POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Corporate Action, Ikea, Carbon Trust
18 Jan 2018
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Just like ngos they want agenda setting and lobbying: example, climate friendly: as president trump was going to pull out of paris, many. Ceos sent letters asking trump to stay in because acting on climate change helps corporations compete they (cid:449)ere tryi(cid:374)g to i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)e government to push forward on climate agenda: not climate friendly: work against the agenda. Ceos and largest shareholders: c. e. os. and shareholders are people, this (cid:373)atters (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause of ho(cid:449) they"re goi(cid:374)g to act, corporate governance ties into climate action, types of connections between corporate behavior and climate change which. Pulver article talks about: depressing conclusion: there are generally low levels of participation from corporations in climate change. Lots of things are happening but at relatively low levels: why do corporations lead or lag on climate change, 3 reasons/factors, exposure to climate risk, high risk= high engagement. If you see a negative impact you tend to be leader.
