Ly, Anne-Laurine (2022) MANAGEMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF SUSTAINABLE SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES IN A B IMPACT ASSESSMENT CONTEXT. Master thesis, Sustainable Entrepreneurship (SE).
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Abstract
This study addresses the debate in the recent sustainable entrepreneurship literature concerning how sustainable SMEs identify barriers in their environmental impact management in the B Impact assessment process. The analysis shows that the specific characteristics of the capitalist system in which the BIA and most of contemporary sustainability SMEs are ingrained in are the main sources of barriers. The connection between SMEs, sustainability and the capitalist economic system powerfully constrains the capacity of implementation of sustainable impact management strategies. These barriers overflow over environmental impact management strategies and are strengthen by the unique nature of environmental impact. This study highlights also that the economic system influences the organizational structure of the BIA which creates new barriers for sustainable SMEs. But the resilient and flexible nature of sustainable SMEs as well as BIA tools might alleviate the previously exposed barriers. Sustainable SMEs can also choose to use external tools to improve their environmental impact and to overcome the barriers rooted in the BIA. This study highlights that CEOs, managers of sustainable SMEs and the B Corp certification have in common the willingness to change the system by communicating about sustainability and normalize sustainable practices.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Name supervisor: | Long, T.B. |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Sep 2022 09:07 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Sep 2022 09:07 |
| URI: | https://campus-fryslan.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/236 |
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