Multinational corporations Archives - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment

Climate change litigation rattles companies and shareholders

featuring Joana Setzer

on 23 July, 2021

This article considers a court case in Germany involving electricity provider RWE who are being sued for climate change damages.... Read more

An assessment of climate action by high-carbon global corporations

Research article

by Simon Dietz, Charles Fruitiere, Carlota Garcia-Manas, William Irwin, Bruno Rauis and Rory Sullivan

on 19 November, 2018

Corporations are an important source of GHG emissions and important actors in mitigating climate change. This paper presents and analyses... Read more

Delinking economic growth and CO2 emission is possible

In the news

featuring Arlan Brucal

on 19 February, 2018

Foreign direct investment can be a channel for the transfer of environmentally-friendly technologies, writes Arlan Brucal in LSE Business Review Read more

Energy savings through foreign acquisitions? Evidence from Indonesian manufacturing plants

Working paper

by Arlan Brucal, Inessa Love and Beata Javorcik

on 18 January, 2018

Using data from Indonesia, this study concludes that FDI can serve as a channel for international transfer of environmentally-friendly technologies and practices, thus directly contributing to environmental progress. Read more

Multinational and large national corporations and climate adaptation: are we asking the right questions? A review of current knowledge and a new research perspective

Research article

by Alina Averchenkova, Florence Crick, Adriana Kocornik-Mina, Hayley Leck and Swenja Surminski

on 19 May, 2016

Adapting to climate change requires the engagement of all actors in society. Until recently, the predominant research focus has been... Read more

Multinational corporations and climate adaptation – Are we asking the right questions? A review of current knowledge and a new research perspective

Working paper

by Alina Averchenkova, Florence Crick, Hayley Leck, Adriana Kocornik-Mina and Swenja Surminski

on 11 March, 2015

Adapting to climate change requires the engagement of all actors in society. Until recently, predominant research focus has been on... Read more