Levels of corporate environmental strategies in Hungary and the associated environmental management control tools

Hajnalka Fekete-Berzsenyi ,Katalin Molnárné Barna ,Dorottya Edina Kozma

doi:10.24294/jipd9357

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Levels of corporate environmental strategies in Hungary and the associated environmental management control tools

Hajnalka Fekete-Berzsenyi

Katalin Molnárné Barna

Dorottya Edina Kozma

Journal of Infrastructure Policy and Development 2025, 9(1), 9357; https://doi.org/10.24294/jipd9357

Submitted：27 Sept 2024

Accepted：14 Nov 2024

Published：07 Jan 2025

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The research aims to map environmental protection strategies and the related control tools and to identify the links among companies with the largest number of employees and sites in Hungary. The research questions were answered using a questionnaire survey method. The authors used cluster analysis to classify the 205 company strategies into the identified strategy clusters: Leaders, Awakeners, and Laggards. Then, the examined 21 environmental management control tools in the sample were divided into four groups: strategic, administrative, methodological and economic. Economic and strategic methods were the most common in the sample. The authors used cross-tabulation analysis to examine whether there is a statistically proven relationship between belonging to environmental strategy clusters and specific control tools. The analysis showed significant but weak to moderate relationships. According to Cramer's V and the contingency coefficient, the closest relationship between the tested environmental management control tools and membership in environmental strategy clusters is shown by evaluating investments, assessing the economic viability of environmental strategies, and running an environmental training program for employees. In case of the robust lambda indicator, a significant relationship was found by examining the economics of environmental strategies and identifying environmental success factors and eco-balances. It can be concluded that the companies under examination follow a set of environmental goals, which they have incorporated into their strategic objectives. They use the available environmental management control toolbox to develop their strategies and to monitor their implementation to varying degrees.

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