Methods for Defining Climate Change Mitigation Strategies at Organisational Level Review and Outlook

Nicolas Desmoitier; Jean Roman; Benoit Hilloulin; Emmanuel Rozière; Alexis Laurent

doi:10.1002/bse.4130

journal article Open Access Jan 09, 2025

Methods for Defining Climate Change Mitigation Strategies at Organisational Level Review and Outlook

Nicolas Desmoitier

Jean Roman Benoit Hilloulin

Emmanuel Rozière

Alexis Laurent

Business Strategy and the Environment Vol. 34 No. 3 pp. 2813-2834 · Wiley

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Abstract

ABSTRACTThe private sector has a pivotal role in contributing to the objective of the Paris Agreement and its 1.5° target. However, there is a lack of a comprehensive framework to define and implement climate change mitigation strategies in organisations. The current study aims to fill this gap by performing a critical review of existing schemes that can make a partial contribution to the definition of such strategies. We found 25 schemes used by private sector or studied in the literature by international NGOs and academic searcher and evaluated them based on 15 criteria developed for this study in order to cover key components of an effective framework for CCMS in organisations. No scheme fulfils all the criteria, but significant differences are observed between them, ranging from 0% to 80% of the criteria met. Based on this analysis, we propose a first harmonized five‐step iterative framework to define organisational climate change mitigation strategies. Eventually, the results of the schemes review and the framework proposal draw up a research agenda to derive robust, credible and operational climate strategies at organizational levels.

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Published: Jan 09, 2025
Vol/Issue: 34(3)
Pages: 2813-2834
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Authors

N

Nicolas Desmoitier

Nantes Université, École Centrale Nantes, CNRS, GeM, UMR 6183 Nantes France; TOOVALU SAS Nantes France

J

Jean Roman

TOOVALU SAS Nantes France

B

Benoit Hilloulin

Nantes Université, École Centrale Nantes, CNRS, GeM, UMR 6183 Nantes France

E

Emmanuel Rozière

Nantes Université, École Centrale Nantes, CNRS, GeM, UMR 6183 Nantes France

A

Alexis Laurent

Section for Quantitative Sustainability Assessment, Department of Environmental and Resource Engineering Technical University of Denmark Kongens Lyngby Denmark

Cite This Article

Nicolas Desmoitier, Jean Roman, Benoit Hilloulin, et al. (2025). Methods for Defining Climate Change Mitigation Strategies at Organisational Level Review and Outlook. Business Strategy and the Environment, 34(3), 2813-2834. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.4130

Methods for Defining Climate Change Mitigation Strategies at Organisational Level Review and Outlook

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