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Abstract
The occurrence of natural damage has prompted the emergence of awareness and commitment of the company to
implement the concept of green business in its activities. Although many studies show positive sides of implementing
the green business concept, few companies have carried out this concept in their activities. Still, one way through
which a green business sustains is building environmentally friendly behavior. The article discusses the results of
exploration of various determinants that encourage the implementation of green business, identifies modes of
implementation of green business to build green behaviors, and identifies the various impacts of implementing green
business in a company.
The article is written based on an exploratory study on the environmental practice of a reputable environmentally
friendly company. The results show that the application of green business is driven by internal and external
determinants. The company leader is committed to incorporate green principles into the company's vision and
mission and create green company values through several company programs. The implementation of Green
Business in the company has positive impacts on employees and the organization, which in turn can be used as a
corporate sustainability strategy.
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2. Literature Review government, analysts, and other parties). In line with stake-
holder theory, Calza, Adele Parmentola, and Ilaria Tutore (2017)
The triple bottom line theory emphasizes the importance of argue that proactive green innovation is primarily driven by
“3P’s” in order that a company can sustain. Not only does it internal corporate features, leadership, culture, and capabilities,
pursue earnings (Profits), but a company must also be con- while reactive green innovation is more related to environmental
cerned with and involved in fulfilling the welfare of the society regulations and stakeholders’ expectations. The implementation
(People) and contribute actively in maintaining the environment of the Green Business in the company is certainly oriented to the
(Planet) (Wibisono 2007). In addition, Barney (1986) has de- demands and needs of the company's stakeholders. Harsono
veloped the resource-based view, which has an important role in (2003) also maintains that companies must continue to respond
strategic management. The concept states that organizations to environmental issues even if they do not get competitive
will achieve sustainable competitive advantage if they have advantage from this action. In other words, environment ma-
valuable, unique, rare and inimitable resources. Resource- nagement is a stakeholders’ demand that a company must meet
based view highlights internal organizational factors and in order to operate normally.
criticizes the industrial organization approach which only em-
phasizes the external factors of the organization. By resource- 2.2. Impacts of Green Business
based view, an organization can determine and carry out the
strategy suitable to its organizational capabilities. In line with the Wagner (2013) proves that the greater the implementation of
resource-based view, the Green Business implements environ- environment management systems is, the higher the human
mentally friendly values in every organizational process, improves resource economic benefits a company gains. In fact, a study in
organizational capabilities and establishes environmentally Indonesia shows the occurrence of budget savings, especially in
friendly culture and behavior for all stakeholders of the company. the use of electricity and water, through “reduce and reuse”
The Resource-Based View (RBV) describes several compe- (Ekasatya 2014). In addition, Cherian and Jacob (2012) states
titive advantages as a result of developing organizational capa- that implementing the green business increases the rate of
bilities, such as continuous innovation, organizational learning, employee retention as well as attracting better employees,
and pro-environment strategies (Sharma and Vredenburg strengthens public image, increases productivity and sustain-
1998). Green behavior and culture are competitive advantages ability, reduces environmental impact of the company, and
for companies as they give impacts on resource efficiency to increases overall competitiveness and improved performance.
achieve sustainable competitive advantage. The study of RBV The same opinion has also been conveyed by Omer (2008),
shows that organizational resources and organizational capa- who argues that green concept requires saving various
bilities relate environmental strategy and organizational perfor- resources. In other words, green behavior undoubtedly reduces
mance. Christmann (2000) shows that the ability to charge the use of energy, water, and other resources.
advantages is obtained when companies apply "best practice" in
environment management.
