Journal
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Volume 207, Issue -, Pages 80-91Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.11.019
Keywords
Environmental regulation; Self-regulation; Environmental management systems (EMS); Corporate environmental responsibility
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- ESRC [ES/L000628/1-2]
- ESRC [ES/L000628/2, ES/L000628/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Economic and Social Research Council [ES/L000628/2, ES/L000628/1] Funding Source: researchfish
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This article focuses on environmental management systems (EMS) and aims to enhance our understanding of the relationship between environmental state regulation and self-regulation. Unlike previous studies that treat state regulation as uni-dimensional and focus on externally certified forms of environmental self-regulation, this article takes a more nuanced approach. It looks at how direct and indirect state regulation and its stringency influence both non-certified in-house and externally certified adoption of EMS. Methodologically, the study differentiates from previous research by acknowledging the interconnected nature of in-house and external certification decisions, viewing these decisions as sequential. Based on a survey of 2076 UK firms, findings show that effective environmental protection entails collaboration between environmental state regulation and in-house adoption of EMS. Results also reveal that externally certified EMS substitute for state environmental regulation, filling the void that results from weakening state regulation in the context of neoliberalism. Crown Copyright (C) 2017 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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