How are O&G companies contributing to the energy transition?A novel analytical framework for assessing sustainability strategies
- Jaime Menéndez Sánchez 1
- Jorge Fernández Gómez 2
- Andrés Araujo de la Mata 3
- 1 University of Deusto) / University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU
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Universidad de Deusto
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- 3 University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), GPAC
ISSN: 0213-3865
Year of publication: 2021
Issue Title: Retos de la transición energética I · 2021 en el País Vasco para la próxima década
Issue: 99
Pages: 213-241
Type: Article
More publications in: Ekonomiaz: Revista vasca de economía
Abstract
Petrolio- eta gas-enpresak (O&G) iraunkortasun-estrategiak garatzen eta hartzen ari dira pixkanaka, trantsizio energetikoaren prozesuan aurreikusitako erregulazio- eta merkatu-presioei erantzuteko. NBEren Garapen Iraunkorreko Helburuak (GIH) oso lotuta daude trantsizio energetikoekin, eta funtsezkoak dira iraunkortasun-estrategia arrakastatsuak lortzeko. Esparru analitiko berri bat proposatzen da iraunkortasun-estrategiak ebaluatzeko, eta Petronorren azterketari aplikatzen zaio, Euskal Autonomia Erkidegoko fintze-enpresa bati (Muskiz, Bizkaia). Analisiak laguntzen du ebaluatzen O&G enpresek nola laguntzen duten trantsizio energetikoan, GIHetan zentratzen direnean. Esparru horren lehen aplikazio horrek iradokitzen du beharrezkoa dela osorik ulertzea O&Gko enpresa batek egiten dituen iraunkortasun-ahaleginak, trantsizio energetikoan betetzen duen rola erabat ebaluatu ahal izateko.
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