Corporate climate strategies are shaped by a complicated interplay of various market and non-market variables. This article investigates the impact of two principal drivers- competitive dynamics and regulatory pressure -on the carbon management strategies of some of the most energy-intensive UK-listed companies.
Despite significant increase in awareness of its potential tactical value, so far there's little in the strategies of these organizations to imply that the competitive field has strongly altered or induced radical transformations in the business models of UK carbon-intensive firms. Instead, strategy appears to consist of a chain of hedging practices that derive from perceptions of present and likely future market and political trends in relation to climate change.
PUBLICATION DATE: August 01, 2010 PRODUCT #: CMR466-HCB-ENG
This is just an excerpt. This case is about STRATEGY & EXECUTION
Related Case Solutions & Analyses:
How the US lost out on IPhone work
Castlight Health: Disrupting the Health Care Industry
La Hacienda Del Sol
Nokia Seimens Networks
First Look: Highlights from the Third Annual Sustainability Global Executive Survey
Khosla Ventures: Biofuels Gain Liquidity
Zen and the Art of Simplicity
China’s Economy 2010
Prediction Markets: A New Tool for Strategic Decision Making
Kaweyan: Female Entrepreneurship and the Past and Future of Afghanistan
