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DOI	10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112654
	Barriers to internal carbon pricing in German companies
	Riedel F.; Gorbach G.; Kost C.
发表日期	2021
ISSN	0301-4215
卷号	159
英文摘要	Internal Carbon Pricing (ICP) is a tool for companies to internalize negative external effects caused by their carbon emissions and to prepare themselves for a low-carbon economy. Globally, an increasing number of companies adopts ICP. Yet, many German firms do not use it yet. This paper explores why German companies do not adopt ICP and which barriers hinder the proper implementation of the instrument drawing on the concept of eco-innovation. Eighteen semi-structured interviews were conducted and analyzed using a structuring qualitative content analysis. The findings show that small companies face particularly strong challenges to mobilize the financial, technical, and informational resources necessary for the implementation of ICP. Internal carbon price levels similar to existing external carbon pricing schemes fail to unfold a steering function, because these prices are currently too low. Further difficulties arise due to the complexity of correctly accounting for GHG emissions and setting the right carbon price. The paper highlights the need for stringent external carbon policies on a national and European level, for more external information on ICP, and for the facilitation of cooperation between companies in order to increase the adoption rate and the efficacy of ICP in Germany. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd
英文关键词	Corporate climate strategies; Eco-innovation; Internal carbon pricing; Qualitative content analysis
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Carbon; Economics; Greenhouse gases; Renewable energy resources; Carbon emissions; Carbon price; Carbon pricing; Content analysis; Corporate climate strategy; Corporates; Eco-innovation; German companies; Internal carbon pricing; Qualitative content analyse; Costs; corporate strategy; emissions trading; environmental economics; environmental policy; green economy; innovation; pollution tax; qualitative analysis; Germany
来源期刊	Energy Policy
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/256485
作者单位	Group Energy Systems and Energy Economics, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, Freiburg, 79110, Germany
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Riedel F.,Gorbach G.,Kost C.. Barriers to internal carbon pricing in German companies[J],2021,159.
APA	Riedel F.,Gorbach G.,&Kost C..(2021).Barriers to internal carbon pricing in German companies.Energy Policy,159.
MLA	Riedel F.,et al."Barriers to internal carbon pricing in German companies".Energy Policy 159(2021).