Engaging supply chains in climate change
By: Chonnikarn (Fern) Jira, Michael W. Toffel
Contributors: Toffel, Michael W.; Harvard Business School
Edition: Rev.
Series: Working paper / Harvard Business School -- 12-026; Working paper (Harvard Business School) -- 12-026.
Publisher: Harvard Business School
Published: 2012
Place of publication: [Boston]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 45
Description: Suppliers are increasingly being asked to share information about their vulnerability to climate change and their strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. They vary widely in their responses. We theorize and empirically identify several factors associated with suppliers being especially willing to share this information with buyers, focusing on attributes of the buyers seeking this information and of the suppliers being asked to provide it. We test our hypotheses using data from the Carbon Disclosure Project's Supply Chain Program, a collaboration of multinational corporations requesting such information from thousands of suppliers in 49 countries. We find evidence that suppliers are more likely to share this information when requests from buyers are more prevalent, when buyers appear committed to using the information, and when suppliers belong to more profitable industries. Moreover, we find evidence that these three factors also influence the comprehensiveness of the information suppliers share and their willingness to share the information publicly. Finally, we find that suppliers in countries with greenhouse gas regulations are more likely to share greenhouse gas emissions levels and reduction targets.
Notes: "October 2011, revised June 2012" -- Publisher's website.

"June 20, 2012" -- added t.p.

Includes bibliographical references.