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Biodiversity conservation and valuation Location: Auditorium C: Thore Johnsen Session Chair: Priscilla Creppy, Norwegian University of Life Sciences | |
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Supply Chain Relationships and Biodiversity Conservation Efforts: The Impact of Firms’ Identity as Major Customers 1: University of Copenhagen, Denmark; 2: Copenhagen Business school; 3: University of Copenhagen, Denmark This study investigates how existing supply chain relationships influence firms’ biodiversity conservation efforts. Specifically, we focus on the role of a firm’s identity as a major client for its suppliers. We hypothesize that when a firm acts as a major customer, it may experience pressure from suppliers to prioritize operational activities. This pressure can diminish the firm’s incentives to invest in biodiversity conservation, since such efforts often yield limited short-term benefits. Our analysis is based on firm-year level observations of U.S. firms from 2012 to 2019. Initial findings reveal that firms identified as major customers of their suppliers—defined as accounting for more than 10% of their suppliers’ sales—are less likely to engage in biodiversity conservation initiatives. This conclusion remains robust across various sensitivity tests, including alternative sample periods, independent variables, additional controls, propensity score matching, and the entropy balancing approach. Overall, this study suggests that the structure of supply chain relationships significantly impacts firms’ likelihood of investing in biodiversity conservation. | |