BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Corporate Climate
- the environment created by the managerial style and attitudes that pervade an organization. Corporate climate is strongly linked to corporate culture in creating the general feeling and atmosphere of an organization. The climate within an organization can affect aspects such as productivity, creativity, and customer focus, and each organization needs to create a climate that will facilitate organizational success.
Additional Resources
- Nordic corporate climate praised by World Bank - report
- NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT-14 September 2005-Nordic corporate climate praised by World Bank - reportC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com
- Research articles 2005-09-14
- Corporate Climate Investments Highlighted, Analysis Tool Released By World Resources Institute
- WASHINGTON -- Staples reduces energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions through efficiency and automation upgrades at its distribution centers. Johnson & Johnson saves money and reduces emissions by generating energy using gas from a neighboring landfill. United Technologies Corporation develops a new climate-friendly technology. These and other case studies...
- Research articles 2006-06-06
- UBS sues corporate hospitality group.
- The chilly corporate climate means banks insist on getting their money's worth from dwindling schmoozing opportunities - so much so that UBS is suing an event organiser that promised 'luxurious hospitality' but served VIP clients 'warm beer and cheap The chilly corporate climate means banks insist...
- Research articles 2003-02-07
- Corporate Climate Blamed for Employee Revolt, Authors of New Book Say.
- Byline: Bowling Green State University BOWLING GREEN, Ohio., Oct. 11 AScribe Newswire -- Career patterns are changing. In case you haven't noticed, many talented employees are opting out of corporate jobs to gain greater fulfillment and balance in their lives. With...
- Research articles 2006-10-11
- Regional banks—courage under fire: despite a turbulent corporate climate and the downturn in the global economy in 2001, Australia's regional financial institutions achieved stolid growth in operating profit, but things may not be quite as rosy in th
- THE 2001 FINANCIAL YEAR SAW A number of corporate collapses and the downturn in the global economy. Whilst the effects of these events were felt across the financial services industry the Regional Financial Institutions sector ("the Regionals") appeared to emerge relatively unscathed. During 2001, operating profit after tax increased by...
- Research articles 2002-08-16
- Program to train corporate directors on climate change.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-25 September 2006-YALE UNIVERSITY: Program to train corporate directors on climate changeC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:25092006 New Haven, Conn. - Yale University, along with two other leading U.S. organizations, has announced a unique collaborative effort to educate hundreds of independent...
- Research articles 2006-09-25
- Yale talk on corporate governance and climate change.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-20 March 2006-YALE UNIVERSITY: Yale talk on corporate governance and climate changeC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:17032006 New Haven, Conn. - Mindy Lubber, the president of Ceres, a coalition of investors and environmental leaders working to improve corporate environmental, social and...
- Research articles 2006-03-20
- Climate Hoax Burns U.S. Chamber, Lobby Group Turns to Law Enforcement
- The U.S. Chamber of Commerce sure sounded like a different organization this morning as a spokesman threw around phrases like "support a strong climate-change bill quickly" and "the Kerry-Boxer bill is a good start." Could it be that the U.S. Chamber had made a sudden and unexpected U-turn? Was the...
- Blog posts 2009-10-19
- Week in Oil & Gas: Foreign Oil Sands Grab and Climate Shenanigans
- Korea National Oil Corp.'s $3.9 billion acquisition of Harvest Energy sent a message last week to the industry: the Canadian oil sands are back. High operating costs and low crude prices turned the region into an investment desert for months. That dim view is brightening, however, as...
- Blog posts 2009-10-26
- Is Obama Out of Bounds on Climate Change?
- Did President Obama exceed his authority by announcing a fuel economy goalâ€"35.5 miles per gallon fleet averageâ€"for automakers in 2016? The goal (which works out to 30 mpg for trucks, 39 for cars) is part of a sweeping and unprecedented rulemaking announced earlier this week that combines Corporate Average Fuel...
- Blog posts 2009-05-22
- Shell's Global Climate Strategy Starts on U.S. Soil
- Amidst all of the hullabaloo surrounding Royal Dutch Shell's corporate restructuring and senior management job cuts, the Hague-based oil and gas company has announced a newly created position right here in the good ol' U.S. of A. Shell has created a new position-- executive vice president of global...
- Blog posts 2009-06-02
- Climate Change Denial: Where It Counts, It's Not Going Up
- George Monbiot is beside himself. He writes in his post Death Denial: "There is no point in denying it: we're losing. Climate change denial is spreading like a contagious disease. It exists in a sphere which cannot be reached by evidence or reasoned argument; any attempt to draw attention to...
- News items 2009-11-08
- World companies show big interest in climate, US firms lag
- NEW YORK AFP — The world's corporate giants are increasingly focused on climate change and many see it as an opportunity for profit but US firms tend to view it as a risk to their bottom line, a new study has said. The paper, released just ahead of Monday's...
- Research articles 2007-09-24
- Will the Financial Crisis Kill Corporate Social Responsibility?
- The Find: Musings on the effects of the current downturn -- today it looks more like a plunge -- on the uptake of corporate social responsibility CSR initiatives. The Source: A post by Adam Jones on the FT Management blog. The...
- Blog posts 2008-09-17
- Corporate environmental campaigns: PR or genuine action?
- To mark the publication of its Corporate Social Responsibility Report[1], Fortis has commissioned researchers Ipsos to carry out a survey into public perception of corporate efforts to protect the environment. The company has also invited a number of experts to debate the issues. The survey revealed that one out of...
- Research articles 2007-04-18
- ACE Group Joins EPA's Climate Leaders Program
- NEW YORK -- The ACE Group of Companies announced today its participation in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's EPA Climate Leaders program as part of its commitment to climate change awareness and focus on improving the environment of the communities around the world in which it does business. Through its...
- Research articles 2007-06-28
- International and Corporate Leaders Discuss Climate Change, Profitability of Reducing Carbon Emissions
- The Climate Group, Sir Nicholas Stern, McKinsey Global Institute and Prominent Business Leaders Meet to Address the Economics of Global Warming SAN FRANCISCO -- The Climate Group will host a briefing on the economics of climate change featuring Sir Nicholas Stern - head of UK Government Economic Service and...
- Research articles 2007-03-30
- CLIMATE CHANGE : PRINCE CHARLES URGES "TRULY GLOBAL" CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.
- In a very political speech delivered at the European Parliament on 14 February in Brussels, Britain's Prince Charles compared the fight against climate change to a war for the survival of the planet. "I would like to congratulate the Commission on its recently announced...
- Research articles 2008-02-21
- Green Mountain Energy Company Goes Carbon Neutral; Company Joins EPA's Climate Leaders Program
- AUSTIN, Texas -- As part of its corporate commitment to sustainable business practices and focus on improving the community in which it does business, Green Mountain Energy Company today announced its participation in the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) "Climate Leaders Program." Climate Leaders is a voluntary industry-government partnership that encourages...
- Research articles 2005-04-20
- Accelerated business response to climate change drives cleantech investment
- US$5.2 billion invested since January 2007 LONDON -- As climate change moves up the corporate agenda, cleantech investment is reaching record levels according to Ernst & Young. Climate change challenges are creating opportunities for next generation technologies as companies seek to respond to stakeholder expectations, current and anticipated regulation,...
- Research articles 2008-10-02
