As an eternal optimist the findings of the recently released CERES report: Road to 2020, are not all bad. However it would appear that of the 600 major US corporations studied, only a minority are making great strides in sustainability.
The bad news is that most companies have barely begun the journey towards sustainability and remain stuck in outmoded ways of doing business. The pace of change must accelerate because our major sustainability threats such as climate change and water scarcity are coming at us faster and harder than projected just a few years ago.
The report highlights pockets of good practice, and the many benefits that enlightened companies are realising as a result, it isn’t just the right thing to do, there are tangible business benefits.
If what I’ve read is accurate, in 500 miollin years the Sun will have warmed enough that the inner boundary of the habitable zone will move out past Earth, which will then be uninhabitable.So, a lot sooner than 10 Billion years.And then there are the extinction level impact events, which will likely have occurred more than once in 500 miollin years.Expand off of Earth, or die.
Bashar…I like to focus on what we can all do in our lifetimes to develop a more sustainable balance.
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