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Carbon management strategies in manufacturing companies: An exploratory note

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  • Albert Czerny

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In order to meet the Kyoto Protocol’s greenhouse gas emissions targets, the EU has implemented an Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) as a cornerstone of its climate policy. The main attribute of this mechanism is its inherent flexibility. It offers companies the possibility of tailoring a carbon management strategy that is the most cost-effective, i.e. reducing actual emissions vs. buying allowances to emit. Although the EU ETS was launched in 2005, to date little is known about its implications for corporate carbon management. The study provides some original insights into corporate carbon management strategies by deploying a case study of two Slovenian manufacturing companies.

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  • Simon Cadez & Albert Czerny, 2010. "Carbon management strategies in manufacturing companies: An exploratory note," Journal of East European Management Studies, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, vol. 15(4), pages 348-360.
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    Keywords

    carbon management; strategy; EU emissions trading scheme; carbon efficiency; Slovenia;
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    JEL classification:

    • L20 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - General
    • P30 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - General
    • Q50 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - General
    • Q57 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Ecological Economics

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