WHY RESTAURANTS SHOULD GO GREEN? – MAIN ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICES IN RESTAURANTS INDUSTRY

Stefan-Dragos Cîrstea
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Stefan-Dragos Cîrstea: Universitatea Tehnica Cluj-Napoca, Facultatea de Inginerie Electrică

Management Intercultural, 2015, issue 34, 331-338

Abstract: Hospitality businesses influence the sustainability of their natural environment by consuming significant amounts of natural resources. Restaurant industry employs one in every three retail workers and consumes one-third of all retail electricity use and almost 30% of all meals were eaten away from home, last year. This study attempted to identify the most important benefits obtained from green practices implementation and which are the basic environmental practices that can be adopted by the organisations in order the improve their image and reduce their costs. Moreover, our research has been undertaken in parallel with worldwide existing trends in order to better understand the direction in which green restaurants are moving. This study results inventories the main environmental practices and actions that can be implemented in restaurants.

Keywords: Green restaurant; Green industry; Environmental practices; Economic benefits (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M10 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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