%0 Journal Article %T Environmental good Practices, Quality Certifications and Productivity in the Andalusian Hotel Sector %J International Journal of Environmental Research %I University of Tehran/Springer %Z 1735-6865 %A Garcia-Pozo, A. %A Sanchez-Ollero, J.L. %A Marchante-Mera, A. %D 2014 %\ 10/01/2014 %V 8 %N 4 %P 1185-1194 %! Environmental good Practices, Quality Certifications and Productivity in the Andalusian Hotel Sector %K Environmental good practices %K Quality certifications %K productivity %K Andalusia %R 10.22059/ijer.2014.811 %X Recent studies have shown that firms that have adopted environmental standards and thosethat have obtained official quality certifications achieve higher labour productivity than firms that have notdone so. Unlike previous studies, this paper analyzes the combined effect of implementing environmentalgood practices and obtaining quality certifications on apparent labour productivity using a sample of 106hotels in Andalusia (Spain). To this end, a descriptive analysis and an econometric estimation of a productionfunction were conducted based on data obtained from the Quality, Productivity and Competitiveness in theHospitality Industry for Andalusia project. We applied a standard Cobb-Douglas production function to thisdata, and extended the function by introducing an indicator of the implementation of good environmentalpractice by hotels and four different types of quality certifications as additional explanatory variables. Theeconometric results indicate that labour productivity increases only when both the Q-mark is awarded andenvironmental good practices are implemented (by 18.74% and 7.51%, respectively). In conclusion, thepositive response of consumers towards improving environmental and quality measures may be an incentiveto invest in these measures. %U https://ijer.ut.ac.ir/article_811_12d547cc3970f99c016859f2c5ac76ec.pdf