Der globale Klimawandel ist eine der bedeutendsten Herausforderungen unserer Zeit. In diesem Zusammenhang wird auch die Rolle der Automobilindustrie kritisch hinterfragt. Dabei erheben insbesondere relevante Interessensvertreter wie Investoren oder Kunden Ansprüche an die Automobilindustrie....

Climate change shatters the idea that jurisdictional borders and doctrinal debates about the scope of the ‘legal' are the sole tensions with which a concept of transnational law must contend. Climate change exposes a further fault line underlying legal thought and practice – the problematic,...

Foreign direct investment (FDI) may play a key role in the global effort to shift towards a low-carbon economy. Multinational enterprises (MNEs) can contribute in several important ways to climate change mitigation, by providing emission-saving technologies, financial resources and managerial...

This paper investigates the impact of temperature on operating revenue as a measure of economic output for more than a quarter of a million business group firms operating in 32 countries. For this purpose, we construct a novel global dataset that combines information on firm financials,...

Shell’s landmark ruling ordered to reduce the CO 2 emissions to the Shell group by a net 45% by 2030, compared to 2019 levels. In this paper, we analyze the effects of extending Shell's sentence to all the foreign affiliates of multinational enterprises and find that it would result in a 2.85...

Global temperature has gradually been warming, which has had different impacts on economic activities in various countries. How to mitigate the negative impact of global climate change on economic development has become an important issue of concern for both governments and academia. In this...

This paper explores the international dimensions of multinationals' corporate political activities, focusing on an international issue - climate change - that is being implemented differently in a range of countries. Analyzing data from FT Global 500 firms, it examines the influence on types and...