TL;DR: In this paper, a study of environmental management in the food service industry in general and the restaurant sector in particular highlights food services impacts on the environment, and drivers and barriers to change.
Abstract: This study of environmental management in the food service industry in general and the restaurant sector in particular highlights food services’ impacts on the environment, and drivers and barriers to change. The study is based on research in Penang, Malaysia, which included a personally assisted survey of 26 restaurant managers operating casual upscale businesses. The survey findings show that implementation of environmentally friendly practices is weak in the restaurant sector. While top managers claim to be informed and concerned about environmental issues, they are reluctant to invest in environmental management systems, to change practices, to advertise environmentally friendly products or invest in the implementation of environmentally friendly practices. They note barriers to change, including weakly enforced environmental laws and regulations, scarce and intermittent green supply chain, non-existent trade pressure and poor customer and community demand for restaurant business to implement green pr...
TL;DR: In this paper, the mediating role of green innovations on the top management commitment-customer cooperation relationship is examined, and the effects of green technologies on the relationship are investigated.
Abstract: Previous empirical research has largely neglected the mediating role of green innovations on the top management commitment-customer cooperation relationship. This study examines effects of green pr...
TL;DR: O'Dwyer's PR Services as discussed by the authors argued that green PR people should not be greedy because overreaching may come back to haunt them once the sun sets on the pro-business Republicans and greenies are again on the rise.
Abstract: "Relief is on the way for PR clients on the environmental front... Green PR people are advised to ride the Republican fueled anti-environmental backlash as far as possible. But they should not be greedy because overreaching may come back to haunt them once the sun sets on the pro-business Republicans and greenies are again on the rise." - O'Dwyer's PR Services1
TL;DR: In this paper, the role of public relations (PR) consultants as influential actors in the politics of environmental governance is evaluated, and the historical case of EnviroComm, a network of e...
Abstract: This article evaluates the role of public relations (PR) consultants as influential actors in the politics of environmental governance. It examines the historical case of EnviroComm, a network of e...
TL;DR: The EIA plays an important role in enhancing the environmental performance of the construction sector as mentioned in this paper, and in recent years, the construction industry has been developing green procurement practices in order to improve environmental performance.