Pro-Environmental Values and Energy Practices in Mexican Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Insights from the New Ecological Paradigm

Hernan Bejarano, Pedro Hancevic and Yadira Peralta ()
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Yadira Peralta: Division of Economics, CIDE

No DTE 636, Working Papers from CIDE, División de Economía

Abstract: This paper aims to contribute to understanding the relationship between environmental attitudes and behaviors with environmental impacts. We achieve this goal by assessing the psychometric validity of the New Ecological Paradigm (NEP) scale in Mexico and exploring correlations between identified factors (attitudes) and real-world behaviors. In contrast to existing literature primarily focused on individuals and households in developed countries, our study investigates how pro-environmental values relate to electricity consumption, energy efficiency, and adoption of environmentally friendly technologies among small- and medium-sized commercial and service businesses in Mexico. We identified four cohesive factors that encapsulate distinct attitudes. Our findings indicate that companies where employees exhibit skepticism towards environmental issues and climate change tend to consume more energy, use less energy-efficient lighting, and have poorer insulation. Additionally, individuals holding stronger beliefs in an impending environmental crisis and human ingenuity are more.

Keywords: NEP scale; Mexico; SMEs; electricity consumption; energy efficiency; green technology adoption. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 25 pages
Date: 2024-08
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