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Corporate greenhouse gas management in the context of emissions trading regimes

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Emissions Trading and Business

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The article analyses the impact greenhouse gas emissions trading (GHG-ET) regimes have on companies from the angle of ecological involvement, the stakeholder approach and the organizational field. It concludes that some form of GHG management is advisable. The main consequences of the European Union’s emissions trading scheme (which, albeit limited to CO2 emissions, has come into effect in January 2005) are discussed, in particular strategy options for procurement management for GHG certificates and the scheme’s impact on corporate environmental management.

The article is a result of a research visitorship at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, School of Environmental Sciences, Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE). I am indebted to Andy Jordan, Tim O’Riordan, Kerry Turner, and others for their fruitful discussions and invaluable support. The visitorship was kindly funded by Stiftungsfonds Dresdner Bank im Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft.

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    Ralf Antes

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  1. Chair of Corporate Environmental Management, University of Halle-Wittenberg, Große Steinstraße 73, 06099, Halle, Germany

    Ralf Antes

  2. Department of Economics, UFZ — Centre for Environmental Research, Permoserstraße 15, 04318, Leipzig, Germany

    Bernd Hansjürgens

  3. Chair of Value Chain Management, University of Siegen, Hölderlinstraße 3, 57068, Siegen, Germany

    Peter Letmathe

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Antes, R. (2006). Corporate greenhouse gas management in the context of emissions trading regimes. In: Antes, R., Hansjürgens, B., Letmathe, P. (eds) Emissions Trading and Business. Physica-Verlag HD. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-7908-1748-1_15

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