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Recycling waste and upcycling people: a new type of environmentally-motivated social enterprise strategy

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  • Irena Descubes
  • Tom McNamara
  • Tony Cragg

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With the use of a case study methodology, the socially responsible enterprise La Feuille d'Erable, based in north-west France, was analysed based upon the framework proposed by Boons and Lüdeke-Freund (2013). Within an overarching green management philosophy, this firm incorporates a program for the integration of socially and economically excluded people into a recycling and upcycling business activity. Our findings suggest that success for social enterprises, that combine the dual aims of green production and inclusion of hitherto disadvantaged groups, under the banner of corporate social responsibility, is linked to several clearly identified factors. The previously proposed typology (Vickers and Lyon, 2014) of environmentally-motivated social enterprises' strategies is amended. Guidelines and insights are offered to managers who may wish to implement socially responsible human resource management (SRHRM) techniques in their own organisations.

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  • Irena Descubes & Tom McNamara & Tony Cragg, 2018. "Recycling waste and upcycling people: a new type of environmentally-motivated social enterprise strategy," International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 32(3), pages 270-296.
  • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijmtma:v:32:y:2018:i:3:p:270-296
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