Islam emphasizes the importance of environmental care, as prescribed in its primary sources of Shariah, the Quran and the authenticated actions and words (Sunnah and Hadith) of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). While there is a vast amount of literature on environmental issues, the role of Islam especially in the context of corporate environmental sustainability has not garnered much attention. This study seeks to understand how the managers of public listed firms perceive environmental issues and how their perceptions contribute to environmental sustainability. As prior studies have shown that the industrial sector is a major contributor to environmental problems, it is important to examine the issue from the perspective of individuals that have the ability to direct firms in this sector. The findings of this research show that firms respond to secular coercive, normative, and mimetic isomorphic pressures from various stakeholders in matters pertaining to the environment. However, Shariah does not influence managers’ environmental beliefs and the way they drive corporate environmentalism. The ineffectiveness of existing secular institutions in being able to modify firm behaviour, from the mere meeting of minimum standards to the achievement of global best practices, shows an urgent need for an alternative approach to addressing environmental problems in Malaysia. Given that Shariah is a strong influence on important aspects of life in Malaysia, we propose a new Shariah-based framework for corporate environmental sustainability. The findings of this study provide support to governments and other relevant bodies involved in developing policies regarding environmental sustainability.

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制度同构与环境可持续性：伊斯兰教法视角下的新框架

伊斯兰教强调环境保护的重要性，正如其伊斯兰教法、古兰经和先知穆罕默德 (pbuh) 经验证的言行（圣训和圣训）的主要来源所规定的那样。虽然有大量关于环境问题的文献，但伊斯兰教的作用，尤其是在企业环境可持续性的背景下，并未引起太多关注。本研究旨在了解上市公司的经理如何看待环境问题以及他们的看法如何促进环境可持续性。由于先前的研究表明工业部门是造成环境问题的主要因素，因此从有能力指导该部门公司的个人的角度来审视这个问题很重要。这项研究的结果表明，公司对来自与环境有关的各种利益相关者的长期强制性、规范和模仿同构压力做出反应。然而，伊斯兰教法并不影响管理者的环保信念以及他们推动企业环保主义的方式。从仅仅满足最低标准到实现全球最佳实践，现有世俗机构在改变公司行为方面的效率低下，表明迫切需要一种替代方法来解决马来西亚的环境问题。鉴于伊斯兰教法对马来西亚生活的重要方面有很大影响，我们提出了一个新的基于伊斯兰教法的企业环境可持续性框架。