15 |
Accepted | 12 Nov 2016 |
Rights | Archived with thanks to Business Ethics: A European Review |
Contributors | University of Derby, Coventry University, Strategic Management, Derby Management School, University of Derby; Kedleston Road Derby DE22 1GB UK and Strategic Management, Centre for Business in Society, Coventry University; Priory Street Coventry CV1 5FB UK |
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https://repository.derby.ac.uk/item/94x73/engaging-with-environmental-stakeholders-routes-to-building-environmental-capabilities-in-the-context-of-the-low-carbon-economy
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