EM into SME won't go? Attitudes, awareness and practices in the London Borough of Croydon

Stakeholders' Engagement in Promoting Sustainable Development: Businesses and Urban Forest Carbon

“…This study shows a high level of support for the regulations targeted at environmental management, including climate change mitigation. This is consistent with earlier observations made from similar surveys of businesses in the United Kingdom (Merritt, ) and Sweden (Paulsson and Malmborg, ). We also found insignificant differences between companies in terms of their knowledge of consumer awareness and concerns about climate change, and customers' preferences for green projects like urban forestry.…”

SMEs, environmental management and global warming: a fusion of influencing factors?

“…It also appears that customers can be influential in persuading SMEs to outlay funds on environmental issues, as the results in information into their marketing strategies, which can add value in terms of their (Merritt, 1998;Simpson et al, 2004;Hitchens et al, 2005). This supports the study of Williams and Lynch-Wood (2001) that customers can influence environmental information in SMEs.…”

An Evaluation of the Impact and Effectiveness of Environmental Legislation in Small and Medium‐Sized Enterprises: Experiences from the UK

“…they lack the capacity to act). This is also supported by Merritt () and Tilley (), the former of whom acknowledges that although most managers have concern for the ‘environment’, they have little environmental knowledge and have not introduced formal practices to manage the environmental performance of their business.…”

“…The need for a stronger regulatory framework is supported by Tilley () and Baylis et al (). Merritt () comments that market forces have yet to significantly impact SMEs behaviour and thus, suggests that ‘regulation’ is crucial to bridging the gap.…”