Business in a Changing Climate: Explaining Industry Support for Carbon Pricing - Hardcover

Kaija Belfry Munroe

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1487500556 ISBN 13: 9781487500559

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, 2016

Synopsis

Climate change skeptics and business pundits alike are convinced that any public policy instruments used to curtail environmental degradation are antithetical to the interests of the corporate community. However, many companies have actually come out in favour of carbon pricing.

In Business in a Changing Climate, Kaija Belfry Munroe examines this counterintuitive action and, in doing so, explains how large firms determine their preferences for public policy options. Her analysis of thirteen industrial associations and seventeen firms from industries such as petrochemical, forestry, mining, and steel, reveals that, despite the higher costs, these industries prefer carbon pricing over voluntary agreements. Based on enlightening interviews with executives, government, and NGO officials, Belfry Munroe argues that the acceptance of climate change policy by companies is determined by the risks posed to capital investments and investor concern.

Business in a Changing Climate is the first book to ask major pollution emitting industries in Canada what their preferences are with respect to climate change.

About this title

About the Author

Kaija Belfry Munroe is a professor of Canadian Studies at Quest University Canada.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1487500556
• ISBN 13: 9781487500559
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 160