Topic: Low carbon business

Understanding the limits of voluntary carbon reporting and the potential of mandatory reporting

Abstract of Working Paper 104 Information can play a hugely important role in the governance of corporate behaviour. The provision of reliable information on the financial performance of firms underpins the operation of financial markets, and the provision of information on the environmental performance of firms has enabled both ‘governance from the inside’ (through corporations […]

Skills constraints for low-carbon transitions

Abstract of Working Paper 96 Achieving a successful transition to a low-carbon economy, in the UK and other countries, will require sufficient people with appropriate qualifications and skills to manufacture, install and operate the low carbon technologies and approaches. The actual numbers and types of skills required are uncertain and will depend on the speed […]