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How warm is the corporate response to climate change? Evidence from Pakistan and the UK
- Source :
- Business Strategy and the Environment. 17:46-60
- Publication Year :
- 2007
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2007.
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Abstract
- In response to growing consensus among scientists and governments to act fast to avoid dangerous impacts of climate change, many industries have started to prepare for a carbon-constrained world. However, this response is far from being uniform. Often action is predicated on economic, technological, organizational and institutional drivers and barriers, which vary between countries and across industrial sectors. In order to understand the effectiveness of industry response, it is therefore important to analyse corporate response across different sectors in different countries. Focusing on the nine most energy-intensive and greenhouse gas (GHG) emitting industrial sectors, this paper compares corporate responses to climate change in Pakistan and the UK. By analysing the divergence of strategies adopted by industries across different sectors in two countries, the paper examines the key factors influencing corporate adoption and implementation of GHG reduction and energy-efficiency strategies in Pakistan and the UK. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.
- Subjects :
- Divergence (linguistics)
Strategy and Management
Geography, Planning and Development
Climate change
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Key factors
Economy
Order (exchange)
Greenhouse gas
Development economics
Economics
Kyoto Protocol
Environmental strategy
Emissions trading
Business and International Management
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10990836 and 09644733
- Volume :
- 17
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Business Strategy and the Environment
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........db33623cda4603398918aecdc5a7ad4f