Sep 8, 2020 · The global supply chains of multinational companies such as BP, Coca-Cola and Walmart are responsible for nearly a fifth of climate-changing carbon dioxide emissions, according to a new study.

Apr 9, 2024 · A new analysis released last week by the international nonprofit InfluenceMap reveals an overwhelmingly unequal share of fossil fuel pollution worldwide. From 2016 to 2022, 80 percent of global...

Oct 6, 2020 · It has been known for years that the transport and energy sectors are among the biggest sources of CO2 emissions: nearly 70% of CO2 emissions come from the combustion of fossil fuels.

Mar 18, 2020 · Our research finds that multinational firms pollute more in countries with lax environmental regulations. They emit less at home when headquartered in countries with stricter regulations, while polluting more abroad, typically in countries with weaker regulations.

Sep 9, 2020 · New research shows that around a fifth of all carbon emissions in recent years has come from the assets and suppliers of multinational corporations – and the flow of money indicates that pollution is effectively being outsourced from the developed to the developing world.

Industrial Pollution: MNCs frequently locate operations in developing nations due to lower labour costs and fewer environmental laws. These factories may emit chemicals, heavy metals, and toxic waste into the air, water, and soil, causing environmental damage and health problems.

Nov 29, 2017 · Multinational corporations play more roles in social and cultural and political issues in this century. This growing trend in multinational companies, has led the international law, talk about...

widely in how they design and enforce environmental laws. Using novel microdata about multinational firms’ CO2 emissions across countries, we document that firms headquartered in countries with strict environmental policies perform their polluting acti.

Feb 1, 2018 · We study how environmental spillovers from MNCs to local companies can take place. We collected data from 24 manufacturing industries in China over five years. Industrial linkage spillovers improve the environmental performance of an industry. Backward linkages produce stronger spillovers than forward linkages.

Sep 8, 2020 · A fifth of carbon dioxide emissions come from multinational companies’ global supply chains, according to a new study led by UCL and Tianjin University that shows the scope of multinationals’ influence on climate change.