Publications (FIS)

Survey data on voluntary nature conservation commitments of German businesses and their perceptions towards conservation credits

authored by

M. S. Krause, B. Matzdorf, N. Droste

Abstract

To preserve biodiversity and ecosystem services, company engagement is crucial. However, available data on manager views and perceptions regarding nature conservation in particular is rare. The presented survey data gives insights into current levels and forms of business commitments for nature conservation. The data contributes to understanding business attitudes towards voluntary conservation action and includes information about factors that influence their engagement. Moreover, the data informs about manager perceptions towards the concept of nature conservation credits and, as such, allows for an evaluation of a certified biodiversity and ecosystem services market. Importantly, the dataset contains essential company characteristics to put responses into greater context. The scope of the survey is limited to German companies from secondary and tertiary sectors. Companies were sampled through proportional stratified random sampling based on size and location. The data was collected through a self-administered online-survey, conducted in 2019. The database comprises responses of 747 companies that logged into the online system. The survey data were in part analysed through structural equation modelling for an investigation of factors that drive voluntary conservation commitments [1]. Related to this analysis, a subset of 618 companies is available that provided sufficiently completed questionnaires. Both datasets, i.e. the raw data as well as the first subset used for analysis, are hosted in the public repository Open Research Data of the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Germany. The repository also stores all coding information as well as the questionnaire: www.doi.org/10.4228/ZALF.DK.149. The dataset can be used, for example, by researchers from the field of environmental business management and strategy.

Organisation(s)

Institute of Environmental Planning

External Organisation(s)

Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF)
Lund University

Type

Article

Journal

Data in Brief

Volume

No. of pages

Publication date

12.2020

Publication status

Published

Peer reviewed

Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General

Electronic version(s)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2020.106625 (Access: Open)

BibTeX

@article{93bb51870baf4aee9bb0af58fbdbfe98,
title = "Survey data on voluntary nature conservation commitments of German businesses and their perceptions towards conservation credits",
abstract = "To preserve biodiversity and ecosystem services, company engagement is crucial. However, available data on manager views and perceptions regarding nature conservation in particular is rare. The presented survey data gives insights into current levels and forms of business commitments for nature conservation. The data contributes to understanding business attitudes towards voluntary conservation action and includes information about factors that influence their engagement. Moreover, the data informs about manager perceptions towards the concept of nature conservation credits and, as such, allows for an evaluation of a certified biodiversity and ecosystem services market. Importantly, the dataset contains essential company characteristics to put responses into greater context. The scope of the survey is limited to German companies from secondary and tertiary sectors. Companies were sampled through proportional stratified random sampling based on size and location. The data was collected through a self-administered online-survey, conducted in 2019. The database comprises responses of 747 companies that logged into the online system. The survey data were in part analysed through structural equation modelling for an investigation of factors that drive voluntary conservation commitments [1]. Related to this analysis, a subset of 618 companies is available that provided sufficiently completed questionnaires. Both datasets, i.e. the raw data as well as the first subset used for analysis, are hosted in the public repository Open Research Data of the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Germany. The repository also stores all coding information as well as the questionnaire: https://www.doi.org/10.4228/ZALF.DK.149. The dataset can be used, for example, by researchers from the field of environmental business management and strategy.",
keywords = "Biodiversity, Companies, Corporate responsibility, Ecosystem services, Natural capital, Social science, Sustainable development, Willingness to pay",
author = "Krause, {M. S.} and B. Matzdorf and N. Droste",
note = "Funding Information: The work was funded as part of the AgoraNatura research and implementation project. The project is supported by the joint funding initiative 'Research for the Implementation of the National Biodiversity Strategy' by the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) and the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), as well as the BMU's 'Federal Programme on Biological Diversity' [grant number 01LC1315A]. The publication of this article was funded by the Open Access Fund of the Leibniz Association. ",
year = "2020",
month = dec,
doi = "10.1016/j.dib.2020.106625",
language = "English",
volume = "33",
journal = "Data in Brief",
issn = "2352-3409",
publisher = "Elsevier BV",
}