Green Start-Ups’ Attitudes towards Nature When Complying with the Corporate Law

Table 2

Latent variables and the elaborated questionnaire.

Latent variables	Questions
GAN: Green Attitudes towards Nature	Do you think it is important for your company to be aware of being an appropriate steward of natural resources (GAN1)?; Do you think it is important for your company to reduce hazardous emissions or toxic materials to improve health and safety at work (GAN2)?
ECC: Environmental Corporate Compliance	Do you think it is important to implement the prevention model to supervise the compliance of green innovations and procedures and services with the law (ECC1)?; Do you think it is important to undertake protocols and training procedures for staff members to apply these surveillance and organisational measures (ECC2)?; Do you think it is important to establish a disciplinary system to prevent non-compliance with the law (ECC3)?
The Environmental Value Model (EVM).	Do you think it is important to build entrepreneurial models to create environmental values based on sustainable principles (EVM1)?; Do you think it is important to describe, analyse and communicate such values in your company (EVM2)?
Balanced Green Investment(BGI)	Do you think it is important to seek a balance between profit, nature and people through sustainable management to protect nature (BGI1)?; Do you think it is important to reach environmental, economic and social standards to respect future generations in an innovation context (BGI2)?
Environmental Impact (EI)	Do you think it is important to produce green technologies to prevent environmental degradation on the planet (EI1)?; Do you think it is important to reduce the consumption of toxic substances and harmful emissions to prevent damages to the health and safety of employees at work (EI2)?
Green Opportunities (GO)	Do you think it is important to develop green skills among employees to build opportunities to expand environmental values in the company (GO1)?; Do you think it is important to implement a new generation of manufacturing processes to reduce pollution in production (GO2)?; Do you think it is important to implement eco-friendly technologies to overcome the market failures (GO3)?
Innovation and Competitiveness (IC)	Do you think it is important to propose new ideas and support creative processes (IC1)?; Do you think it is important to become a pioneer in green innovation ideas and practices (IC2)?; Do you think it is important to respond faster than your competitors to the needs of customers (IC3)?