碳减排成熟度策略：联合利华公司纵向案例研究

IF 12.5 1区管理学 Q1 BUSINESS

Business Strategy and The Environment Pub Date : 2025-03-20 DOI:10.1002/bse.4258

Chiharu Narikiyo, Elaine Harris, Moataz Elmassri

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摘要

本案例以绿色战略公认的领导者联合利华公司为例，在可持续发展成熟度模型的基础上，建立了一个具体的碳减排成熟度模型，以展示消费品公司如何发展其碳减排战略。本研究主要基于10年的档案数据（2011-2020年），利用定量（形式导向）和定性（意义导向）的内容分析，分析了该公司年报和碳披露调查反馈中的叙述，将其定位于碳减排成熟度模型。我们的研究结果显示了联合利华碳成熟度之旅的阶段，就其战略和绩效而言，超过10年，并捕获（通过补充访谈）各种利益相关方如何看待这一旅程。这项研究展示了公司的战略和领导力如何影响消费品行业以外的碳减排，帮助定义绿色管理。

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Strategies for Carbon Reduction Maturity: A Longitudinal Case Study of Unilever PLC

This case study of Unilever PLC, an acknowledged leader in green strategy, builds on a sustainability maturity model to develop a specific carbon reduction maturity model to show how a consumer goods company has evolved its strategies towards carbon reduction. Based largely on 10 years of archival data (2011–2020), this research analyses the narrative in the company's annual reports and carbon disclosure survey responses, using both quantitative (form‐oriented) and qualitative (meaning‐oriented) content analysis, to position it in a carbon reduction maturity model. Our results show the stages in Unilever's carbon maturity journey in terms of their strategies and performance over the 10 years and captures (through supplementary interviews) how various interested parties view this journey. This research demonstrates how the company's strategies and leadership may influence carbon reduction beyond the consumer goods sector, helping to define green stewardship.

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Business Strategy and The Environment Multiple-

CiteScore

22.50

自引率

19.40%

发文量

336

期刊介绍： Business Strategy and the Environment (BSE) is a leading academic journal focused on business strategies for improving the natural environment. It publishes peer-reviewed research on various topics such as systems and standards, environmental performance, disclosure, eco-innovation, corporate environmental management tools, organizations and management, supply chains, circular economy, governance, green finance, industry sectors, and responses to climate change and other contemporary environmental issues. The journal aims to provide original contributions that enhance the understanding of sustainability in business. Its target audience includes academics, practitioners, business managers, and consultants. However, BSE does not accept papers on corporate social responsibility (CSR), as this topic is covered by its sibling journal Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. The journal is indexed in several databases and collections such as ABI/INFORM Collection, Agricultural & Environmental Science Database, BIOBASE, Emerald Management Reviews, GeoArchive, Environment Index, GEOBASE, INSPEC, Technology Collection, and Web of Science.