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“Every business should think abut the role environmental issues can and should play in strategy so that they can build trust among consumers and offer products and services that address their concerns”
McKinsey Quarterly, March 2008
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“The effects of climate on companies’ operations are now so tangible and certain that the issues are best addressed with the tools of the strategist, not the philanthropist”
Michael Porter, Harvard Business Review, October 2007 |
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“$20 trillion of investor money (is) behind a request to the 500 largest quoted companies in the world, asking for the disclosure of investment relevant information concerning their greenhouse gas emissions.”
Carbon Disclosure Project, 2005
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Some of our clients
... provide their views below. Click on the links for full case studies of these and other clients. |
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| Going CarbonNeutral was a significant factor in winning business to the value of £1.2m. And this was all achieved within the first months of our CarbonNeutral contract. Michelle Nunan, Radio Taxis Group (September 2005) Go to case study |
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“We need to think about what a low carbon economy could mean to our business…We must move it from a commercial risk to a commercial opportunity”
Sir Christopher Bland, Former Chairman, BT |
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“General Electric is predicting to double revenue from eco product lines to $20 billion by 2010”
Jeffrey R. Immelt, Chairman & CEO, GE |
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“Concern for the environment is a Corus key business principle. Our objectives are to adopt sustainable practices and to continuously improve our performance.
Dr Paul Brooks - Director, Environment and Climate Change, Corus |
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“When I first became aware that this issue was surfacing I started to talk to people within the business about it. Two things struck me, first, how passionately some of our people feel about climate change: some of them already privately offset their carbon emissions. Second, how many people cared about what we did as a business”
Mark Dawkins, Managing Partner Simmons and Simmons |
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“Our CarbonNeutral policy brings real commercial benefits to the firm….our recent appointment at Gallions Park for the LDA, selling 1.24 hectares of development land is one such example”.
Nick Shepherd, Managing Partner Drivers Jonas |
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Relevant research:
Managing Partners Forum Carbon Report 2008-08-01
e-survey Results from Sky
FTSE350 - Followers and Leaders
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