What drives agrifood firms to register for an Environmental Management System

This paper examines empirically which factors determine voluntary adoption of Environmental Management System (EMS) certification (ISO 14001 or EMAS) by agrifood industries. A discrete-choice model of EMS certification is applied to a sample of 1,000 French agrifood firms. The findings suggest that...

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Veröffentlicht in:	European review of agricultural economics 2007-06, Vol.34 (2), p.233-255
Hauptverfasser:	Grolleau, Gilles, Mzoughi, Naoufel, Thomas, Alban
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Agribusiness Agricultural economics Agricultural processing industries agrifood industries Agrofood industry Business management Certification Corporate social responsibility Decision models Determinants economic incentives Economic models Economic statistics Economic theory Economics and Finance EMAS Enterprises Environmental impact Environmental management Environmental policy Food Food industry France Humanities and Social Sciences Hypotheses ISO 14001 certification ISO standards L15 l59 Management management systems Pollution control Q13 Regulation Studies voluntary instruments
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Zusammenfassung:	This paper examines empirically which factors determine voluntary adoption of Environmental Management System (EMS) certification (ISO 14001 or EMAS) by agrifood industries. A discrete-choice model of EMS certification is applied to a sample of 1,000 French agrifood firms. The findings suggest that management-related factors drive certification more strongly than economic incentives and provides a new perspective on Porter's theory of the double benefit of certification.
ISSN:	0165-1587 1464-3618
DOI:	10.1093/erae/jbm012