Foreword Clive Hamilton; Acknowledgements; 1. Climate change and corporate capitalism; 2. Creative self-destruction and the incorporation of critique; 3. Climate change and the corporate construction of risk; 4. Corporate political activity and climate coalitions; 5. Justification, compromise and corruption; 6. Climate change, managerial identity and narrating the self; 7. Emotions, corporate environmentalism and climate change; 8. Political myths and pathways forward; 9. Imagining alternatives; Appendix; References; Index.
Written for researchers and graduate students, this book explores the different processes through which corporations engage with climate change.
Christopher Wright is Professor of Organisational Studies at the University of Sydney Business School. He has researched and published widely in the areas of management knowledge diffusion, organisational change and consultancy. His current research explores organizational and societal responses to climate change, with a particular focus on how managers and business organizations interpret and respond to climate change. Daniel Nyberg is Professor of Management at Newcastle Business School, Australia, and an Honorary Professor at the University of Sydney. His research focuses on political activities in and by organizations. He has pursued this interest in projects on how organizations respond to climate change, adaptations of sickness absence policies, and the implementation of new technologies.
'This book makes clear that climate change is not a 'problem' for
which there can be a 'solution'. It requires a re-examination of
the core structures of our society, and in particular our economy.
Using solid research and analysis, Christopher Wright and Daniel
Nyberg untangle the complex and multiple ways that corporations are
shaping humanity's response to the climate crisis, ways that are
unfortunately inadequate to the challenge at hand. In this engaging
text, we are challenged to envision alternative futures that will,
indeed they must, challenge how we think, who we are, and how we
relate to each other and to the natural world around us.' Andrew J.
Hoffman, Holcim (US) Professor and Director of the Erb Institute
for Sustainable Enterprise, University of Michigan
'It's possible that there's no greater example of corporate
irresponsibility than climate change - I mean, these companies
melted the Arctic, and then rushed to drill in the open water.
Thank heaven the authors of this book are beginning the necessary
work of calling them to account. If we can break their power then
we have a fighting chance against global warming; if not, the
ruined earth will be their legacy.' Bill McKibben, author of Earth:
Making a Life on a Tough New Planet
'With the phenomenon of human-caused climate change, we have
arrived at a point in history where technological progress is now
threatening, rather than facilitating, societal welfare. How is it
that we have arrived at this point? And what can we do to right the
ship? Christopher Wright and Daniel Nyberg address these and other
key questions in the very readable, crisp and well-researched book
Climate Change, Capitalism, and Corporations: Processes of Creative
Self-Destruction. I recommend this book highly to anyone who wants
to learn more not only about how corporations have shaped our
response to climate change but also re-imagining alternatives to
our current path.' Michael Mann, Distinguished Professor of
Meteorology, Pennsylvania State University and author of The Hockey
Stick and the Climate Wars
'In these crucial years to save the global climate, Christopher
Wright and Daniel Nyberg have written an important book, boldly
explaining the role of big business in global warming. By going
inside the minds and boardrooms of big corporations, the authors
give us extraordinary insight into not only how businesses think
about climate change, but also the creative self-destruction they
are unleashing. Scholarly, yet easy to read, this is an essential
contribution to understanding the role of big business in climate
change - and what we can do to challenge it.' David Ritter, Chief
Executive Officer, Greenpeace Australia Pacific
'Christopher Wright and Daniel Nyberg shatter the myth of corporate
social responsibility as a solution for our climate crisis. Their
compelling and hard-hitting analysis exposes the raw destructive
power of capitalism - of unsustainable growth, corporations, and
consumption. A stable future is still possible. But not unless the
world's elite sit bolt upright and listen hard to Wright and
Nyberg.' Peter Dauvergne, University of British Columbia
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