What drives voluntary eco-certification in Mexico?

Stakeholder Influence on the Implementation of Environmental Management Practices in the Hotel Industry

“…To a lesser extent, legal actors influence hotels through the menace of legal sanctions, including fines, penalties or the loss of operating permits. This finding concurs with Blackman and Guerrero () and Dasgupta et al . () who found that regulatory pressure through inspections and fines in the Mexican industrial sector is associated with environmental management efforts in firms that tend to be cleaner than their counterparts are.…”

“…To a lesser extent, legal actors influence hotels through the menace of legal sanctions, including fines, penalties or the loss of operating permits. This finding concurs with Blackman and Guerrero (2012) and Dasgupta et al (2000) who found that regulatory pressure through inspections and fines in the Mexican industrial sector is associated with environmental management efforts in firms that tend to be cleaner than their counterparts are. Our results differ from those of Tang et al (2013) who found no relationship between the government and environmental practices in the hotel sector in Malaysia, mainly due to lack of communication and implementation of a detailed environmental plan.…”

Why Do Firms Voluntarily Adopt Environmental Management Systems? The Case of the Czech Republic

“…The adoption of ISO 14001 is also studied using Mexican data (Dasgupta et al, 2000;Blackman and Guerrero, 2012;Blackman, 2010). Dasgupta et al (2000) find that firm-specific characteristics, e.g., company size and environmental training, play a significant role in the ISO 14001 adoption while stakeholder pressure does not.…”

Análise do nível de intensidade de certificações no padrão ISO 14001: tendências para o continente americano

“…O México se caracteriza pela alta especificidade do perfil das empresas mais propensas a certificar: companhias exportadoras, que utilizam matéria-prima importada, relativamente grandes (medida por receita bruta ou capitalização) e pertencentes a setores e estados geográficos característicos (Blackman & Guerrero, 2012). Segundo Blackman (2012), a maioria das certificações ISO 14001 foi emitida especificamente para instalações estatais de geração de energia elétrica (de propriedade da Comisión Federal de Electricidad) e refinarias de petróleo e terminais de distribuição (de propriedade da Petróleos Mexicanos), que mantém operações no exterior.…”