“Esprit de B Corps”: The rapid increase in B Corp accreditations across UK hospitality companies — a viewpoint on their collective potential and a future research agenda
The rapid growth of B-Corp certified organisations in the UK hospitality sector calls for a better understanding of their potential to influence the supply and demand sides of the market. It also requires an outline of a dedicated research agenda which will inform the design and implementation of fu...
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| description | The rapid growth of B-Corp certified organisations in the UK hospitality sector calls for a better understanding of their potential to influence the supply and demand sides of the market. It also requires an outline of a dedicated research agenda which will inform the design and implementation of future studies concerned with the impact of the B-Corp certification on hospitality operations and strategies. This viewpoint reviews B Corp as an emerging trend in the United Kingdom’s hospitality sector. It discusses the collective potential of B Corps to disrupt the hospitality market and enable its progress towards more inclusive, resilient and environmentally sustainable business models and practices. The viewpoint proposes a research agenda underpinned by four perspectives which can inform the emerging academic and industry discourse on the policy, management and wider societal and environmental implications of the B-Corp movement in the hospitality sector of the UK and beyond. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1ad692d268b7422daa6b1fd02ad989a32025-08-20T03:05:26ZengTaylor & Francis GroupResearch in Hospitality Management2224-35342415-51522025-01-01151333710.1080/22243534.2025.2461704“Esprit de B Corps”: The rapid increase in B Corp accreditations across UK hospitality companies — a viewpoint on their collective potential and a future research agendaMark Ashton0Viachaslau Filimonau1Surrey Hospitality and Tourism Management, University of Surrey, Guildford, UKSurrey Hospitality and Tourism Management, University of Surrey, Guildford, UKThe rapid growth of B-Corp certified organisations in the UK hospitality sector calls for a better understanding of their potential to influence the supply and demand sides of the market. It also requires an outline of a dedicated research agenda which will inform the design and implementation of future studies concerned with the impact of the B-Corp certification on hospitality operations and strategies. This viewpoint reviews B Corp as an emerging trend in the United Kingdom’s hospitality sector. It discusses the collective potential of B Corps to disrupt the hospitality market and enable its progress towards more inclusive, resilient and environmentally sustainable business models and practices. The viewpoint proposes a research agenda underpinned by four perspectives which can inform the emerging academic and industry discourse on the policy, management and wider societal and environmental implications of the B-Corp movement in the hospitality sector of the UK and beyond.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/22243534.2025.2461704certificationcorporate social responsibilityhospitalitysustainability |
| spellingShingle | Mark Ashton Viachaslau Filimonau “Esprit de B Corps”: The rapid increase in B Corp accreditations across UK hospitality companies — a viewpoint on their collective potential and a future research agenda Research in Hospitality Management certification corporate social responsibility hospitality sustainability |
| title | “Esprit de B Corps”: The rapid increase in B Corp accreditations across UK hospitality companies — a viewpoint on their collective potential and a future research agenda |
| title_full | “Esprit de B Corps”: The rapid increase in B Corp accreditations across UK hospitality companies — a viewpoint on their collective potential and a future research agenda |
| title_fullStr | “Esprit de B Corps”: The rapid increase in B Corp accreditations across UK hospitality companies — a viewpoint on their collective potential and a future research agenda |
| title_full_unstemmed | “Esprit de B Corps”: The rapid increase in B Corp accreditations across UK hospitality companies — a viewpoint on their collective potential and a future research agenda |
| title_short | “Esprit de B Corps”: The rapid increase in B Corp accreditations across UK hospitality companies — a viewpoint on their collective potential and a future research agenda |
| title_sort | esprit de b corps the rapid increase in b corp accreditations across uk hospitality companies a viewpoint on their collective potential and a future research agenda |
| topic | certification corporate social responsibility hospitality sustainability |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/22243534.2025.2461704 |
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