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The Effect of Multinational Enterprises on Climate Change: Supply Chain Emissions, Green Technology Transfers, and Corporate Commitments

dc.contributor.author Steenbergen, Victor
dc.contributor.author Saurav, Abhishek
dc.date.accessioned 2023-05-18T21:19:20Z
dc.date.available 2023-05-18T21:19:20Z
dc.date.issued 2023-05-23
dc.description.abstract Multinational enterprises (MNEs) provide both a fundamental risk to and an opportunity for climate change mitigation. The climate ambitions of MNEs will affect the environmental performance of countries around the world. As a leading actor, proactive MNEs can impose sustainability standards or encourage green technology transfers that, in some cases, could affect millions of producers and accelerate the climate transition. However, obstructive MNEs may equally hold back any progress to reduce a country’s emissions via inaction or by actively resisting, obstructing, or lobbying against change. The objective of this report is to study the effect of MNEs on climate change. Toward this goal, the report reviews the latest available data, conducts new empirical analysis, and summarizes pioneering literature. The report answers four key questions related to the relationship between MNEs and climate change: » What effect do MNEs currently have on climate change, both through their own activities and through the emissions of their broader supply chains? » How do MNEs shape the potential transfer of “green” technologies to domestic firms, and how do different types of interactions with MNEs stimulate such technology transfers? » How committed are leading MNEs currently to transitioning their supply chains to net-zero emissions by 2050, and do they have long-, medium-, and short-range strategies to realize this? » What types of policies can influence MNEs’ effects on climate change? en
dc.identifier.isbn 978-1-4648-1994-0
dc.identifier.uri https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/39830
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseries Climate Change and Development; B17
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.subject CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY
dc.subject MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES
dc.subject GREEN TECHNOLOGIES
dc.title The Effect of Multinational Enterprises on Climate Change en
dc.title.subtitle Supply Chain Emissions, Green Technology Transfers, and Corporate Commitments en
dc.type Book
dspace.entity.type Publication
okr.crossref.title The Effect of Multinational Enterprises on Climate Change: Supply Chain Emissions, Green Technology Transfers, and Corporate Commitments
okr.date.disclosure 2023-05-23
okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Environment Working Paper
okr.identifier.doi 10.1596/978-1-4648-1994-0
okr.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1596/978-1-4648-1994-0
okr.language.supported en
okr.region.geographical World
okr.topic Macroeconomics and Economic Growth :: Climate Change Economics
okr.topic Governance :: Multinational & Corporate Governance
okr.unit GGEVP
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