International Journal of
Innovation, Management and Technology

Abstract

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiativesbased on charity and philanthropy have not alleviated manysustainable environmental issues, particularly in industrialtowns. The collaborative governance strategy is seen to be anoption for resolving difficulties of coordination andcommunication between businesses, the government, and thecommunity so that the goals of urban environmentalmanagement can be met via collaborative efforts. The purposeof this research is to identify the different forms ofenvironmental CSR implementation by corporate entities andto create a CSR collaborative governance model inenvironmental management. This qualitative investigation wascarried out in 2020 in Cilegon City, one of Indonesia’s industrialcities. To investigate their support, a total of 20 informants fromthree stakeholder groups, namely the government, corporateentities, and the community, were questioned. According to thestudy’s findings, CSR implementation in the environmentalsector covers cleaner production, eco-office, energy and naturalresource conservation, waste management, renewable energy,climate change adaptation, and environmental education. CSRimplementation in the environmental potential to implementcollaborative governance. Business entities have an essentialrole in establishing the starting condition, while the governmentprovides facilitative leadership and the CSR forum launchesinstitutional design. These three elements are critical to theeffectiveness of collaborative governance in environmentalmanagement in industrial cities.