An alternative to corporate emissions accounting

An alternative to corporate emissions accounting: Modeling using business indicators

Researchers: Maida Hadziosmanovic, Damon Matthews

Key highlights:

• Research interests lie in corporate accountability for climate change
• Objective is to identify the indicators that determine business-level GHG emissions, and subsequently develop a statistical model that estimates emissions of non-reporting companies
• To identify indicators, the researcher draws on economic theory for the causes of emissions as externalities, and explain why companies act to internalize or reduce their emissions