Five leading U.S. corporations joined with Ceres today to announce the launch of a new business coalition calling for strong U.S. climate and energy legislation in early 2009 to spur the clean energy economy and reduce global warming pollution
Companies that fail to tackle climate change could lower the value of their businesses, a report by the UK’s Carbon Trust suggests.
Business leaders including directors at Tesco, Lloyds TSB and other top high street names have urged Gordon Brown to drop his slowly, slowly approach to tackling global warming and go for “transformational change”, saying the prime minister should not be held back by fears over the current financial crisis.
THE global climate crisis will fundamentally reshape organisations and management. It will bring in new career paths, even new subject choices at university, and change the structure of organisations and the way they are run. It’s early days, and no one in the world knows its final impact, but there are already signs of the ground shifting. It will force businesses and managers to live with uncertainty, a world shaped by forces still emerging.
To most people the terms global warming, carbon emissions, bio-fuels and sustainability are often linked to the green enthusiasts. However New Zealand based Start-Up Celsias say “Climate Change is not a spectator sport!”
Climate Change meets Web 2.0 – 18 Aug 2008 – Climate change news – NZ Herald.
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