(TKP2021-NKTA-21) Támogató: Nemzeti Kutatási, Fejlesztési és Innovációs Hivatal
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.
