"We don't want to be the bad guys": Oil industry's sensemaking of the sustainability transition paradox
"We don't want to be the bad guys": Oil industry's sensemaking of the sustainability transition paradox
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“我们不想成为坏人”：石油行业对可持续转型悖论的理解
DOI：
10.1016/j.erss.2022.102800
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发表时间：
2022
影响因子：
6.7
通讯作者：
Halttunen K
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作者：
Halttunen K
全球石油行业的运营模式与《巴黎协定》的目标不相容。对该行业来说，两个相互竞争的任务之间存在着根本性的紧张关系：为减缓气候变化的社会目标做出贡献的压力，以及在直接促进气候变化的活动中履行财务和履行对股东的义务的必要性。为了探索对紧张局势的反应范围，我们采访了来自大型国际石油公司的专业人士，他们在气候相关的职位上工作或工作过。这是来自一个专业团体的新数据，该团体以前没有接受过关于气候变化的深入采访。我们开发了一个框架的六个典型的反应，在石油行业的紧张局势。战略对策的例子包括接受悖论，选择减缓气候变化以外的优先事项，以及面对悖论，要求改变石油工业的运作方式。防御性反应的例子包括将责任转移给其他利益攸关方和将紧张局势投射给其他利益攸关方。呼吁改变石油行业的回应在已经离开该行业的人中最常见，而在总部位于欧洲以外的公司中最不常见。在一个充满争议和基于价值的辩论的领域，更好地了解石油行业内从事能源转型工作的人们的观点，为讨论可持续性转型的可能途径提供了新的见解。
The operating model of the global oil industry is not compatible with the goals of the Paris Agreement. For the industry, there is a fundamental tension between two competing mandates: the pressure to contribute to the social goal of climate change mitigation, and the need to perform financially and meet obligations to shareholders in activities that directly contribute to climate change. To explore the range of responses to the tension, we interview professionals from large international oil companies who work or have worked in climate related roles. This is novel data from a professional group that has not previously been interviewed in depth about climate change. We develop a framework of six archetypical responses to tension within the oil industry. Examples of strategic responses include accepting the paradox to choose priorities other than climate change mitigation and confronting the paradox to demand changes to the way the oil industry operates. Examples of defensive responses include the transfer of responsibility and projection of tension to other stakeholders. Responses calling for change in the oil industry are the most common among people who have left the industry and the least common for participants from companies headquartered outside of Europe. In a field marked by controversies and value-based debates, a better understanding of the views of people working on the energy transition inside the oil industry provides new insight into the discussion about possible routes to the sustainability transition.