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Environmental sustainability orientation of small and medium sized businesses in South Africa
Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2013.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/42156 Environmental sustainability orientation of small and medium sized businesses in South Africa Gibson, Donald ichelp@gibs.co.za Okuboyejo, Saheed Babajide UCTD Environmental impact charges Sustainability -- Small business Small business -- South Africa Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2013. Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) represent about 90% of global businesses. SMEs account, on the average, for about 50% of gross domestic product (GDP) of all countries and up to 60% of employment. In South Africa, SMEs account for about 91% of all formally registered business entities, contributing to about 57% of the GDP and providing about 60% of all formal employment. However, SMEs are said to contribute up to 70% of all industrial pollution globally. SMEs individually perceive little or no impact on the environment and may attempt to relieve themselves of environmental responsibility. Although, the environmental footprint of individual SMEs may be small, collectively they contribute substantially to environmental damage globally. Research on environmental activities of SMEs is rare and mostly neglected. This research attempts to close this gap by exploring the understanding, practices, barriers and motivation for environmental practices by SMEs in South Africa. This research was realised through semi-structured interviews of nine SMEs located in Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Gauteng and KwaZulu Natal. pagibs2014 Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) MBA Unrestricted 2014-09-30T11:55:41Z 2014-09-30T11:55:41Z 2014-04-30 2013 Mini Dissertation Okuboyejo, SB 2013, Environmental sustainability orientation of small and medium sized businesses in South Africa, MBA Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/42156> http://hdl.handle.net/2263/42156 en © 2014 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Environmental impact charges Sustainability -- Small business Small business -- South Africa Environmental sustainability orientation of small and medium sized businesses in South Africa |
| title | Environmental sustainability orientation of small and medium sized businesses in South Africa |
| title_full | Environmental sustainability orientation of small and medium sized businesses in South Africa |
| title_fullStr | Environmental sustainability orientation of small and medium sized businesses in South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Environmental sustainability orientation of small and medium sized businesses in South Africa |
| title_short | Environmental sustainability orientation of small and medium sized businesses in South Africa |
| title_sort | environmental sustainability orientation of small and medium sized businesses in south africa |
| topic | UCTD Environmental impact charges Sustainability -- Small business Small business -- South Africa |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/42156 |