02905nam 22004575 450 991016278820332120180829021746.01-4875-1129-91-4875-1128-010.3138/9781487511289(CKB)3710000001042723(MiAaPQ)EBC4793272(DE-B1597)498413(OCoLC)1054879404(DE-B1597)9781487511289(EXLCZ)99371000000104272320180829d2018 fg engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierBusiness in a Changing Climate Explaining Industry Support for Carbon Pricing /Kaija Belfry MunroeToronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018]©20171 online resource (160 pages) illustrations, tables1-4875-0055-6 Includes bibliographical references.Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A Literary Foundation -- 3. Methods for Model-building -- 4. Climate Change Policy Instruments, Business Preferences, and Public Opinion -- 5. Legitimacy, Public Opinion, and Investment -- 6. Advantage -- 7. Experience -- 8. The Ideas of Managers: A Null Finding with Potential -- 9. Conclusions -- Appendix: List of Interviews -- Works CitedClimate 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.Climatic changesGovernment policyElectronic books.Climatic changesGovernment policy.363.738/746Belfry Munroe Kaija, 864168DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910162788203321Business in a Changing Climate1928837UNINA