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Sustainable business

Sustainable Business

● The carbon debate: A special focus on the campaign against greenhouse gas
● Waste: Rubbish has become more popular with companies and investors
● Eco-Shopping: The impact of a new breed of consumer - -

Content

Survival in a changing world

Business needs to respond to climate change, just as its customers do

The carbon debate: Now greenhouse gas can be bought and sold

But the European Union’s mandatory emissions trading scheme has not been an unqualified success

Carbon - domestic tradeable quotas: Fancy buying and selling your dirty habits?

The concept of trading allowances for emissions is growing in favour

Offsetting emissions: Achieving green credentials in the eyes of the consumer

Moving towards a neutral position is increasingly attractive

The clean-up: Decontamination techniques show what can be achieved

A legacy of industrial activity can be cleared away

Technology: Profiting from a cleaner future

There is a myriad of investment opportunity in the sector

Communications: A deafening silence

Corporate attitudes to sustainability and environmental management

Disaster planning: Commerce remains vulnerable to the force of nature

Industries are becoming increasingly aware of the need to plan for the worst-case scenario

Finance: There is more to profit than the bottom line

The impact of responsible investing

Responsible investing: Bottom line is more than making a profit

Various initiatives are affecting the world of high finance

Lifestyle: The world is getting older but wants to stay fit

The MBA: Going green on campus takes fresh impetus

Natural resources: The conscience of the consumer

Voluntary emissions trading: Executives stay one step ahead of regulators

Waste: Suddenly, rubbish is looking attractive

Waste management: The rejected returns to favour

Recycling is really taking off

Water: Fear of drought leads to flood of ideas