This study aims to examine recent developments in climate change solutions to determine their impact on corporate reputation.
This paper is a review of recent literature and commentary on corporate and governmental climate change initiatives.
It is likely that as climate change initiatives move further from voluntary to compliance status, the reputational value of environmental responsibility for corporate reputation will diminish.
There are no verifiable objective metrics to validate the opinions expressed.
Companies may reconsider the reputational “real estate” they devote to environmental issues and invest more effort in other social areas.
The shift predicted may cause more companies to turn their reputational attention more emphatically to employees and communities.
The author is not aware of any work in evaluating the reputational impact of greater regulatory focus on climate change disclosure and compliance.
