TY - JOUR AU - Santos, Joyce Aparecida Ramos dos AU - Teixeira, Rivanda Meira PY - 2021/05/01 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - The creation process of environmentally sustainable enterprises JF - REGEPE Entrepreneurship and Small Business Journal JA - REGEPE Entrep. Small Bus. J. VL - 10 IS - 2 SE - Research Articles DO - 10.14211/regepe.e1913 UR - https://regepe.org.br/regepe/article/view/1913 SP - e1913 AB - <p><strong>Objective:</strong> To analyze phases that involve the process of creating environmentally sustainable enterprises. <strong>Method:</strong> Qualitative approach with an exploratory and descriptive purpose. A multi-case study strategy was employed, carried out with five micro-enterprises located in the state of Paraná. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and observed under documental analysis. <strong>Originality/Relevance: </strong>Evidenced by the scarcity of studies investigating how the sustainable environmental entrepreneurial process occurs, the present study can be seen as an initial effort to help fill this gap. <strong>Results:</strong> The evidence demonstrated that the sustainable environmental entrepreneurial process as a multifaceted phenomenon, admitting different configurations depending on the profile of the individual who undertakes a venture, motivations for business creation, central proposal of the created enterprise and development context. <strong>Theoretical/methodological contributions: </strong>Proposition of a specific structure in the field of environmental sustainable entrepreneurship that which allows for recursion between the phases and / or the non-coverage of any of them in the creation of an enterprise of this nature. <strong>Social contributions</strong>: The proposed model can guide new entrepreneurs in the creation of an environmentally sustainable enterprise.</p><p><strong>JEL CODE: </strong>L26, Q01,  Q56</p><!-- Start Crossmark Snippet v2.0 --><!-- End Crossmark Snippet --> ER -