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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Carbon Disclosure Project"”.
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The carbon disclosure project, an evolution in international environmental corporate governance : motivations and determinants of market response to voluntary disclosures
… climate change information through the Carbon Disclosure Project. Five hypotheses are presented to explain the factors influencing management's decision to disclose this information. These hypotheses include a response to shareholder activism, domestic institutional investor shareholder …
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Climate change information and analyst expectations
… Using survey data from CDP (formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project) about firms’ self-identified climate-related risks along with over 1 million analyst reports from ThomsonOne, I find climate disclosures foreshadow future financial performance for firms in industries most exposed to …
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Analysis of energy use and carbon emissions from automobile manufacturing
… emissions so that the average concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere does not exceed dangerous levels. The materials production sectors have achieved significant reduction in energy use in the last few decades. Progress in the production and assembly of components has been harder to …
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How do CSR rating schemes influence corporate behavior? : lessons from the utility industry
… to the two most widely used rating schemes, the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) and the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI). I focused on the electric utility industry to ensure comparability and because this sector is strongly positioned to signal corporate sustainability trends given its …
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Climate change adaptation in the U.S. electric utility sector
… utility responses to surveys distributed by the Carbon Disclosure Project as well as case studies of Consolidated Edison, Entergy, and Pacific Gas & Electric. The case study utilities are incorporating climate change projections into their risk management and capital planning activities. …
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Voluntary climate change disclosure in South Africa
There is increasing evidence that anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions are the major cause for global warming. A changing external environment and societal pressure is driving companies to respond to climate change and to limit further contribution where possible. Despite carbon emissions still …
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Developing Low Carbon Supply Networks: Influence, Measurement, and Improvement
… dilemma between fast industrial development and carbon reduction makes firms in developing nations reluctant to take serious commitment and actions in CO2 emission reduction in their global manufacturing practices. From a theoretical perspective, low-carbon supply networks research is also still …