Pro-environmental behavior for small medium enterprise: a review

• Published in: IOP conference series. Materials Science and Engineering 2020-05, Vol.801 (1), p.12069
• Main Authors: Elba Ridha, Arrazy, Matondang, Nazaruddin, Haikal Sitepu, Muhammad
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Energy consumption; Problem solving; Reference materials; Small & medium sized enterprises-SME; Small business; Sustainable development
• ISSN: 1757-8981; 1757-899X
• DOI: 10.1088/1757-899X/801/1/012069

The problem that is often faced by environment of Small and Medium Enterprises is the lack of, and also the growth of small and medium enterprises that are increasing every year makes handling waste uncontrollable, the impartiality of small and medium enterprises in the environment causes waste pollution and energy use out of control. Some literature, it is explained that the application of pro-environment behavior can help to reduce the impact of environmental pollution, and also maintain environmental sustainability. The application of pro-environment behavior becomes an alternative in maintaining environmental sustainability or call often called Sustainable development. The purpose of this study is to review journals or the results of research on applied environmental behavior within the scope of small and medium enterprises, so that they can find out the results of pro-environment implementation that applied to various literature and research. The application of pro-environment behavior is strongly recommended so that it becomes a reference program for the community and also becomes a reference material for making regulations for BLH (environmental agency) to improve environmental preservation, especially in Indonesia, especially in the city of Medan, North Sumatra Province and also as a problem solving for growth uncontrolled waste.