The adoption of environmental strategies in large Colombian businesses

Literature review and theoretical model

As to the specific co-occurrence between ESA factors and environmental strategies, it can be said that: (i) end-of-pipe or pollution control technologies are favored by regulatory contexts (Zhu, 2005), stable business models (Boons, 2009) and compliance-oriented managers, (Freeman, 1984); (ii) substitution of restricted materials is stimulated by regulatory (Martínez de Anguita, 2008) and compliant managers (Carroll, 1999); (iii) lobbying activities are associated to the joint action of regulatory contexts, compliant managers (Carroll, 1999) and stable business models (Boons, 2009); and (iv) reputation management is favored by public concern and stable business models. Additionally, (v) adoption of sectorial standards (i.e. ISO 14001) is caused by organizational field contexts (Christmann & Taylor, 2002); (vi) green processes is stimulated by dynamic business models (Boons, 2009) and profit oriented managers (Bansal, 2000) (vii) design of green products is stimulated by profit oriented managers (Shalteger, 2012), green market contexts (Genc, 2013), and dynamic business models (Boons, 2009); (viii) design of green systems are promoted by societal-oriented managers (Hendry & Vesilind, 2005) and community or NGO contexts in conjunction with transformative business models (Boons, 2009). ESA and influencing factors are presented in Table 7. Table 7. ESA and influencing factors. Influencing factors Business contexts

Type

ESA (Main practices)

Regulation

(i.e. Environmental licensing, pollution limits and environmental permits)

Management of environmental plans, end of pipe technologies and permits renewals.

Community

(i.e. Social licensing and public concern)

Implementation of social plans, environmental communication campaigns, substitution of possible toxic components and environmental branding reputation.

The adoption of environmental strategies in large Colombian businesses

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Table 40. Factors for the adoption of environmental strategies

Table 39. ESA and ESA Factors across cases

Table 38. Main ESA factors observed in the case studies

Figure 15. ESA and the ESA factors at the Dairy Company

Table 37. Main environmental strategies observed in the case studies

Table 35. Business model – Dairy Company

Figure 14. ESA and the ESA factors at the Cosmetic Company

Table 36. Manager´s Perspective – Dairy Company

Table 33. ESA –Dairy Company

Table 34. Business Context – Dairy Company

Table 32. Manager´s perspective – Cosmetic Company

Table 30. Business Context – Cosmetic Company

Table 31. Business model – Cosmetic Company

Table 29. ESA – Cosmetic Company

Table 23. Business Model – Oil & Gas Company

Table 25. ESA – Agri-business

Table 27. Business Model – Agri-business

Table 26. Business Context – Agri-business

Table 22. Business Context – Oil & Gas Company

Figure 11. ESA and the ESA factors at the Utility Company

Table 21. ESA – Oil & Gas Company

Table 20. Manager´s Perspective – Utility Company

Table 19. Business Model – Utility Company

Table 18. Business Context – Utility Company

Figure 10. ESA and ESA factors at the Chemical Company

Table 17. ESA – Utility Company

Table 16. Manager´s Perspective – Chemical Company

Table 14. Business Context - Chemical Company

Table 15. Business Model - Chemical Company

Table 13. ESA - Chemical Company

Figure 9. ESA and ESA factors at the Bank

Table 12. Manager´s perspective -Bank

Table 10. Business Context - Bank

Table 8. Selected cases

Table 11. Business Model - Bank

Table 9. ESA - Bank

Table 7. ESA and influencing factors

Figure 8. Data classification

Figure 6. Theoretical Model of ESA and ESA Factors

Table 5 Business models and environmental strategies

Table 4. Business context and Environmental Strategies

Figure 5. Collaborative networks of ESA research

Table 3 Co-occurrence configuration of ESA Factors

Table 2. Typology of environmental strategies used in this research

Figure 3. Co-word clusters in the literature review

Table 6. Manager´s perspective and Environmental Strategies

Figure 2. Distribution of articles in Journals