Exploring the Role of Alternative Energy Corporations in Ethical Supply Chains and Corporate Peacebuilding

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ID12430416
AuthorsNatalie Ralph (corresponding author), Linda Hancock (0000-0003-2953-2353)
Year2018
Volume24
Issue1
Pages81-102
Publication date2018-08-19
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueGlobal Governance A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1075-2846 • E-ISSN: 1942-6720
PublisherLynne Rienner Publishers (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1163/19426720-02401006
OpenAlexW2786824024
LanguageEN
Citations received6

A paradigmatic shift from carbon-intensive to alternative and renewable energy prompts the question of whether lessons learned in one era are forgotten in the next. Carbon-intensive industries (oil, gas, and coal) have not performed well on mitigating negative impacts on host community conflict, but alternative energy corporate actors can learn from them. Focusing on alternative energy companies, and specifically companies in supply chains for new-generation lithium-ion battery systems, this article illustrates companies’ connections to conflict minerals and critical materials, and how a corporate peacebuilding strategy can address a company’s impacts on conflict whether on the ground or through the supply chain. Companies reframing their corporate social responsibility to corporate peacebuilding, which includes peacemaking, are better prepared for expanding international conflict minerals and critical materials governance and emerging action on resource sustainable governance

Business · Cognitive reframing · Corporate governance · Corporate social responsibility · Economics · Peacebuilding · Political economy · Political science · Public relations · Supply chain · Global Energy and Sustainability Research · Health and Conflict Studies · Natural Resources and Economic Development · Finance

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