JOURNAL: Low-carbon reorientation in a declining industry? A longitudinal analysis of coevolving contexts and company strategies in the UK steel industry (1988–2022)

Summary

Authors:

Frank W. Geels
Julian Gregory

The University of Manchester

Low-carbon reorientation in a declining industry? A longitudinal analysis of coevolving contexts and company strategies in the UK steel industry (1988–2022)

Energy Research & Social Science

January 2023

  • UK steel industry faces increasing socio-political pressures to decarbonise
  • To contextualise current efforts we make a longitudinal analysis of company strategies
  • We find that economic decline and retrenchment strategies hampered low-carbon reorientation
  • Low-carbon reorientation strategies oscillated between incremental change and exploring radical alternatives
  • Companies have not yet committed to implementing radical low-carbon technologies