This article examines relationships between a new wave of radical green activism and an increase in greening businesses in Britain. We examine the spread of the movement through the formation of businesses implementing more environmentally sustainable practices. Our empirical data, combined with Office for National Statistics data, are drawn from both the supply and the demand side of the economy. Our analysis tests key individual-level determinants (education, energy conscientiousness, localism) and area-level determinants (party politics, population density). Our findings indicate the main factors in determining the growth of the ethical marketplace. We draw conclusions about relationships between environmental social movements and SME business sectors. Our results have implications for research on ethical business development and consumerism and for literature on social movements and political geography.
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Greening British Businesses
SMEs and the New Wave of the Environmental Social Movement
Curtis Ziniel and Tony Bradley
In The International Journal of Social Quality
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- 01 Dec 2018
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- Research Article
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- 1–26 (26 total)
Editorial Introduction
The Cases of Germany and the United Kingdom
Harry G. J. Nijhuis and Laurent J.G. van der Maesen
presence of green business; and the presence of radical environmental activist groups. The classification into specific groups also here is connected with the five social quality conditional factors. The best predictor of community resilience turns out to
In The International Journal of Social Quality
- Published (Print):
- 01 Dec 2021
- Article Type:
- Introduction
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- 143–144 (2 total)
The Case of the United Kingdom
Mapping Localism, Resilience, and Civic Activism in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Tony Bradley, Issam Malki, Curtis Ziniel, and Asad Ghalib
civic movement—which is local, national, and supranational—which supported this view. Radical environmental action was positively correlated with the local occurrence of green businesses, although we were skeptical about drawing a simple line of
In The International Journal of Social Quality
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- 01 Dec 2021
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- Research Article
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- 145–175 (31 total)
Editorial
The Societal Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic Explained via Three Frameworks
Harry G. J. Nijhuis and Laurent J.G. van der Maesen
—for example, austerity strategies, climate action, fair trade, green business, and radical environmental activism. These characteristics are connected with the social quality conditional factors. The presence of “radical (or even anarchist) environmental
In The International Journal of Social Quality
- Published (Print):
- 01 Dec 2021
- Article Type:
- Editorial
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- v–xx
Critical pedagogy and Socially Responsible Investing (SRI)
Questioning our post-secondary institutions’ investment strategies
David P. Thomas
local credit union rather than a large bank, or financing projects such as ‘affordable housing, social infrastructures such as seniors’ residences and women’s shelters, renewable energy and green businesses, or Aboriginal economic development’ ( Jackson
In Learning and Teaching
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- 01 Dec 2016
- Article Type:
- Research Article
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- 4–21 (18 total)
Zoe Bray and Christian Thauer
Thornton . 2003 . Shades of Green: Business, Regulation, and Environment . Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press . Hamann , Ralph , and Paul Kapelus . 2004 . “ Corporate Social Responsibility in Mining in Southern Africa: Fair Accountability or
In Nature and Culture
- Published (Print):
- 01 Dec 2016
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 278–295 (18 total)
Inventing Eco-Cycle
A Social Enterprise Approach to Sustainability Education
Sandy Smith-Nonini
both environmental and artistic criteria, plus a best product for green job creation award (which happily went to an artistically painted Eco-Cycle rain barrel!). We filled the room with exhibits of upcycler crafters and local green businesses. This
In Anthropology in Action
- Published (Print):
- 01 Mar 2016
- Article Type:
- Research Article
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- 14–21 (8 total)
The Ordering of Green Values
Ecological Justification in Public Fracking Controversies in Germany and Poland
Claudia Foltyn, Reiner Keller, and Matthias S. Klaes
) . They discuss that much attention in “greening businesses” has been directed to issues of firm competitiveness. Still, they claim that behind this generic claim lies “a complexity of justifications, including issues of increased efficiency, social
In Nature and Culture
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- 01 Mar 2023
- Article Type:
- Research Article
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- 88–125 (38 total)