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Exploring the Interplay of Stakeholder Pressure, Environmental Awareness, and Environmental Ethics on Perceived Environmental Performance: Insights from the Manufacturing Sector

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: This study explores the relations among stakeholder pressure, environmental awareness, leadership commitment, and environmental ethics and their influence on perceived ecological performance in the manufacturing industry. Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) was employed to examine the quantitative data collected from 386 managers across selected manufacturing firms in Lagos State, Nigeria. The outcome of the study reveals that stakeholder pressure (SP) influences environmental ethics (EE) and perceived ecological performance (PEP) but not leadership commitment. Also, environmental awareness (EA) influences environmental ethics (EE) but not perceived environmental performance (PEP) and leadership commitment (LC), and EE was not impacted by LC. Meanwhile, EE mediates the relationship between EA and PEP, including SP and PEP, but not LC and PEP. LC does not mediate any of the relationships. Additionally, IC does not moderate the relationship between EE and PEP. The study recommends that organizations focus on enhancing EA and SP to improve environmental ethics and PEP.

Source: Sustainability

DOI: 10.3390/su17114870

Authors: Oluwaleke Micheal Awonaike, Tarik Atan

Institution: Cyprus International University

Language: English

Topic: Environmental Sustainability in Business

Subfield: Marketing

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Responsible consumption and production

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,896