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Why Is Business Blind to the Potential Profits from Sustainability?
12:21 pm in business, Business & Politics, economy, susainability by TreeHugger
R. Paul Herman has an interesting and thorough piece on Huffington Post questioning why businesses aren't more proactive about sustainability when it helps the bottom line. It's a topic often brought up here on TreeHugger.
"Scientists and economists estimate that climate change itself could cause drops of 5% or more of global GDP. Yet those same scientists also estimate that investing in solutions now to stem climate change effects could more than halve that to only a 2% GDP drop. By making transportation, manufacturing, and agricultu...Read the full story on TreeHugger
