Rethinking standards from green to sustainable

被引：105

作者：

Font, X ^{[1
]}

Harris, C ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Leeds Metropolitan Univ, Leeds LS1 3HE, W Yorkshire, England

来源：

ANNALS OF TOURISM RESEARCH | 2004年 / 31卷 / 04期

关键词：

standard; certification; developing countries; corporate social responsibility;

D O I：

10.1016/j.annals.2004.04.001

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

Tourism certification has emerged as a tool to reduce environmental impacts and gain competitive advantage, and been promoted on the basis of efficiency-based eco-savings. This paper explores the successes and challenges of five programs operating partly or wholly in developing countries that have introduced socioeconomic criteria to complete the triple bottom line of sustainability. The analysis suggests that social standards are ambiguous; the assessment methodologies are inconsistent and open to interpretation; there is considerable variation on what is understood as sustainable depending on the type of tourism companies targeted; and the programs working more intensely on social issues will have the greatest challenges to expand. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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页码：986 / 1007

页数：22