Climate change dilemmas
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008Finance and risk managers say global warming will force them to change their business models
Finance and risk managers say global warming will force them to change their business models
Signs that climate change is becoming an issue for investors. Mutual funds are taking more notice of it.
The big banks have brought in climate change principles to make companies more environmentally aware
Climate change is now ranked as the biggest risk to business in 2008
Climate change will transform the finance industry. How well prepared are the banks? And is it shaping up as the next sub-prime.
Further evidence that businesses and politicians are struggling to come up up with a way of dealing with climate change and the risk it presents to to society, and business. Warnings about big flows of refugees, strains on food and water and political instability but companies are doing little about it.
Sphere: Related ContentHow serious are private companies about saving the planet? Not very, according to a new global survey by accounting firm Grant Thornton. There is a big gap between US companies and the rest of the world when it comes to climate change.
Sphere: Related ContentThe US might be dragged kicking and screaming to the table at climate change talks in Bali but the US Chamber of Commerce has launched a television advertising campaign to stop the fight against global warming.
Sphere: Related ContentBusiness executives are now more worried about climate change than consumers.
Like globalisation and information technology, climate change is transforming business, society, politics, workplaces, careers and management. In fact, it might in the end have an even bigger impact that IT and global forces.
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