| Description |
1 online resource (xlii, 96 pages) : color illustrations, color maps |
| Contents |
Front Cover -- Contents -- Foreword by Mona Haddad, World Bank -- Foreword by Nicolette Bartlett, CDP -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Main Messages -- Overview -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- Notes -- References -- 2. The Effect of Multinational Enterprises on Climate Change -- Hypotheses and Channels -- Bottom-Up Approaches to Estimate the Effect of MNEs on Carbon Emissions -- Top-Down Approaches to Estimate the Effect of MNEs on Carbon Emissions -- Notes -- References -- Annex 2A. Additional Methodological Details and Regression Tables |
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3. Multinational Enterprises and Green Technology Transfers -- The Potential of Green Technology Transfers -- Links with MNEs Associated with Greener Business Practices -- The Importance of Government Policy to Stimulate MNEs' Green Technology Transfers -- Notes -- References -- Annex 3A. Additional Regression Tables on Determinants of Green Technology Transfers -- 4. How Committed Are MNEs Currently to Decarbonizing Their Supply Chains? -- MNEs' Commitments to Net-Zero Emissions by 2050 -- MNEs' Long-, Medium-, and Short-Term Strategies to Decarbonize |
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Weaknesses in Corporate Climate Reporting and Greenwashing -- Market Failures in Corporate Target Setting, Monitoring, and Reporting -- Notes -- References -- 5. Policies to Influence Multinational Enterprises' Effect on Climate Change -- Patrolling (Monitoring Emissions) -- Prescription (Laws and Regulations) -- Penalties (Taxes and Charges) -- Payments (Tax Incentives, Fiscal Support) -- Persuasion (Corporate Commitments, Information Campaigns) -- How to Prioritize and Sequence the 5Ps within a Climate Change Mitigation Strategy -- Notes -- References -- Boxes |
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Box O.1 Overview of Key Datasets and Methodologies Used -- Box O.2 Future Research Agenda -- Box 2.1 Methodology for Bottom-Up Approach to Analyzing Emissions: CDP's Full GHG Emissions Dataset -- Box 2.2 Select Country Examples-the Emissions of Large MNEs in India and South Africa -- Box 2.3 Methodology for Estimating Carbon Emissions Using Top-Down Approaches -- Box 2.4 Future Research Agenda-Strengthen Estimates of MNEs' Effect on Emissions by Harmonizing Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approaches -- Box 3.1 Future Research Agenda-Expanding Firm-Level Data on Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation |
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Box 4.1 Future Research Agenda-Monitoring MNEs' Climate Change Reform Commitments in Headquarters and Host Countries -- Box 5.1 Mandatory Emissions Reporting around the World -- Box 5.2 Does Environmental Regulation Hurt Host Countries' FDI Inflows? -- Box 5.3 How Do Environmental Taxes Affect Productivity and Competitiveness in Developing Economies? -- Box 5.4 How Green Are Tax Incentives in Ghana? -- Box 5.5 Future Research Agenda-The Specific Use and Complementarities of Policies to Shape the Impacts of MNEs on Climate Change -- Figures -- Figure O.1 Global Industrial Emissions of the Supply Chains of Large MNEs, 2021 |
| Summary |
Multinational enterprises (MNEs) provide both a fundamental risk to and an opportunity for climate change mitigation. The climate ambitions of MNEs will affect the environmental performance of countries around the world. As a leading actor, proactive MNEs can impose sustainability standards or encourage green technology transfers that, in some cases, could affect millions of producers and accelerate the climate transition. However, obstructive MNEs may equally hold back any progress to reduce a country's emissions via inaction or by actively resisting, obstructing, or lobbying against change. The objective of this report is to study the effect of MNEs on climate change. Toward this goal, the report reviews the latest available data, conducts new empirical analysis, and summarizes pioneering literature. The report answers four key questions related to the relationship between MNEs and climate change: 1) What effect do MNEs currently have on climate change, both through their own activities and through the emissions of their broader supply chains?; 2) How do MNEs shape the potential transfer of green technologies to domestic firms, and how do different types of interactions with MNEs stimulate such technology transfers?; 3) How committed are leading MNEs currently to transitioning their supply chains to net-zero emissions by 2050, and do they have long-, medium-, and short-range strategies to realize this?; 4) What types of policies can influence MNEs' effects on climate change? |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Description based on resource, viewed September 8, 2023 |
| Subject |
International business enterprises -- Environmental aspects
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Climate change mitigation.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Saurav, Abhishek, author
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| ISBN |
9781464819957 |
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1464819955 |
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