Corporate responsibility and the state: business lobbying on climate change in the UK

Abstract To what extent are the lobbying positions of large corporations consistent with the increasingly prominent corporate social responsibility (CSR) commitments that these organizations champion? Are corporations with more stringent internal sustainability policies more likely to support state regulation to address related social and environmental challenges? Or do these companies use their CSR credentials to engage in deregulatory lobbying as some greenwashing accounts imply? We address th