Environmental leaders: making a difference. A typology of environmental leaders and recommendations for a differentiated policy approach | Zendy

Runhaar Hens | Zendy; Tigchelaar Casper | Zendy; Vermeulen Walter J. V. | Zendy

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Environmental leaders: making a difference. A typology of environmental leaders and recommendations for a differentiated policy approach

Author(s) -

Runhaar Hens,

Tigchelaar Casper,

Vermeulen Walter J. V.

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

business strategy and the environment

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.123

H-Index - 105

eISSN - 1099-0836

pISSN - 0964-4733

DOI - 10.1002/bse.520

Subject(s) - typology , incentive , proposition , environmental policy , homogeneous , public relations , business , sustainability , marketing , economics , political science , sociology , environmental resource management , ecology , philosophy , physics , epistemology , anthropology , thermodynamics , microeconomics , biology

In the literature, environmental leaders are often implicitly considered as a homogeneous group of companies. In addition, this proposition underlies much public policymaking that is aimed at supporting companies that go green'. A recent exploratory study conducted in the Netherlands however revealed that environmental leaders are often rather heterogeneous – even if they operate in the same sector. Differences are particularly related to incentives for and barriers to environmental leadership. In this paper we develop a typology of environmental leaders and provide recommendations for a differentiated and more effective public policy approach to supporting environmental leaders. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.

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