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Abstract—Corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives
based on charity and philanthropy have not alleviated many
sustainable environmental issues, particularly in industrial
towns. The collaborative governance strategy is seen to be an
option for resolving difficulties of coordination and
communication between businesses, the government, and the
community so that the goals of urban environmental
management can be met via collaborative efforts. The purpose
of this research is to identify the different forms of
environmental CSR implementation by corporate entities and
to create a CSR collaborative governance model in
environmental management. This qualitative investigation was
carried out in 2020 in Cilegon City, one of Indonesia’s industrial
cities. To investigate their support, a total of 20 informants from
three stakeholder groups, namely the government, corporate
entities, and the community, were questioned. According to the
study’s findings, CSR implementation in the environmental
sector covers cleaner production, eco-office, energy and natural
resource conservation, waste management, renewable energy,
climate change adaptation, and environmental education. CSR
implementation in the environmental potential to implement
collaborative governance. Business entities have an essential
role in establishing the starting condition, while the government
provides facilitative leadership and the CSR forum launches
institutional design. These three elements are critical to the
effectiveness of collaborative governance in environmental
management in industrial cities.
Index Terms—Collaborative governance, CSR forum,
environmental CSR, industrial city
M. Muhlisin is with the Regional Development Planning Agency of
Banten Province and Environmental Engineering Department of University
of Banten Jaya, Indonesia.
M. S. Budiarto is with the Regional Development Planning Agency of
Banten Province, Indonesia.
*Correspondence: muhlisinsidik@gmail.com (M.M.)
Cite: Muhlisin Muhlisin* and Muhammad Sofyan Budiarto, "Environmental CSR in Industrial Cities: A Collaborative Governance Approach," International Journal of Innovation, Management and Technology vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 64-69, 2023.
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