What is it about?

This paper analyses the role played by four variables: (1) stakeholder pressure, (2) managerial attitude and motivations towards sustainable development, (3) short-term firmperformance and (4) business strategic attitude as drivers of environmental proactivity of environmental consulting firms.

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Why is it important?

This article is pioneering in the analysis of drivers of corporate proactive environmental strategies in the consultancy sector. The findings have practical implications for policy-makers, investors and other agents interested in a better management of the environment.

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I think that some findings with regard to stakeholder behavour are interesting. The article notes that the same stakeholder group could exert opposite pressures on different dimensions of environmental proactivity. It also underlined that, even considering the same dimension of environmental proactivity, opposite pressures could be exerted by different stakeholder groups.

Dr Adolfo Carballo-Penela
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

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This page is a summary of: Environmental Policies for Sustainable Development: An Analysis of the Drivers of Proactive Environmental Strategies in the Service Sector, Business Strategy and the Environment, March 2014, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1002/bse.1847.
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