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

✍ Scribed by Hens Runhaar; Casper Tigchelaar; Walter J. V. Vermeulen

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 145 KB
• Volume: 17
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0964-4733
• DOI: 10.1002/bse.520

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

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.