UK’s climate change levy and emissions trading scheme: implications for businesses’ productivity and economic efficiency

Varma, Adarsh

doi:10.1007/3-7908-1748-1_21

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“…This sample was selected for a number of reasons. First, it has been recognized that large companies are among the most proactive companies in the world in environmental amelioration (Okereke, 2007; Levy and Newell, 2000; Varma, 2004; KPMG, 20083). Previous research has identified that large companies in general are likely to be more proactive than smaller ones (e.g.…”

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Corporate motivations for environmental sustainable development: exploring the role of consumers in stakeholder engagement

2010

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This paper examines the extent to which the end-consumer appears to infl uence corporate behaviour towards reporting specifi c environmental management activities, through examination of environmental disclosures by the UK FTSE 100 companies. The paper also explores whether proximity to the end-consumer is associated with particular motivations for environmental management -whether cost-reducing or reputational benefi ts, hypothesizing that close-to-consumer companies (C2C) will have a greater focus on reputational benefi ts than their counterparts.The results established that C2C companies were signifi cantly more active in particular environmental measures (climate change and management processes) than their counterparts. They were also more likely to undertake environmental activities for which there was no explicit cost-reduction benefi t, suggesting that reputation with consumers/society may be a particular business motivator for them. These fi ndings are important to policy makers, government and investors in terms of identifying which companies are leading particular aspects of the corporate environmental agenda and understanding the driving forces for it.

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Corporate motivations for environmental sustainable development: exploring the role of consumers in stakeholder engagement

2010

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“…First, these companies come from a diverse range of industry sectors, including oil and gas, electricity, mining, chemicals, transport, utilities, and insurance. Secondly, UK FTSE 100 companies are considered to be the most likely to report on environmental activities (Levy and Newell, 2000;Varma, 2004;Okereke, 2007;Spada, 2008). Thirdly, they can be regarded as the most highly capitalised companies listed on the London Stock Exchange as the majority of UK FTSE top 100 companies are also global operations, with business interests in a number of countries.…”

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Corporate Environmental Information Disclosure: Factors Influencing Companies' Success in Attaining Environmental Awards

Hassan

Ibrahim

2011

Corp Soc Responsibility Env

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This study will identify the factors that may influence companies' success in attaining environmental awards. Based on existing literature, several variables that are expected to have an influence on the receipt of an environmental award were selected and their levels of disclosure were tested empirically using a sample of UK FTSE 100 companies. The selected variables considered were industry membership; stakeholder engagement; external (formal) assurance; the presence of an environmental management system (EMS); and specific environmental activities in the areas of packaging, waste management, recycling, climate change risk, climate change activities, and carbon footprint. The results reveal that the influencing factors for receipt of an environmental award are the presence of an environmental management system (EMS); stakeholder engagement; and disclosure on specific environmental activities (waste management, climate change risk, and climate change activities). The results also show that the level of environmental disclosure and the consequent possibility of receiving an award, are influenced by industry membership; the extent of environmental information disclosure are not the same in all industries. Companies belonging to carbon-intensive industries were found to be more likely to receive an award than companies from non carbon-intensive industries. Contrary to expectations, no evidence was found to support the influence of disclosure on formal or external assurance and some specific environmental activities (packaging, recycling).

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Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) Scores and the Level of Disclosure on Climate Change Related Activities: An Empirical Investigation of the FTSE 100 Companies

2013

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UK’s climate change levy and emissions trading scheme: implications for businesses’ productivity and economic efficiency

Cited by 3 publications

References 8 publications

Corporate motivations for environmental sustainable development: exploring the role of consumers in stakeholder engagement

Corporate motivations for environmental sustainable development: exploring the role of consumers in stakeholder engagement

Corporate Environmental Information Disclosure: Factors Influencing Companies' Success in Attaining Environmental Awards

Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) Scores and the Level of Disclosure on Climate Change Related Activities: An Empirical Investigation of the FTSE 100 Companies

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