The adoption of environmental practices in small hotels. Voluntary or mandatory? An empirical approach

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  • dc.contributor.author Bagur, Llorenç
  • dc.contributor.author Celmo, Dolors
  • dc.contributor.author Patau, Josep
  • dc.date.accessioned 2020-06-04T08:22:19Z
  • dc.date.available 2020-06-04T08:22:19Z
  • dc.date.issued 2016
  • dc.description.abstract This paper examines small hotels that have some type of environmental certification. A survey of 210 small (less than 50 employees) Catalonian hotels was conducted to investigate whether there are significant differences in the results of the implementation practices between hotels that adopt these certifications due to environmental pressure (from the government, customers, suppliers and other stakeholders) and hotels that voluntarily commit to green policies. Significant differences were identified in the results on the hotels when structural equation modelling (SEM) was undertaken. This investigation suggests that hotels that voluntarily commit to green policies obtain better results than other hotels. The conclusion is that governments must not only regulate, but also promote awareness actions in small and medium-sized (SME) tourism companies to improve the environment. SME tourism companies must understand that both the environment and they themselves will benefit.en
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  • dc.identifier.citation Bagur-Femenías L, Celmo D, Patau J. The adoption of environmental practices in small hotels. Voluntary or mandatory? An empirical approach. Sustainability. 2016 Jul 21;8(7):695. DOI: 10.3390/su8070695
  • dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su8070695
  • dc.identifier.issn 2071-1050
  • dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/44902
  • dc.language.iso eng
  • dc.publisher MDPI
  • dc.relation.ispartof Sustainability. 2016 Jul 21;8(7):695
  • dc.rights © 2016 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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  • dc.subject.keyword Sustainabilityen
  • dc.subject.keyword Environmental practicesen
  • dc.subject.keyword Hotelsen
  • dc.subject.keyword Environmental certificationen
  • dc.subject.keyword SMEen
  • dc.subject.keyword Tourismen
  • dc.title The adoption of environmental practices in small hotels. Voluntary or mandatory? An empirical approachen
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