Environmental Performance through Environmental Resources Conservation Efforts: Does Corporate Social Responsibility Authenticity Act as Mediator?

Abdelmohsen A Nassani,Zahid Yousaf,Magdalena Radulescu,Mohamed Haffar

doi:10.3390/su14042330

Abstract

This study shows the impact of environmental resources conservation efforts (ERCE) and corporate social responsibility (CSR) authenticity on environmental performance (EP) in the hospitality and tourism industry. A mediating role of CSR authenticity between the ERCE and environmental performance link is also checked. A quantitative research design has been employed, and data were collected through a questionnaire. Results show that both ERCE and CSR authenticity positively influence environmental performance. Results also show that CSR authenticity act as a mediator, which enhances the positive impact of ERCE on environmental performance. Environmental performance is a broader concept, and its achievement is majorly dependent on the attraction of stakeholders. This study points out that stakeholders should be more concerned with environmental management’s initiatives in terms of resource conservation efforts and organization involvement in CSR activities for achieving the environmental performance goal. ERCE is a pre-condition for an efficient involvement in CSR-related activities to achieve environmental performance.

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IntroductionEnvironmental threats such as air pollution, warming, increased use and waste of natural resources, and CO2 emission emerged in the world economy during the 1990s [1]
This study shows that corporate social responsibility (CSR) authenticity is a major outcome of environmental resources conservation efforts (ERCE) and helps to improve environmental performance, and the role of ERCE is an integral part of rethinking this mechanism
This research focused on the mediation effect of the CSR authenticity in the association between the environmenon the mediation effect of the CSR authenticity in the association between the environtal resource-conservation efforts and the environmental performance of the organization

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Introduction

Environmental threats such as air pollution, warming, increased use and waste of natural resources, and CO2 emission emerged in the world economy during the 1990s [1]. Organizations have faced an increasing social demand for reducing the adverse effect of environmental impact [4]. The tourism sector is pertinent for the economic growth and the economic development of the worldwide countries, and considering the impact of this growing sector on the waste of natural resources or on the environment, the concept of sustainable tourism emerged as the best way to deal with negative effects of the tourism-led developments [5,6]. For developing countries that lack substantial domestic financial resources, analyzing the relation between tourism growth and its impact on the environment is even more interesting and important

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