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Intervention Strategies To Engage Small And Medium Sized Enterprises In Environmental Good Practice, Craig Parker, Janice Redmond, Mike Simpson
Intervention Strategies To Engage Small And Medium Sized Enterprises In Environmental Good Practice, Craig Parker, Janice Redmond, Mike Simpson
Janice Redmond Dr
Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are an important part of the world economy but they are thought to be responsible for around 60% of all carbon dioxide emissions by businesses in the UK and 70% of all pollution. SMEs often have major problems with limited resources, limited knowledge and limited technical capabilities to deal with their own environmental impact. SMEs exhibit widely differing characteristics and behaviours where environmental issues are concerned. Yet under these conditions they are all expected to engage in environmentally responsible business for the greater good of society. Interventions that encourage good environmental behaviour are often …