3. Method
2.1. The driving determinants of Green Business
This exploratory research used qualitative data obtained
Bansal and Roth (2000) maintains that awareness of through Focus Group Discussion (FGD), in-depth interviews
environmental responsibility motivates companies to behave with a number of key informants, and observations in the office
environmentally friendly, and Jackson et al. (2011) argues that area and production plant of an Indonesian cement company
corporate leaders’ environmental responsibility must be consis- reputable of its green behavior. It was also supported by
tently in accordance with their desire to achieve competitive secondary data obtained from 2016-2017 company develop-
advantage. In other words, the awareness and commitment of ment reports. The research informants were Organization &
company leaders govern the implementation of green behavior Human Resource Director, Corporate Environment & Sustain-
in the company. Further, Erdogan, Bauer, and Taylor (2015) able Development Manager, and Corporate Social Responsibility
show that organizational commitment influences the green Manager. These leader informants were chosen for their vital
behavior of employees and supervisors. In addition, Renwick, role in implementing Green Business in the company. These
Redman, and Maguire (2013) suggest that predictors such as company leaders were initiators, decision makers, as well as
leadership, commitment profiles, organizational climate, and / or company policy regulators. In other words, they were appro-
individual dispositions may be assessed on their driving roles in priately selected as they understood and were highly know-
adopting Green HR behavior. Yusoff et al. (2015) in their study ledgeable in both strategic and operational issues on Green
also found that most of the companies under study put Green Business implementation in the company. The other informants
HRM on high priority. This indicates companies’ determination to were two employee informants who were unambiguously
work for environmental sustainability. Meanwhile, Erdogan, involved in executing Green Business in the company.
Bauer, and Taylor (2015) shows that management's commit-
ment to the sustainability of environment correlates positively
with organizational commitment, and especially when emplo- 4. Findings and Discussion
yees perceive to have received support from the organization. 4.1. The driving determinants of Green Business
The key to employees’ behavior is how the organization treats
them. The driving determinants found in this study were classified
Yusoff et al.( 2015) reveals that policies and rules are related into internal and external determinants. The internal driving
to the implementation of green behavior in the management of determinants of the implementation of the Green Business
human resources in organizations. This is in line with the results include the awareness and commitment of the company's
of previous research conducted by Zaman (2012) which shows leaders. The external driving determinants involve various
that regulation is a determinant that can explain company's regulations enforced both nationally and internationally, and
commitment to environmental ethics in Malaysia. Calza, Adele demands and expectations of the company's stakeholders,
Parmentola, and Ilaria Tutore (2017), affirming the above including consumers, shareholders and the surrounding
opinion, emphasized that regulation is one of drivers of the community.
implementation of the Green Business concept in a company. Stakeholders’ demands, environmental crises, increasing
The stakeholder theory explains that a company is an entity that customer pressure, organizational needs, and environmental
operates not only for its own sake but also for the benefits of its functions (Heiskanen, 2002; Sarkis et al., 2010), as well as
stakeholders (shareholders, consumers, society, suppliers, green demands from global / parent companies are used as a
4.2. Modes of Green Business Implementation was the restoration and reforestation program. Here, the com-
pany utilized ex-mining areas into productive land of various
Corporate leaders’ awareness of environmental preservation food crops consumable for the surrounding community. The
has prompted the emergence of green commitment, which then sixth was the establishment of an education forest –an artificial
effectuate green behavior in various company activities. There forest around the production plant intended for environmental
were seven modes found in the implementation of green busi- conservation education. The seventh was the implementation of
ness. First, the company included green values and principles in a green corporate social responsibility program.
its vision and mission. The second was to implement an Eco- The company’s green implementation goes in line with
office program, which was to perform office activities using researchers’ opinion that the commitment of a company’s top
environmentally friendly principles. The third was the Green management is to be outlined in the company's vision and
Production program, in which the company endeavored to carry disseminated to all employees in order that all members of the
out the production process and produce products based on an organization have a sound grasp of it and refer to it as guidelines
environmentally friendly concept. The fourth was the Geocycle, in ompany’s operations and activities. Companies may exhibit
Climate & Water program, which represented the company's green behavior by its defined vision and mission, policies in
efforts to reduce production waste, reduce emissions or exhaust green behavior, provision of green technology, provision of
gases in the production process, and carry out efficiency of infrastructure and facilities to enable all stakeholders to behave
exploration and water use in the production process. The fifth environmentally friendly, and various work programs related to
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green behavior (Unnikrishnan and Hegde 2007; Lane et al. minimizing the impact of emissions, and produce environmen-
2009; Renwick et al. 2013; Erdogan, Bauer, and Taylor 2015). tally friendly products. In the office operation, the company
Having expressed its green commitment in its vision and employed an eco-office program, which included utilizing
mission and its work programs, the company also found it information technology in office activities, reducing the use of
necessary to perform in production functions, office operation printers, minimizing the use of paper, working in energy-efficient
and human resource management as well. In the production office layout with the use of natural light, using live plants as
function, the company followed environmentally friendly prin- office décor, and building an environmentally friendly culture and
ciples in the production process. The conducts of this aspect behavior in the office.
