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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.