Down to business on climate change: An overview of corporate strategies

Dunn, Seth

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“…The high-level international negotiation process should also invite a prominent place for the issue on the corporate agenda, but the corporations considered here do not necessarily devote much space to addressing either the policy or the scientific aspects of the issue. Fewer corporations seem to rely on the defensive strategy spearheaded by such corporations as ExxonMobil (Dunn, 2002;Kolk & Pinkse, 2007;Yeoh & Tang, 2007). Some, such as Shell, argue that the debate is over.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…One example of a defensive response is the formation of the Global Climate Coalition (1989Á2002), which worked against emission limits, arguing that they would inflict economic damage (Dunn, 2002). For the most part, however, a wait-and-see attitude prevailed in the corporate world during the 1990s (van der Woerd, Levy & Begg, 2003).…”

Section: Corporate Environmentalism and Climate Responsementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Instead, many have embraced market-based solutions such as emission trading, selfregulation, and new technology (Dunn, 2002;Kolk & Pinkse, 2007;Yeoh & Tang, 2007). Still, ''climate change activities are not widespread yet, and policies are being contested as well'' (Kolk & Hoffmann, 2007, p. 411).…”

Section: Corporate Environmentalism and Climate Responsementioning

confidence: 99%

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Business and Climate Change: The Climate Response of the World's 30 Largest Corporations

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2009

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“…Jeswani et al (2008) for example, also list product change and product development as possible measures to reduce emissions. Beyond that, Kolk and Pinkse (2005) also name supply chain measures, thereby including indirect emissions Dunn (2002) • Dunn, 2002), while others also suggest measures that are directed at the total substitution of carbon resources (e.g. Conference Board, 2007).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mitigating climate change – how do corporate strategies differ?

2008

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Many companies are facing increasing pressure by governments, shareholders and other stakeholders to reduce their CO 2 emissions in order to mitigate climate change. The importance of managing CO 2 emissions and crafting adequate CO 2 strategies has increased for those companies affected. We present a framework that conceptualizes a company's CO 2 strategy as the focus on one or a combination of several strategic objectives: CO 2 compensation, CO 2 reduction and carbon independence. In order to investigate the CO 2 strategies of a worldwide sample of 91 electricity producers we perform a content analysis of their answers to the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP). We demonstrate the measures the companies take to manage their emissions, the CO 2 strategies they adopt and antecedents that infl uence these strategies. We fi nd that half of the companies take parallel emission management measures that aim at all three strategic objectives, while the other half pursue selected objectives only. We also fi nd that companies with different CO 2 strategies significantly differ in terms of regional affi liation, company size and absolute amount of CO 2 emissions, while we could not identify a signifi cant difference in relative CO 2 emissions.

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“…The management of GHGEs within organisational supply chains is noted in relation to voluntary corporate action on climate change, including product development and process and supply improvements (Boiral, 2006;Dunn, 2002;Hoffman, 2005;Jeswani et al, 2008;Kolk and Pinkse, 2005;Schultz and Williamson, 2005;Sprengel and Busch, 2010;Weinhofer and Hoffman, 2010). Key activities previously identified include the development of specific systems (both internal and external) to develop and control supplier engagement and collaboration (Jeswani et al, 2008), design changes (Donnelly et al, 2006), supplier enabling and capacity development (Ciliberti et al, 2008;Lamming and Hampson, 1996), supplier requirements such as codes of conduct, auditing and questionnaires (Ciliberti et al, 2008;Lamming and Hampson, 1996;Preuss, 2010) and supplier forums (Keating et al, 2008).…”

Section: Business and Organisational Responses To Climate Change And mentioning

confidence: 99%

An exploration of intervention options to enhance the management of supply chain greenhouse gas emissions in the UK

Long

Young

2016

Journal of Cleaner Production

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Abstract:The management of greenhouse gas emissions (GHGEs) within the supply chains of large organisations is receiving increasing attention as a way to achieve climate mitigation objectives.Climate mitigation policy for direct GHGEs and organisations' role in managing environmental impacts within supply chains is well covered in the literature. However, the targeting of indirect GHGE from the supply chain, and the intervention options that exist are still underdeveloped, especially in terms of information and informal based interventions, or support and capacity building approaches.Interview data was collected on the supply chain GHGE management actions of large supply chain leading organisations in the UK such as brand companies and public sector organisations. This is used to construct framework through which an initial and exploratory assessment of the efficacy and likely impacts of a range of interventions, designed to increase levels of supply chain GHGE management by supply chain leading organisations, is conducted.

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Down to business on climate change: An overview of corporate strategies

Cited by 25 publications

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Business and Climate Change: The Climate Response of the World's 30 Largest Corporations

Business and Climate Change: The Climate Response of the World's 30 Largest Corporations

Mitigating climate change – how do corporate strategies differ?

An exploration of intervention options to enhance the management of supply chain greenhouse gas emissions in the UK

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