Good Companies Guide: easing the planet's growing pains will help business to profit
Interesting but still not quite there.
In the face of a looming environmental and demographic crisis, weak companies will go to the wall. Only those that address the needs of a rapidly changing world will prosper.
Business should care about ecological sustainability because of the increasing scientific evidence that human society is overshooting its limits. Sources of food, energy and water are being exploited at rates that cannot be sustained for long, and many pollution sinks are overfilled. This is likely to jeopardise economic activity and growth, and leaves us at risk of a sharp contraction.
Both climate change and oil production are inextricably linked to food, energy and water systems. Oil depletion, for example, would have significant effects on food supplies, as many fertilisers, herbicides and pesticides are oil-based. Biofuels may compete with food for land use and oil use drives climate change, which adds pressure to the water, food and living systems.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/aug/29/good-companies-guide-2010
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