The Partnership between Environmental NGOs/NPOs and Corporations

• Main Authors: Chia Yu Lin, 林佳諭
• Other Authors: Sian-Lun Hu
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/e94zpz

碩士 === 國立臺北科技大學 === 環境工程與管理研究所 === 101 === Over the past decades, NGOs/NPOs and corporations have a “partnership” which can eliminate conflicts between two sides. It can also create business value and environmental benefits, raise the environmental performance, leverage skills and perspectives not available in the organization, build respect and reputation, provide independent validation, and help achieve a win-win situation instead of just a competitive of zero-sum game. In comparison with studies in Taiwan, most of them just focus on the partnership between NGOs/NPOs and corporations, they are not discussing about partnership between ENGOs/ENPOs (Environmental NGOs/ Environmental NPOs) and corporations. Nevertheless, there are so many conflicts between ENGOs/ENPOs and corporations in Taiwan. In knowing they have common interests and purposes, we can harness the resources and skills from them to create more and more welfare for society if they can have the aim of “joint efforts” instead of conflicting between each other. This study aims to understand the relationship between environmental NGOs/NPOs and corporations, and analyzes the success factors and barriers. Four steps were followed. First, an extensive literature was conducted whih mainly focuses on partnership patterns, successful fators and barriers. Second, a semi-structure questionnaire was developed. Third, two focus group interviews were conducted with ENGOs/ENPOs and corporations were invited separately. Finally, suggestion about the partnership between NGOs/NPOs and corporations were obtained. The results indicated that there are two types of partnership relationship between environmental NGOs/NPOs and corporations in Taiwan: having many partnership experiences and remain conflicts between each other. Manufacturing industry may belong to the latter, while other sectors, such as financial and service industry have already had many cooperation experiences with NGOs/NPOs. Moreover, although there have many conflicts between each other, they still keep positive attitude toward being “Partnership”. Actually, some partneship may have already being progressed now. It is believed that this study should be able to provide some insight for anyone who concerns about the partnership relationship between environmental NGOs/NPOs and corporations.