An assessment of the climate change policies and performance of large European companies

Climate Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 38-50

  Sullivan, Rory ^a  

^a Insight Investment   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business strategy; Climate policy; Corporate performance; Corporate policy; Firm behaviour; GHG reductions; Targets

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; GREENHOUSE GAS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; INDUSTRIAL POLICY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION;

EUROPE;

EID: 74749092941     PISSN: 14693062     EISSN: 17527457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/cpol.2008.0591     Document Type: Article

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