Climate change mitigation efforts among transportation and manufacturing companies : The current state of efforts in Sweden according to available documentation
(2018) In Journal of Cleaner Production 196. p.588-593- Abstract
Globally, transportation and manufacturing emit large amount of greenhouse gases that needs to be lowered for reaching agreed upon clim ate goals. In this context evidence of mitigation activities among eighty-five companies and their forty-five parent companies in these two polluting sectors were traced focusing on a country that has committed itself to leading the implementation of ambitious climate-mitigation goals worldwide. Documentation from the companies in the transportation and manufacturing sectors was scrutinized (yearly reports, homepages and sustainability reports, if available) for evidence of any mitigation efforts, including emissions reporting and reduction goals. The study's results found that two thirds of the... (More)
Globally, transportation and manufacturing emit large amount of greenhouse gases that needs to be lowered for reaching agreed upon clim ate goals. In this context evidence of mitigation activities among eighty-five companies and their forty-five parent companies in these two polluting sectors were traced focusing on a country that has committed itself to leading the implementation of ambitious climate-mitigation goals worldwide. Documentation from the companies in the transportation and manufacturing sectors was scrutinized (yearly reports, homepages and sustainability reports, if available) for evidence of any mitigation efforts, including emissions reporting and reduction goals. The study's results found that two thirds of the companies seemed to have done nothing to mitigate climate change, while efforts in the remaining companies were modest at best; mitigation activities among the forty-five parent companies were only slightly more ambitious. The implications of these depressing findings are discussed in the light of possible caveats and the possibilities of new policy measures such as gender quotas in company boards. The conclusion is that the study's results most likely reflect reality in the studied sectors and that novel approaches and more sector oriented research is needed in the quest for a carbon-neutral society.
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- author
- Carlsson Kanyama, Annika LU ; Carlsson Kanyama, Karin ; Wester, Misse LU ; Snickare, Lotta and Söderberg, Inga Lill
- organization
- publishing date
- 2018-09-20
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Climate change, Manufacturing, Mitigation, Policy measures, Transportation sector
- in
- Journal of Cleaner Production
- volume
- 196
- pages
- 6 pages
- publisher
- Elsevier
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- scopus:85049308493
- ISSN
- 0959-6526
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.06.007
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- additional info
- Funding Information: This research was funded by the Swedish Energy Agency . Publisher Copyright: © 2018 Elsevier Ltd Copyright: Copyright 2018 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
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