Business is proving it can be a force for environmental conservation. A thousand different technical, marketing and management innovations in packaging, building, energy efficiency, transport and logistics, supply chain management and consumer products and services are all contributing to the multiple solutions we need to address critical environmental problems.
Companies are a part of, not apart from society. To prosper in the long term, companies must anticipate and respond to society’s mood and needs. Concern for environmental quality and for human and community health is now a deeply entrenched societal value. Companies ignore this value at their peril and successful companies align their policies and practices to reflect this and take advantage of the business opportunities it brings.
Assheton Stewart Carter, Ph.D
Chief Advisor, Business Environmental Leadership
Conservation International
