Celebrating Success – Dr Vu Trinh

Dr Vu Trinh has successfully completed the editing of a book entitled “Climate Governance and Corporate Eco-innovation: A Framework for Sustainable Companies,” published by Springer Nature. This comprehensive volume, consisting of three sections and thirteen high-quality chapters, offers a contemporary examination of both theoretical and empirical approaches to worldwide climate governance and the eco-innovation initiatives of corporations. It highlights the proactive measures companies, governments, and organisations are taking in response to climate change by improving their climate governance frameworks and embedding eco-innovation into their business strategies. This integration plays a pivotal role in influencing financial decisions, policy development, operational performance, risk management, and other key business aspects.

Abstract:

“Corporations are increasingly dedicated to implementing more robust climate change practices in an era characterized by natural resource constraints, socio-environmental challenges, and mounting climate change pressures. This book provides a timely exploration of theoretical and empirical perspectives on global climate governance and corporate eco-innovation activities. It illustrates how corporations are actively addressing climate change by enhancing their climate governance systems and integrating eco-innovation into their operations, significantly impacting financial decision-making, policies, performance, risk management, and other crucial indicators. In this context, eco-innovation represents a corporation’s ability to reduce environmental costs and burdens for its customers. It plays a vital role in helping firms improve energy and environmental efficiency, mitigate energy consumption, reduce carbon emissions, and minimize ecological harm during and after production. Additionally, eco-innovation can create new market opportunities by enhancing existing environmental technologies. Furthermore, the shift from conventional corporate governance to a heightened focus on corporate climate governance mechanisms, such as the establishment of ecological committees, the implementation of climate incentives for managers and executives, and the publication of sustainability or climate change reports, proves to be an effective strategy for motivating firms to become more dedicated to environmental protection and eco-innovation initiatives.”