EDF Energy's green CSR claims examined
The Follies of Global Carbon Commodity Chains
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 7785459 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Steffen Böhm (0000-0002-0888-1362, Steffen Böhm University of Essex Colchester UK, autor correspondente), Vinicius Brei (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) Porto Alegre Brazil), Vinicius A Brei (0000-0002-0502-4533, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul), Siddhartha Dabhi (Independent Researcher Gujarat India) |
| Ano | 2015 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Fascículo | s1 |
| Data de publicação | 2015-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Global Networks (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 1470-2266 • E-ISSN: 1471-0374 |
| Editora | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/glob.12089 |
| OpenAlex | W1485830731 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 3 |
| Referências citadas | 47 |
In this article, we analyse the dynamic connections constituted by the global commodity chains of carbon markets, which offer profit, marketing and legitimacy‐providing opportunities for both Northern and Southern corporations. Specifically, we contrast EDF Energy's green CSR and marketing discourse with the social, economic and environmental realities on the ground near the factory of Gujarat Fluorochemicals Limited (GFL), which operates one of the biggest clean development mechanism (CDM) projects in India. Based on historical documents, secondary datasets, companies’ websites and their financial information, primary ethnographic and interview data, our analysis makes a direct link – enabled by global carbon markets – between the green claims made by EDF Energy, one of the biggest energy companies in the UK, and the dirty reality of GFL's operations in India. In this historical case, we put into doubt the green CSR claims made by EDF Energy, questioning the discourse of sustainable development and improvement in people's lives that surround global carbon markets and specifically the CDM
Business · Clean Development Mechanism · Commerce · Commodity · Corporate social responsibility · Economics · Emissions trading · Environmental economics · Greenhouse gas · Greenwashing · Industrial organization · Legitimacy · Microeconomics · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sustainable development · Innovation and Socioeconomic Development · Mining and Resource Management · Water Governance and Infrastructure · Ecology · Finance
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| Obras citantes distintas | 3 |
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| Citações por ano | 0,38 |
| Intervalo de citações | 2018 - 2020 (3) |
| Velocidade de citação | historical |
| Altamente citado | Não |
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