Decarbonizing strategies of the retail sector following the Paris Agreement

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Autor(a) principal: Ferreira, Ana
Data de Publicação: 2019
Outros Autores: Pinheiro, Manuel Duarte, Brito, Jorge de, Mateus, Ricardo
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/61720
Resumo: The retail industry is one of the top 10 most carbon-intensive sectors. This paper is original in addressing what has changed in corporate retail with the Paris Agreement, accessing trends to decarbonize the sector. A qualitative comparison was performed regarding the policy, strategy and energy-related building solutions of the top 27 global retailers, ranked according to their revenue, regarding the reporting periods of 2014-2015 and 2016-2017. For each retailer, data were searched on retailers? sustainability reports was organized in different tables according to the variables policy, strategy and energy-related building practice. A comparison analysis was carried out, in order to identify differentiating decarbonizing measures. Corporate governance is increasingly relevant to manage climate change issues. Strategies to decarbonize the retail sector include establishing ambitious energy goals, invest in sustainability of supply chain with more efficient logistics and in greener retail operations, with buildings designed and managed under a life-cycle perspective (energy-efficiency, renewable energy and natural refrigerants). Retailers are progressively aligning their energy targets to those of the Paris Agreement and converging in business principles and reporting standards. With forthcoming regulation on GHG emissions, retailers could benefit from a business case on low-carbon opportunities and financial incentives to accelerate low-carbon transition investments.
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spelling Decarbonizing strategies of the retail sector following the Paris AgreementRetailCorporate social responsibilityEnergy-related building solutionsSustainabilityParis AgreementSocial SciencesScience & TechnologyThe retail industry is one of the top 10 most carbon-intensive sectors. This paper is original in addressing what has changed in corporate retail with the Paris Agreement, accessing trends to decarbonize the sector. A qualitative comparison was performed regarding the policy, strategy and energy-related building solutions of the top 27 global retailers, ranked according to their revenue, regarding the reporting periods of 2014-2015 and 2016-2017. For each retailer, data were searched on retailers? sustainability reports was organized in different tables according to the variables policy, strategy and energy-related building practice. A comparison analysis was carried out, in order to identify differentiating decarbonizing measures. Corporate governance is increasingly relevant to manage climate change issues. Strategies to decarbonize the retail sector include establishing ambitious energy goals, invest in sustainability of supply chain with more efficient logistics and in greener retail operations, with buildings designed and managed under a life-cycle perspective (energy-efficiency, renewable energy and natural refrigerants). Retailers are progressively aligning their energy targets to those of the Paris Agreement and converging in business principles and reporting standards. With forthcoming regulation on GHG emissions, retailers could benefit from a business case on low-carbon opportunities and financial incentives to accelerate low-carbon transition investments.This work was supported by FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia [grant number PD/BD/127852/2016] under the Doctoral Program EcoCoRe - Eco-Construction and Rehabilitation. Support from CERIS and Instituto Superior Técnico is also acknowledged.ElsevierUniversidade do MinhoFerreira, AnaPinheiro, Manuel DuarteBrito, Jorge deMateus, Ricardo20192019-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1822/61720engFerreira A., Pinheiro M. D., Brito J., Mateus R. Decarbonizing strategies of the retail sector following the Paris Agreement, Energy Policy, Vol. 135, Issue December 2019, pp. 110999, doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2019.110999, 20190301-421510.1016/j.enpol.2019.110999https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421519305865info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-21T12:34:39Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/61720Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T19:30:23.033710Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Decarbonizing strategies of the retail sector following the Paris Agreement
title Decarbonizing strategies of the retail sector following the Paris Agreement
spellingShingle Decarbonizing strategies of the retail sector following the Paris Agreement
Ferreira, Ana
Retail
Corporate social responsibility
Energy-related building solutions
Sustainability
Paris Agreement
Social Sciences
Science & Technology
title_short Decarbonizing strategies of the retail sector following the Paris Agreement
title_full Decarbonizing strategies of the retail sector following the Paris Agreement
title_fullStr Decarbonizing strategies of the retail sector following the Paris Agreement
title_full_unstemmed Decarbonizing strategies of the retail sector following the Paris Agreement
title_sort Decarbonizing strategies of the retail sector following the Paris Agreement
author Ferreira, Ana
author_facet Ferreira, Ana
Pinheiro, Manuel Duarte
Brito, Jorge de
Mateus, Ricardo
author_role author
author2 Pinheiro, Manuel Duarte
Brito, Jorge de
Mateus, Ricardo
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade do Minho
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Ferreira, Ana
Pinheiro, Manuel Duarte
Brito, Jorge de
Mateus, Ricardo
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Retail
Corporate social responsibility
Energy-related building solutions
Sustainability
Paris Agreement
Social Sciences
Science & Technology
topic Retail
Corporate social responsibility
Energy-related building solutions
Sustainability
Paris Agreement
Social Sciences
Science & Technology
description The retail industry is one of the top 10 most carbon-intensive sectors. This paper is original in addressing what has changed in corporate retail with the Paris Agreement, accessing trends to decarbonize the sector. A qualitative comparison was performed regarding the policy, strategy and energy-related building solutions of the top 27 global retailers, ranked according to their revenue, regarding the reporting periods of 2014-2015 and 2016-2017. For each retailer, data were searched on retailers? sustainability reports was organized in different tables according to the variables policy, strategy and energy-related building practice. A comparison analysis was carried out, in order to identify differentiating decarbonizing measures. Corporate governance is increasingly relevant to manage climate change issues. Strategies to decarbonize the retail sector include establishing ambitious energy goals, invest in sustainability of supply chain with more efficient logistics and in greener retail operations, with buildings designed and managed under a life-cycle perspective (energy-efficiency, renewable energy and natural refrigerants). Retailers are progressively aligning their energy targets to those of the Paris Agreement and converging in business principles and reporting standards. With forthcoming regulation on GHG emissions, retailers could benefit from a business case on low-carbon opportunities and financial incentives to accelerate low-carbon transition investments.
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