Is sustainable certification's ability to combat greenwashing trustworthy?

A Nygaard - Frontiers in Sustainability, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Certifications are widely recognized as important tools in addressing climate
change, safeguarding human rights, and promoting environmentally sustainable practices …

Quality and Environmental Management linkage: A review of the literature

E Allur, I Heras-Saizarbitoria, O Boiral, F Testa - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
This article presents a conceptual and empirical review of the literature related to the link
between the different perspectives, models, and tools associated with Quality Management …

Is institutional pressure the mother of green innovation? Examining the moderating effect of absorptive capacity

G Qi, Y Jia, H Zou - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
The excessive consumption of natural resources in industrial development has led scholars
to pay increasing attention to firms' impact on the environment. Faced with considerable …

Green practices and financial performance: A global outlook

I Miroshnychenko, R Barontini, F Testa - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2017 - Elsevier
Companies around the world adopt green practices with the aim to reduce their
environmental impacts and improve their financial performance. The present study theorizes …

Internalization of environmental practices and institutional complexity: Can stakeholders pressures encourage greenwashing?

F Testa, O Boiral, F Iraldo - Journal of Business Ethics, 2018 - Springer
This paper analyzes the determinants underlying the internalization of proactive
environmental management proposed by certifiable environmental management systems …

Sustainability reporting assurance: creating stakeholder accountability through hyperreality?

O Boiral, I Heras-Saizarbitoria - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
Sustainability reporting has become a common practice and is generally considered to be
positive. Yet, a growing body of scholarly literature has criticized the transparency and …

EMAS and ISO 14001: the differences in effectively improving environmental performance

F Testa, F Rizzi, T Daddi, NM Gusmerotti, M Frey… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2014 - Elsevier
Despite the importance that environmental management systems have in the environmental
policy agenda, the debate on their effectiveness to improve environmental performance (eg …

Environmental management certification and environmental performance: Greening or greenwashing?

I Heras‐Saizarbitoria, O Boiral… - … Strategy and the …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This article analyzes the contribution of certifiable environmental management standards—
such as ISO 14001 and the Eco‐Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS)—to corporate …

Energy audits in industrial processes

A Kluczek, P Olszewski - Journal of cleaner production, 2017 - Elsevier
Efficiency improvements such as the adoption of many energy efficiency measures
represent a driver for increasing industrial process performance due to related economic …

ISO 14001, EMAS and environmental performance: A meta‐analysis

A Erauskin‐Tolosa, E Zubeltzu‐Jaka… - … Strategy and the …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The adoption of voluntary environmental certifications such as ISO 14001 and Eco‐
Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) has gained momentum in the last two decades …