The development of environmental initiatives in tourism: responses from the London hotel sector

Knowles, Tim; Macmillan, Sebastian; Palmer, Jason; Grabowski, Peter; Hashimoto, Atsuko

doi:10.1002/(sici)1522-1970(199907/08)1:4<255::aid-jtr170>3.0.co;2-8

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“…Finally, a number of stakeholder groups have been examined with regards to environmental CSR within the tourism industry, with the most common being managers (Knowles et al, 1999;Ayuso, 2006;Frey & George 2010;Dief & Font, 2010) and tourists (Lee et al, 2013;Ramkissoon, Smith & Weiler, 2013;Chiu et al, 2014). A small number of studies explore the perspectives of the community (Liu et al, 2014) and multiple stakeholders, such as government and park authorities (Imran, Alam & Beaumont, 2014).…”

Section: Csr In Tourismmentioning

confidence: 84%

“…In addition, sustainable design and green building practices have been increasingly used in heritage buildings in order to reduce human impacts on the local environment and culture (Erkus-Ozturk & Eraydin, 2010;Starr, 2013). Nevertheless, without doubt, the largest focus within tourism has been in the accommodation sector (for example, Knowles, Macmillan, Palmer, Grabowski & Hashimoto, 1999;Ayuso, 2006;Bohdanowicz, 2007;Bohdanowicz et al, 2011;Tsai, Tsang & Cheng, 2012;Chou, 2014). This focus may be because hotels are suggested to produce higher than average consumption of energy and water than other commercial buildings and, therefore, have a larger environmental impact (Bohdanowicz et al, 2011).…”

Section: Csr In Tourismmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Heritage tourism, CSR and the role of employee environmental behaviour

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. (2015) 'Heritage tourism, CSR and the role of employee environmental behaviour.', Tourism management., 48 . pp. 399-413. Further information on publisher's website:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman. 2014.12.015 Publisher's copyright statement: NOTICE: this is the author's version of a work that was accepted for publication in Tourism Management. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be re ected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A de nitive version was subsequently published in Tourism Management, 48, June 2015, 10.1016/j.tourman.2014.12.015 . Additional information:Use policyThe full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-pro t purposes provided that:• a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in DRO • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.Please consult the full DRO policy for further details.

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Section: Csr In Tourismmentioning

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Heritage tourism, CSR and the role of employee environmental behaviour

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“…Evidently, he did not relate the hotels' environmental activities to their financial performance. Similarly, Knowles, Macmillan, Palmer, Grabowski, and Hashimonto (1999) explored the environmental practices of London hotels. They concluded that there was limited implementation of such practices at the time.…”

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Advancing the Sustainable Tourism Agenda Through Strategic CSR Perspectives

Camilleri

2013

Tourism Planning & Development

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This paper links the corporate social responsibility (CSR) paradigms to the sustainability agenda. The objective is to sharpen the strategic base of responsible behaviour in tourism enterprises. The design follows a comprehensive literature review about sustainable tourism from a hospitality industry perspective. Theoretical underpinnings suggest that the tourism and hospitality industries are continuously witnessing changing attitudes on the part of both the consumers and the enterprises. This contribution provides some details about the sustainability agenda as it explains how it emerged following Brundtland's report. Afterwards, it identifies key contributors who raised the issue of sustainable tourism as well as CSR policies, including intergovernmental committees and non-governmental organisations. It is believed that synergistic and shared value approaches are relatively straightforward and uncomplicated. Therefore, such notions are more easily taken up by academics or by tourism and hospitality stakeholders. There is continuous discourse in many international fora, conferences, seminars and colloquia about sustainable tourism, responsible behaviour and the related subjects. However, the discussions are usually characterised by presentation of theories which define the concepts, rather than being practical workshops which identify the business case and how to trigger active participation in the tourism industry. Relevant literature indicates that value-driven approaches focus on improving tourism and hospitality business performance through effective and efficient practices in their workplace environments. This contribution suggests that long-term sustainability can be reached if industry practitioners successfully address their societal and community deficits.

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“…Although the literature on CSR in the sector is scarce, it has grown in recent years (Kang, Lee, & Huh, 2010), Research has focused on cost reduction and resource consumption in hospitality (Ayuso, 2006;Bohdanowicz & Zientara, 2009a;Kasim, 2007). The main motivation is to reduce costs to provide a competitive advantage (Knowles, Macmillan, Palmer, Grabowski, & Hashimoto, 1999;Stabler, 1997) while also legitimizing how they meet the growing expectations of demand in responsibility (Bremner, 2009;Cheyne & Barnett, 2001;Ian, 1996). Some research has also looked at altruism motivations of CSR in tourism (Ayuso, 2006;Rivera, 2004;Tzschentke, Kirk, & Lynch, 2004).…”

Section: Corporate Social Responsibility In Tourismmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Early studies identified the introduction of basic environmental practices for ecosavings (Kirk, 1995;Knowles, et al, 1999), tax incentives or subsidies (Bonilla-Priego, Najera, & Font, 2011) and lifestyle habits founded on ethical and social reasons (Sampaio, Thomas, & Font, 2012;Tzschentke, et al, 2004). The latter authors found that despite SMEs producing significant savings from improved energy management and recycling, most respondents lacked control methods to be fully aware of this, or were not particularly interested in controlling the outcome of such measures.…”

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Corporate social responsibility in tourism small and medium enterprises evidence from Europe and Latin America

Tamajón

Font

2013

Tourism Management Perspectives

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While there is a growing literature related with corporate social responsibility (CSR) in hospitality and tourism large firms, much remains to be done in the case of CSR in tourism Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). In this paper we show three studies regarding this particular aspect through the evidence present in different destinations: Catalonia, European natural parks and Chile. Among the conclusions can be highlighted the prevalence of altruism in the reasons for being responsible, the introduction of increasingly advanced measures or their impact on different business variables, highlighting the financial performance.

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The development of environmental initiatives in tourism: responses from the London hotel sector

Cited by 106 publications

References 12 publications

Heritage tourism, CSR and the role of employee environmental behaviour

Heritage tourism, CSR and the role of employee environmental behaviour

Advancing the Sustainable Tourism Agenda Through Strategic CSR Perspectives

Corporate social responsibility in tourism small and medium enterprises evidence from Europe and Latin America

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