Table 1
Categorization of Organizations Based on Their Commitment to Environmental Sustainability
| Name | Characteristics | Criteria |
| Wave zero | Organizations without any type of environmental sustainability-related action or strategy. | • No environmental sustainability-related actions reported. |
| Wave one | Organizations that present basic activities that serve as a starting point for more advanced strategies, but lack a strategic connection to the organization’s own activity. | • One or more low-intensity actions are reported on the website. • No connections to sustainability are observed in the organization’s strategies. |
| Wave two | Organizations that present some strategies for integrating sustainability into their activity. | • One or more low or high-intensity actions are reported on a section of the website dedicated to environmental sustainability. • Environmental sustainability is integrated into the organization’s strategies. |
| Wave three | Organizations in which environmental sustainability is full integrated into the organization’s strategic planning. | • One or more high-intensity actions are reported on a section of the website dedicated to environmental sustainability. • Environmental sustainability is fully integrated into the organization, and its goals and strategies in that regard are visible. |
| Source. Information adapted from Hugaerts et al. (2023) and McCullough et al. (2016). | ||
