Leading Quotes
Many leading figures in business and politics have
recognised that it is essential that organisations take significant
action to reduce their environmental impact AND take the commercial
opportunities available. Below are just a few of the quotes.
Rupert Murdoch, MD of News Corporation: “Climate
change poses clear, catastrophic threats. We can't afford the risk of
inaction…. the problem will not be solved without mass participation by
the general public in countries around the globe.”
Stuart Rose, CEO of Marks & Spencers: “Over
the last 12 months, we have seen a real shift in customers’ priorities
and expectations. We know that ethical and environmental considerations
increasingly influence their purchasing decisions.”
Lord Nicholas Stern - Chief Economist to World Bank 2000-2003: “Climate
Change is the greatest market failure we have ever seen… [but] there is
still time to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, if we take
strong action now."
Barack Obama, President of the United States: “Not
only is climate change real, it’s here, and it’s effects are giving
rise to a frighteningly new global phenomenon: the man made disaster”
Richard Branson, Founder & Chairman of Virgin Group: “Our
generation has inherited an incredibly beautiful world from our parents
and they from their parents. It is in our hands whether our children
and their children inherit the same world.”
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California: “Global
warming creeps up on you… Half a degree temperature difference from one
year to the next, a little bit of rise of the ocean, a little bit of
melting of the glaciers, and then all of a sudden it is too late to do
something about it.”
The Confederation of British Industry: “Environmental
issues are becoming an increasingly high priority for consumers and
shareholders, and for government policy. Business and industry cannot
afford to ignore them.”
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