In recent years, a new line of research, named eco-efficiency theory has become an issue of considerable interest. The most important works in relation with this topic focus on the fact that enterprises can maximize their economic benefits and minimize the impact on the environment at the same time. Therefore, the recommendation is to choose the so called strategy win-win, which allows for getting a double economic environmental benefit by means of a good management of productive resources, the rationalization of consumption and the right treatment of generated outputs. In this study it was used a sample of 122 firms from different sectors which belong to Dow Jones Responsibility Index Europe for the years 2007 through 2009. The objective is to show that the firms with the best environmental performances during this period also obtained the largest economic and financial benefits. Therefore, the investments done in order to improve the environmental performance can be a good incentive for these companies.
This paper carries out an empirical assessment of the influence relationship between personal attitudes and several measures of social capital in some Central European Countries (CEC). Using the World Values Survey dataset, the model measures three main social capital dimensions (institutional trust, social participation and political participation) and four personal attitudes factors (collectiveness, education, gender differences and work). The analysis provides relevant information about personal determinant of social capital, in its political approach and, also, about the key role of institutional trust for civic engagement in social and political participation.
Environmental concern has become an element of considerable significance which has guided the activity of business, and, this has translated into a change in behaviour in society, making it possible to reconcile economic and political interests with environmental ones. Thus, energy resources saving practices have been established in society reducing water consumption and waste separation. However, the latter requires greater effort to achieve this by individuals, which has led to a lower level of participation in selective waste collection programmes. For this reason, it is necessary to study the factors determining recycling behaviour, in order to try to have an influence on these in a way which assists the development of said behaviour. The solution largely depends on the consolidation of patterns of behaviour, but also on the possibilities for acting. Therefore, the objective that this work seeks is to analyse the behaviour of Spanish homes regarding managing waste; as well as to identify the variables that have a bearing on the undertaking of the same.
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