Title:	Environmental awards and their contribution to the environmental commitment of organizations
Authors:	Conke, Leonardo Silveira
Assunto::	Premiação Certificação Rotulagem
Issue Date:	2022
Publisher:	Emerald Publishing Limited
Citation:	CONKE, Leonardo Silveira. Environmental awards and their contribution to the environmental commitment of organizations [Author accepted manuscript]. Social Responsibility Journal, 2022.
Abstract:	Purpose. Identify the characteristics of environmental awards and analyze their relevance to the environmental commitment of organizations. Approach. Extensive desk research, using secondary data and multiple documental sources on the environmental awards offered in Brazil. Findings. Concerning their characteristics, awards are voluntary, do not have a standard set of guiding principles or regulations, can be offered by any desiring entity (accredited or not) and usually have qualitative evaluation methods. Regarding the contributions to social responsibility efforts, organizations have been using awards to increase the visibility of their environmental efforts, to reinforce their environmental image and to disseminate environmental values and behaviors, specially within specific groups or communities. Consequently, it is argued why awards’ promotion or winning can be considered additional evidence of environmental commitment, but should not be taken as a definite measure of environmental performance. Originality. The paper provides a new perspective about awards, understanding them as types of recognition, and therefore comparable to certification and labelling. Another contribution is the gathering of awards’ characteristics, which can help analyze awards across several other fields, such as social responsibility, quality, innovation, public services etc.
metadata.dc.description.unidade:	Faculdade de Economia, Administração, Contabilidade e Gestão de Políticas Públicas (FACE) Departamento de Administração (FACE ADM)
Description:	Author accepted manuscript.
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1108/SRJ-11-2021-0477
metadata.dc.relation.publisherversion:	https://doi.org/10.1108/SRJ-11-2021-0477
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