Environmental Debt by Amy Larkin

Environmental Debt by Amy Larkin

For decades, politicians and business leaders alike told the American public that today's challenge was growing the economy, and that environmental protection could be left to future generations. Now in the wake of billions of dollars in costs associated with coastal devastation from Hurricane Sandy, rampant wildfires across the West, and groundwater contamination from reckless drilling, it's becoming increasingly clear that yesterday's carefree attitude about the environment has morphed into a fiscal crisis of epic proportions. Environmental Debt argues that the costs of global warming, extreme weather, pollution and other forms of "environmental debt" are wreaking havoc on the economy. To combat these trends, author Amy Larkin proposes a new framework for 21st century commerce, based on three principles: 1) Pollution can no longer be free; 2) All business decision making and accounting must incorporate the long view; and 3) Government must play a vital role in catalyzing clean technology and growth while preventing environmental destruction. Profiling the multinational corporations that are transforming their operations with downright radical initiatives, Larkin presents smart policy choices that would actually unleash these business solutions to many global financial and environmental problems.

'Larkin offers a comprehensive framework to connect the causes of [the environmental and financial] crises to ensure businesses are not derailed by environmental problems' - The Irish Times

AmyLarkin is the Business Advisor for Greenpeace International and the former director of Greenpeace Solutions. She has been featured in The Washington Post, Newsweek, Reuters, Bloomberg, and Greenbiz, appeared on NPR and CNBC, and won multiple awards, including a recent nomination for the United Nations Foundation Clean Energy, Education and Empowerment Award. She is the Chair of the Advisory Board of Biomimicry NYC and aStrategic Advisor to the public policy think tank RESOLVE, and is currently advising Mars, Inc. and Unilever on overhauling their supply chain and manufacturing operations. She lives in New York City.

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ISBN 13	9781137278555
ISBN 10	1137278552
Title	Environmental Debt
Author	Amy Larkin
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Year published	2013-06-25
Number of pages	256
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