Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the British Columbia forest industry, 1990–2005

Contingency theory, climate change, and low-carbon operations management

“…The number of companies herein investigated is aligned with the number of companies suggested by other Figure 1 Low-carbon management in light of supply chain constraints due to climate change, taking into account the theory of contingency (Okereke and Kung, 2013;Burritt et al, 2011;Aben et al, 2010). Brazil was chosen because more research is needed on climate change in developing countries (Lee, 2012b;Wang et al, 2013).…”

“…These contingencies are derived from the fact that organisations already face, or will face, supply chain-related disruptions, such as lack of resources and limited availability of raw materials (Smith, 2013;Haverkort and Verhagen, 2008). In addition, companies may be forced to seek new technologies (Busch and Hoffmann, 2007;Plambeck, 2012;Aben et al, 2010). Organisations can also face social and governmental challenges, and new regulations may require taxes, which increase costs, changing the way the companies act globally (Jeswani et al, 2008;Choi et al, 2013;Hitchcock, 2012;Lo, 2010;Burritt et al, 2011).…”

Decarbonisation of operations management – looking back, moving forward: a review and implications for the production research community

“…However, organisations may be restricted in their access to fuels, energy sources and water (Busch and Hoffmann 2007;Gasbarro, Rizzi, and Frey 2014), or have to deal with climate regulations that impact on the acquisition of technologies and obtaining services from the market (Aben, Hartley, and Wilkening 2010;Hitchcock 2012;Plambeck 2012;Okereke and Küng 2013). As a result, organisations may face barriers, drivers and/or motivators when adopting low-carbon operational practices.…”

“…The authors reported the main barriers to carbon offsets in Canadian forests based on a qualitative study conducted with stakeholders in the sector Meyers et al (2016) The article identified barriers faced by small-and medium-sized companies in the Food and Drink sector located in European countries in improving energy efficiency, and provided recommendations De Wolf, Pomponi, and Moncaster (2017) The authors identified drivers and barriers to low-carbon processes in the building sector in developed countries Long, Blok, and Coninx (2016) The article identified barriers to the adoption of smart technologies for reducing carbon emissions in the agriculture sector in European countries Meath, Linnenluecke, and Griffiths (2016) The authors analysed barriers and motivations for small-and medium-sized companies participating in voluntary programmes for energy efficiency in Australia Henriques and Catarino (2016) The article found and discussed barriers to pursuing energy efficiency in small-and mediumsized enterprises in Portugal in order to reduce carbon emissions, and proposed ways to overcome the identified barriers Polzin (2017) The article analysed challenges to clean technologies used in addressing low-carbon processes Kragt, Dumbrell, and Blackmore (2017) The authors identified the key drivers and barriers to engagement with carbon farming in the Australian agriculture sector Masud et al (2017) The article analysed the perception of climate change risks by farmers in Malaysia and the consequent barriers to adaptation strategies He et al (2017) The article discussed barriers to developing low-carbon logistics strategies in China Herrmann and Guenther (2017) The authors proposed a scale of organisational barriers to understanding enterprises' climate change strategies in Germany Santos (2017) The author discussed macroeconomic barriers to decarbonisation of the transport sector Yi, Feiock, and Berry (2017) The authors developed a framework for understanding the reasons why cities in the USA have voluntarily adopted climate change policies Reyers, Gouws, and Blignaut (2011) This study analysed the motivating factors behind voluntary climate change mitigation. Three factors were cited as important: legitimacy, financial business and moral responsibility Lee et al (2013) It was noted that the success of CO 2 reduction in sectors such as electricity, heat production and transport in the region of Southeast Asia depends on a reduction in the differences and deficiencies in policies and regulations between ASEAN nations Lo (2010) Companies from the Taiwanese electronic sector have adapted to environmental trade barriers from international associations and sustainable procurement policies from customers to voluntarily reduce greenhouse gas emissions Aben, Hartle...…”

“…The theories considered were: path dependence, evolutionary theory, induced technology change, institutional theory, resource-based view and the stakeholder theory, organisational learning and institutional collective (Aben, Hartley, and Wilkening 2010;Zhu and Geng 2013;Pålsson and Kovács 2014;Zhang and Wang 2014;Herrmann and Guenther 2017;Yi, Feiock, and Berry 2017). Figure 6 presents these data.…”