Wang Xiaodong, Bian Weijun
School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
School of Literature and Business, Xi'an Siyuan University, Xi'an, China.
Front Psychol. 2022 Jun 23;13:906610. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.906610. eCollection 2022.
This study examines the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and environmental performance, utilizing data from 415 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in China as a case study. We found that CSR has a direct and significant impact on environmental performance (EP) and is positively correlated to environmental strategy (ES) and environmental outcomes (EO), both of which improve environmental performance, i.e., they serve as a significant mediating factor between CSR and environmental performance. Our study will help general managers and policy maker of SMEs, provides a beneficial model for managing CSR, ES, and EO to achieve sustainable environmental performance. Specifically, it can assist general managers of SMEs in strengthening their internal resources such as CSR, ES, and EO in order to improve long-term environmental performance.
本研究以中国415家中小企业的数据为案例，考察企业社会责任（CSR）与环境绩效之间的关系。我们发现，企业社会责任对环境绩效（EP）有直接且显著的影响，并且与环境战略（ES）和环境成果（EO）呈正相关，而环境战略和环境成果均能改善环境绩效，即它们在企业社会责任与环境绩效之间起到了重要的中介作用。我们的研究将有助于中小企业的总经理和政策制定者，为管理企业社会责任、环境战略和环境成果以实现可持续环境绩效提供一个有益的模型。具体而言，它可以帮助中小企业的总经理强化其内部资源，如企业社会责任、环境战略和环境成果，以提高长期环境绩效。
