(The) impact of supplier engagement on corporate environmental performance and the moderating effect of climate-related risk and opportunity identification

Abstract

This study tackles the environmental performance of companies by exploring the impact of supplier engagement on climate-related issues and corporate identification risks and opportunities. Using data from the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), this study assesses the impact of suppliers’ engagement on environmental performance. It focuses on finding the variables that lead to changes in intensity figures (Scopes 1 and 2) and the efficacy of managerial interpretations of climate-related risks and opportunities. It shows that environmental performance is linked to the supplier’s engagement in the company’s climate-related issues and that the effect is augmented by the managerial interpretations of risks and opportunities.