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Voluntary environmental decision making in firms: green electricity purchases and the role of champions

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  • Travis Gliedt
  • Tom Berkhout
  • Paul Parker
  • Joseph Doucet

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This study investigates the corporate decision to voluntarily purchase premium-priced Green Electricity (GE) by examining the internal and external factors which influence environmental decision making. In-depth interviews were conducted with eight paired firms in Alberta, Canada. Firms purchasing GE typically employed a top-down decision-making process, while firms characterised by a participative process did not. An internal driver (environmental champion) was more significant than external factors (regulations, stakeholder pressure) at influencing firms to voluntarily adopt GE purchasing, while organisational culture was found to moderate the effect of drivers. Cost is a common inhibitor to green purchase decisions, but customer (oil industry) perceptions and government regulations were also identified in some cases.

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  • Travis Gliedt & Tom Berkhout & Paul Parker & Joseph Doucet, 2010. "Voluntary environmental decision making in firms: green electricity purchases and the role of champions," International Journal of Business Environment, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 3(3), pages 308-328.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijbenv:v:3:y:2010:i:3:p:308-328
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