Climate change moving to the top of the agenda

Climate change was once a cause espoused by earnest people handing out flyers on street corners. Today, information on climate change is presented — to shareholders no less — in smartly designed sustainability reports. For some of the people who prepare those reports, the corporate managers and executives, climate change is no longer a cost that needs to be grudgingly acknowledged. Today, many corporations view climate change as an issue that, properly managed, can be used to build competitive advantage and capitalize on business opportunities. From the back burner, climate change has moved closer to the top of the agenda. (Read the article Corporate Climate Change in the January/February 2009 issue of CAmagazine.)