Pro-Environment Workforce: Studying Employee Behavior in the Pharmaceutical Companies of at the Sundar Industrial Estate

Abstract

Environmental concerns have now been integrated into the corporate social responsibility debate. This study aims to find out the environmental corporate social responsibility and pro-environmental behaviour of employees of medicine companies of Sundar Industrial State, Lahore. For this study environmental CSR was taken as an independent variable (Environmental Management System) whereas the dependent variable isthe pro-environmental behaviour of employees. A cross-sectional survey method has been used to conduct the study. The multi-stage sampling technique was used to select the respondents and collect data from respondents (n=170). The respondents were the employees of medicine companies at the Sundar Industrial Estate. The tool for data collection was a structured questionnaire. Findings revealed that environment-related corporate social responsibility was not fulfilled by the corporations and the behaviour of employees was not environmentally friendly. The study concluded that environmental CSR and pro-environmental behaviour of employees have a positive correlation.