comprised being efficient in the use of energy and water,
Modes of Implementation
Areas
Programs Activities
Strategic Vision, Mission, Values Incorporating green values in company vision and mission
Minimizing the use of electricity in office areas concerning lighting systems
and air temperature settings.
Offices Eco-office Minimizing the use of paper.
Utilizing green office technology.
Using live materials for office decor.
Using of energy and water, and reducing CO2 emissions.
Production Plant Green Production
Producing environmentally friendly products.
Incorporating environmentally friendly values into human resource
Employees Green HRM
management functions.
Reducing industrial waste as Geocycle contributes to making the earth
Geocycle Program cleaner by presenting sustainable and responsible waste management
solutions.
Restoration and Developing ex-mining area into productive land of food crops by involving
Reforestation the surrounding community.
Surrounding Environment
Education Forest Involving a university team to develop 65 hectares of Education Forest.
Inviting the community to be able to find its own potential and the company
as a partner.
CSR
Trying to be a company that is able to bring values to the community,
including the environmentally friendly values
4.3. Impacts of Green Business Implementation the green HRM concept can also improve employee satisfaction
and employee welfare (Stenzel 2010; Cherian & Jacob 2012,
The research results identified a number of positive impacts Renwick et al. 2013).
of the implementation of Green Business on individual emplo- According to Cherian & Jacob (2012) a company is identified
yees and on the organization. Firstly, on the individual employees, as a green organization if both the organization and the indi-
Green Business implementation developed and improved em- viduals have a strong commitment to behave environmentally
ployees’ green competencies. Employees have now acquired friendly. Furthermore, the application of Green Business results
knowledge and understanding of the green concept; In fact, they in efficiency in various resources, such as energy and other
had been introduced to this concept, got acquainted, and materials (Edwards 2006; Omer 2008; Shaikh 2010; Mandip
practiced it since they commenced work. An employee informant 2012). The study shows that the Green Business implemen-
provided the following evidence: tation has granted an image of green company. Their persistent
efforts to implement green business had been rewarding; the
"We have been given training through an orientation pro-
company received various awards, both nationally and
gram, and one of the materials we receive is about the principles
internationally. The company proved its Green identity by the
of the company, and it is about how we behave environmentally
following awards:
friendly in every area of our duties, so we become aware of and
able to behave green."
The second impact on employees is job satisfaction. It is
characterized by employees’ sense of pride to be part of the
organization – a company that has a green commitment to the
environment. An employee informant expressed,
"As a Holcim person I also feel proud of being able to work
for a company that has received a lot of environmental awards."
Employees, furthermore, had reached a decent level of
welfare. This was evidenced by the provision of wage that has
met welfare standards. The employees wage and welfare is the
impact of the company's performance supported by employees’
green behavior. This series of impacts on the employees go in Figure 1. Some of the Company's Achievements
line with several opinions that the individual impact is an in- in Green Business in recent years
crease in employee competence in green behavior (Busck Source: Sustainable Development Reports and Other Sources
2006) Collier & Esteban 2007; Garavan et al. 2010; Sudin 2011; (2017)
Zoogah 2011; Cherian and Jacob 2012; Renwick, Redman, and
Maguire 2013; Gotschol et al. 2014), and that the application of The above facts give a positive influence on the develop-
From the results of the research and discussion that has of green business drivers, the form of green business actions and
been done can be illustrated about the pattern of determinants the impacts resulting from green business actions, as follows:
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