ENTERPRISES

The challenges and risks that climate change presents are huge, but where there is challenge and a risk, there is the potential for growth. Leading companies no longer question how much it will cost to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but how much money they can make doing it. Climate change poses risks to industry, but it also presents opportunities: clever companies are already taking advantage of new products, markets, and competitive advantages inherent in the low-carbon economy. Major corporate leaders like Wal-Mart, IBM, GE, HP and Intel have embraced Environmental Strategies as a way of achieving their corporate and shareholder goals. Companies have found that a focus on climate change has a three pronged long lasting effect increasing productivity, reducing cost and opening new market opportunities