Publication: Motivations, adoption and impact of voluntary environmental certification in the Italian Forest based industry: The case of the FSC standard
Motivations, adoption and impact of voluntary environmental certification in the Italian Forest based industry: The case of the FSC standard
| dc.contributor.author | Galati, A. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gianguzzi, G. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Tinervia, S. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Crescimanno, M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | La Mela Veca, D.S. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-01-23T18:56:07Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-01-23T18:56:07Z | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://open.fsc.org/handle/resource/718 | |
| dc.title | Motivations, adoption and impact of voluntary environmental certification in the Italian Forest based industry: The case of the FSC standard | en |
| dcterms.accessRights | Public | |
| dcterms.accessRights | Limited access | |
| dcterms.bibliographicCitation | Galati, A., Gianguzzi, G., Tinervia, S., Crescimanno, M., La Mela Veca, D. S., 'Motivations, adoption and impact of voluntary environmental certification in the Italian Forest based industry: Thecase of the FSCstandard',Forest Policy and Economics, 83 (July), 2017, 169-76 pp. | en |
| dcterms.issued | 2017 | |
| dcterms.language | en | |
| dcterms.type | Journal Article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| fsc.evidenceCategory | FSC impact-related | |
| fsc.focus.forestType | Natural Forest | |
| fsc.focus.forestType | Plantation | |
| fsc.focus.forestZone | Temperate | |
| fsc.focus.sustainDimension | Economic | |
| fsc.issue.economic | Benefits, motivations, reasons for certification | |
| fsc.subject | Forests | |
| fsc.subject | Self-regulation | |
| fsc.subject | Environmental Policy | |
| fsc.subject | Certification | |
| fsc.subject | Finance | |
| fsc.subject | State | |
| fsc.subject | Supply chain benefits | |
| fsc.subject | Ecological Effectiveness | |
| fsc.subject | Transparency | |
| fsc.topic.economic | Market access | |
| is.availability.fullText | Full text available | |
| is.contact.email | antonino.galati@unipa.it | |
| is.contributor.member | Forest Stewardship Council | |
| is.coverage.country | Italy | |
| is.coverage.countryAlpha2 | IT | |
| is.coverage.latitude | 41.87194 | |
| is.coverage.longitude | 12.56738 | |
| is.coverage.region | Europe | |
| is.evaluation.collection | Interviews/surveys | |
| is.evaluation.counterfacts | No | |
| is.evaluation.dataSource | Independent researcher data | |
| is.evaluation.notes | This study firstly examines the incentives of companies operating in the forest/wood industries in Italia to apply for FSC certification. Secondly, it examines the changes that had to be adopted to meet the requirements and the economic and organization impacts of the certification. The authors conducted a survey among 500 companies, of which only 86 responded, a low response rate that should not be neglected. | |
| is.evaluation.notes | The main motivation for Italian companies to apply for FSC certification appears to be associated with signaling and “demonstrate the company commitment to adopt certification schemes to ensure responsible management of the processes” (FSC is then considered as a “communication tool that helps to improve the corporate image, and then the impression that customers (potential or acquired) have of the company”). Also, moral and market incentives are relevant while legal and learning reasons to get certified are less influential. | |
| is.evaluation.notes | However, it is important to note that the different categories used to classify the incentives are not mutually exclusive, they are actually overlapping (e.g. signaling cannot be separated to market and moral cannot be separated from legal). Additionally, no statistics are used to detect significant differences in the results between the categories. And the results are not tremendously different (11.5% difference between the most and the least preferred incentives) so it seems difficult to conclude that companies are more motivated to get certified for signaling mechanisms than others. | |
| is.evaluation.notes | One of the main consequences associated with the certification appear to be the need of training of employees to manage internal processes and procedures which implies costs. Also, companies said that they “have had to strengthen previous relationships or have acquired new relationships with new clients”. Also, they “found an improvement of the processes and product management”. Notably, “only 23.3% of the entrepreneurs that we interviewed recorded an increase in selling prices after the adoption of the FSC certification”. | |
| is.evidenceResourceType | Primary | |
| is.evidenceSubType | Empirical study - no control, data collected post-intervention | |
| is.evidenceSummary | This study uses survey data to examine Forest Stewardship Council certification in the Italian Forest based industry, focusing on motivating factors, as well as economic and organisational results. | |
| is.evidenceType | Empirical study | |
| is.focus.products | Forestry products | |
| is.focus.sdg | SDG 12 - Responsible Production and Consumption | |
| is.focus.sectors | Agriculture | |
| is.focus.sectors | Forestry | |
| is.focus.sustainDimension | Economic | |
| is.focus.sustainIssue | Consumers and supply chains | |
| is.focus.sustainIssue | Participant costs and benefits | |
| is.focus.sustainLens | Finance | |
| is.focus.sustainLens | Supply chain benefits | |
| is.focus.sustainLens | Transparency | |
| is.focus.sustainOutcome | Price premiums | |
| is.focus.sustainOutcome | Quality of product | |
| is.focus.sustainOutcome | Sales of product | |
| is.focus.sustainOutcome | Traceability | |
| is.focus.systemElement | MandE outcomes and impacts | |
| is.focus.systemElement | MandE performance monitoring | |
| is.identifier.code | Impacts | |
| is.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2017.08.002 | |
| is.identifier.fscdoi | http://dx.doi.org/10.34800/fsc-international700 | |
| is.identifier.schemeName | Forest Stewardship Council | |
| is.identifier.schemeType | Voluntary Sustainability Standards | |
| is.item.reviewStatus | Peer reviewed | |
| is.journalName | Forest Policy and Economics |