1st Edition
The Long Hedge Preserving Organisational Value through Climate Change Adaptation
By Jason West
Copyright 2014
342 Pages
by
Routledge
341 Pages
by
Routledge
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Part of the Greenleaf Publishing Responsible Investment Series.Mitigating and adapting to risks and changing circumstances is a natural part of doing business. But methods of mitigating and adapting can be quite different in terms of time, cost and observed impacts. The impacts of mitigation activities are more immediate while the benefits of adaptation activities may take many years to take... Read more
Introduction 1. Understanding climate change 2. Business response to climate change 3. Defining mitigation and adaptation 4. Adaptation activities 5. The costs of adaptation – assessment options 6. Adaptation: investor disclosure 7. Managing adaptation strategies 8. Evaluating corporate sustainability 9. Sustainability assessment using DEA 10. Research gaps and future directions 11. How to deploy these techniques: A user’s guideAppendix 1: Generic climate cost estimation Appendix 2: Economic assessment of adaptation Appendix 3: Corporate governance principles Appendix 4: Sample risk register Appendix 5: Risk instruments Appendix 6: Case study for CO2 mitigation Appendix 7: Constructing the firm marginal abatement curve References Glossary
Biography
West, Jason
