Environmental engagement, organizational capability and firm performance

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to understand the connection between the motivations that drive firms to adopt green commitments and the impact of these engagements on firm performance.Design/methodology/approach – Theoretical underpinnings for the hypotheses are drawn from the existent literature on corporate environmental responsibility and the constructivist framework. These hypotheses are then tested through a SEM with data from a mail survey with 195 Spanish manufacturing firms that have adopted the international environmental management system ISO 14001.Findings – The results suggest that in the process of implementing green commitments, not only instrumental and ecological motivations play a key role, but also the internal organizational activities, in addition to the outcomes of the implementation itself.Research limitations/implications – This research study uses perceptual measures of a single informant from each Spanish firm. Research studies that add objective data and extrapolate the analy...

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