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'We are now
in a transitional phase of industrial history in which
companies are still inexperienced in handling
environmental issues creatively... The early movers - the
companies that can see the opportunity first and embrace
innovation-based solutions - will reap major competitive
benefits.'
Michael Porter and
van der Linde, 'Green and competitive', Harvard
Business Review, 1995.
20% in the Red
The US National Academy of Sciences has confirmed what
most people knew already - that humanity has been living
beyond its means for a few decades. Resource consumption
is now at about 120% of its replenishment rate. As
recently as the 1960s we were 'in the black' at 70%. We're
now the wrong side of the so-called point zero of
sustainability.
In the UK,
homes are responsible for nearly a third of the energy
delivered and a quarter of carbon emissions.
Did you know...
that a warmer climate will increase risk
of deterioration in water quality and increase in infection.
Buildings will suffer increased subsidence and associated
insurance claims due to drying out of substrata. Did you also
know that we will have longer growing
seasons providing increased crop yields, which means potential
for new crops (grapes, navy beans, sweetcorn, soya and
sunflowers), and that a longer, more reliable summer season
will lead to increased visitor numbers and visitor spend
boosting local economies. Here
you can review such key findings in a report by the UK
Climates Impacts program. SW Climate Change - Opportunities &
Challenges click here
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'We are now
in a transitional phase of industrial history in which
companies are still inexperienced in handling
environmental issues creatively... The early movers - the
companies that can see the opportunity first and embrace
innovation-based solutions - will reap major competitive
benefits.'
