ABSTRACT
The issue of climate change is a multifaceted and complex phenomenon. The complexity of climate change discourse involves a plethora of variables, which encompass the input from political, nongovernmental, and corporate actors. Climate change discourse by fossil fuels corporations is reflective of the measures undertaken by corporate actors to mitigate the negative consequences of human-induced climate change. This chapter discusses the climate change discourse by two different corporations and provide insight into how these corporate actors present themselves to the public in their business reports concerning the issue of climate change. It involves climate change discourse by ExxonMobil (United States) and BHP Billiton (Australia), each considered one of the major players in the fossil fuels market in North America and Australia, respectively. The focus of the study is on investigating whether or not there are qualitative differences in conceptual metaphors associated with climate change identified in corporate reports by Exxon and BHP.
