Forest certification in Spain: Analysis of certification drivers

Despite being the European Union country with the second largest wooded area and the fourth in terms of forest occupation with respect to its territory, only 9.47% of the forest area in Spain is certified by one of the two most important forest certification systems (PEFC and FSC). The literature re...

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Autores: Zubizarreta Irure, Mikel, Arana Landín, Germán, Cuadrado Rojo, Jesús
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad del País Vasco
Repositorio:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigación
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Palabra clave:forest certification management
PEFC
disseminationInternal drivers
external drivers
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spelling Forest certification in Spain: Analysis of certification driversZubizarreta Irure, MikelArana Landín, GermánCuadrado Rojo, Jesúsforest certification managementPEFCdisseminationInternal driversexternal driversDespite being the European Union country with the second largest wooded area and the fourth in terms of forest occupation with respect to its territory, only 9.47% of the forest area in Spain is certified by one of the two most important forest certification systems (PEFC and FSC). The literature review has shown that forest certification drivers may be divided into five main mechanisms. The first three are external: Market, Signalling and Legal mechanisms, and the last two internal: Moral and Learning mechanisms. 124 completed questionnaires out of 1194 certified companies in Spain were received to carry out a descriptive and a cluster analysis of the main motivations that encourage the adoption and certification of the PEFC standard and how these motivations vary depending on the characteristics of the companies. Findings reveal that the most valued motivations by this order are related to attracting customer attention, the improvement of companies’ corporate image, the sensitivity to environmental problems and the increase of the competitiveness of the company. Some of the motivations are significantly influenced by the characteristics of the companies, but only the export level has a significative influence (negative) on all the characteristics of the moral mechanism. The implications of the findings can help to identify and characterize the different clusters that exist among certified companies in the Spanish forestry sector. This information can be useful for managers and policy makers to better understand the specific reasons for each conglomerate of companies when opting for certification.This study was funded by the Basque Autonomous Government (Research Group GIC 15/176) and the project METASTANDARDS, funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, the Spanish State Research Agency (AEI) and co-financed with the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) of the European Union (project reference PGC2018-098723-B-I00).Elsevier202420242021info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10810/64120reponame:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigacióninstname:Universidad del País VascoInglésinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MCIU/PGC2018-098723-B-I00/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.126267info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/© 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This article is available under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND license and permits non-commercial use of the work as published, without adaptation or alteration provided the work is fully attributed.oai:addi.ehu.eus:10810/641202026-06-18T09:23:17Z
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title Forest certification in Spain: Analysis of certification drivers
spellingShingle Forest certification in Spain: Analysis of certification drivers
Zubizarreta Irure, Mikel
forest certification management
PEFC
disseminationInternal drivers
external drivers
title_short Forest certification in Spain: Analysis of certification drivers
title_full Forest certification in Spain: Analysis of certification drivers
title_fullStr Forest certification in Spain: Analysis of certification drivers
title_full_unstemmed Forest certification in Spain: Analysis of certification drivers
title_sort Forest certification in Spain: Analysis of certification drivers
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Zubizarreta Irure, Mikel
Arana Landín, Germán
Cuadrado Rojo, Jesús
author Zubizarreta Irure, Mikel
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Arana Landín, Germán
Cuadrado Rojo, Jesús
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Cuadrado Rojo, Jesús
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv forest certification management
PEFC
disseminationInternal drivers
external drivers
topic forest certification management
PEFC
disseminationInternal drivers
external drivers
description Despite being the European Union country with the second largest wooded area and the fourth in terms of forest occupation with respect to its territory, only 9.47% of the forest area in Spain is certified by one of the two most important forest certification systems (PEFC and FSC). The literature review has shown that forest certification drivers may be divided into five main mechanisms. The first three are external: Market, Signalling and Legal mechanisms, and the last two internal: Moral and Learning mechanisms. 124 completed questionnaires out of 1194 certified companies in Spain were received to carry out a descriptive and a cluster analysis of the main motivations that encourage the adoption and certification of the PEFC standard and how these motivations vary depending on the characteristics of the companies. Findings reveal that the most valued motivations by this order are related to attracting customer attention, the improvement of companies’ corporate image, the sensitivity to environmental problems and the increase of the competitiveness of the company. Some of the motivations are significantly influenced by the characteristics of the companies, but only the export level has a significative influence (negative) on all the characteristics of the moral mechanism. The implications of the findings can help to identify and characterize the different clusters that exist among certified companies in the Spanish forestry sector. This information can be useful for managers and policy makers to better understand the specific reasons for each conglomerate of companies when opting for certification.
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