Understanding, mapping and reporting of climate-related risks among listed firms in Sweden
Andersson, Fredrik N G LU
and Arvidsson, Susanne
LU
(2023)
In Climate Policy
23(8).
p.945-958
- Abstract
- We study the mapping and reporting of climate-related risks among firms listed on the NasdaqOMX stock exchange in Stockholm in four goods-producing industries. Our study contains two parts: (i) a study of the firms’ external communication through their annual reports, sustainability reports and webpages, and (ii) a follow-up survey of the top management team. The survey contains quantitative questions and free text answers, which provide additional insights into the mapping and risk-handling of climate-related risks among the firms. We find that firms are likely to engage in some form of mapping and reporting of climate-related risks, but there are variations among the firms. Furthermore, the management of climate-related risks appears to... (More)
- We study the mapping and reporting of climate-related risks among firms listed on the NasdaqOMX stock exchange in Stockholm in four goods-producing industries. Our study contains two parts: (i) a study of the firms’ external communication through their annual reports, sustainability reports and webpages, and (ii) a follow-up survey of the top management team. The survey contains quantitative questions and free text answers, which provide additional insights into the mapping and risk-handling of climate-related risks among the firms. We find that firms are likely to engage in some form of mapping and reporting of climate-related risks, but there are variations among the firms. Furthermore, the management of climate-related risks appears to be a residual issue for most firms with little active engagement from the management team or board of directors. (Less)
- Abstract (Swedish)
- We study the mapping and reporting of climate-related risks among firms listed on the NasdaqOMX stock exchange in Stockholm in four goods producing industries. Our study contains two parts: i) a study of the firms’ external communication through their annual reports, sustainability reports and webpages, and ii) a follow-up survey to the top management team. The survey contains quantitative questions as well as free text answers, which provides additional insights into the mapping and risk-handling of climate-related risks among the firms. We find that firms are likely to engage in some form of mapping and reporting of climate-related risks, but there are variations among the firms. Further, the management of climate-related risks appear... (More)
- We study the mapping and reporting of climate-related risks among firms listed on the NasdaqOMX stock exchange in Stockholm in four goods producing industries. Our study contains two parts: i) a study of the firms’ external communication through their annual reports, sustainability reports and webpages, and ii) a follow-up survey to the top management team. The survey contains quantitative questions as well as free text answers, which provides additional insights into the mapping and risk-handling of climate-related risks among the firms. We find that firms are likely to engage in some form of mapping and reporting of climate-related risks, but there are variations among the firms. Further, the management of climate-related risks appear to be a residual issue for most firms with little active engagement from the management team or board of directors. (Less)
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- Andersson, Fredrik N G
LU
and Arvidsson, Susanne
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2023
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- climate policy, climate risk management, non-financial reporting, TCFD, CSRD, EU Taxonomy, climate policy, climate change, climate-risk management, climate-related risks, non-financial reporting, M40, Q54, Q56, Q58
- in
- Climate Policy
- volume
- 23
- issue
- 8
- pages
- 945 - 958
- publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85137711978
- ISSN
- 1469-3062
- DOI
- 10.1080/14693062.2022.2116383
- language
- English
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- 28576ee5-682e-4c78-a30f-6c88a7edaafd
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