The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the environmental sustainability strategies of listed firms in Sweden
(2024) In Business Strategy and the Environment 33(2). p.462-467- Abstract
- How macroeconomic crises affect firms' environmental sustainability strategies is an open question. We study the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the environmental sustainability strategies of firms listed on the OMXNasdaq stock exchange in Sweden. The analysis is based on a survey distributed twice, once during the summer of 2020 and once during the summer of 2021 with detailed questions related to the firms' environmental strategies. We find that most firms view the pandemic as an opportunity to strengthen their environmental strategies. However, we also find that the economic downturn caused most firms to redirect scarce resources away from environmental sustainability. We also find that firms which had adopted the Taskforce on... (More)
- How macroeconomic crises affect firms' environmental sustainability strategies is an open question. We study the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the environmental sustainability strategies of firms listed on the OMXNasdaq stock exchange in Sweden. The analysis is based on a survey distributed twice, once during the summer of 2020 and once during the summer of 2021 with detailed questions related to the firms' environmental strategies. We find that most firms view the pandemic as an opportunity to strengthen their environmental strategies. However, we also find that the economic downturn caused most firms to redirect scarce resources away from environmental sustainability. We also find that firms which had adopted the Taskforce on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures were less likely to divert resources. These short-term results indicate that the pandemic will not enhance firms' environmental sustainability practices in the future. (Less)
- Abstract (Swedish)
- How crises affect firms’ environmental sustainability strategies is an open question. We study the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the environmental sustainability strategies of firms listed on the OMXNasdaq stock exchange in Sweden. The analysis is based on a survey distributed twice, once during the summer of 2020 and once during the summer of 2021 with detailed questions related to the firms’ environmental strategies. We find that most firms view the pandemic as an opportunity to strengthen their environmental strategies. However, we also find that the economic downturn caused most firms to redirect scare resources away from environmental sustainability. Few firms’ immediate response was to increase their environmental efforts. We... (More)
- How crises affect firms’ environmental sustainability strategies is an open question. We study the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the environmental sustainability strategies of firms listed on the OMXNasdaq stock exchange in Sweden. The analysis is based on a survey distributed twice, once during the summer of 2020 and once during the summer of 2021 with detailed questions related to the firms’ environmental strategies. We find that most firms view the pandemic as an opportunity to strengthen their environmental strategies. However, we also find that the economic downturn caused most firms to redirect scare resources away from environmental sustainability. Few firms’ immediate response was to increase their environmental efforts. We also find that firms which had adopted the Taskforce on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures were less likely to divert resources. These short-term results do not indicate that the pandemic will enhance firms’ environmental sustainability practices in the future. (Less)
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- Andersson, Fredrik N G LU and Arvidsson, Susanne LU
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- 2024-02-01
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- Contribution to journal
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- covid-19, pandemic, sustainability, finance, transition finance, sustainable finance, environmental sustainability, climate change, Covid-19 pandemic, TCFD
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- Business Strategy and the Environment
- volume
- 33
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- 2
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- 462 - 467
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- John Wiley & Sons Inc.
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- scopus:85164332626
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- 1099-0836
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- 10.1002/bse.3487
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- English
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