Green business ethics

Corporate social responsibility is experiencing a renaissance. Much as in the scientific community, the debate on climate change among businesspeople has moved on from whether it is an issue to when it will be and how far it may affect them.

That often makes sense. Insurance companies need to adjust premia to reflect the uptick in the frequency of natural disasters. Other financial service providers, from HSBC to Goldman Sachs, see "carbon neutrality" as a fairly cheap way to lure potential employees and customers. For manufacturers, such as DuPont, efforts to cut back on emissions have proved surprisingly rewarding, even before the spike in energy prices. Meanwhile, General Electric hopes clean technologies will help underpin future growth.

Financial Times, Aug 07, 2006

News - 'Ethical business' plan unveiled

The report follows criticism of the government's own record on business ethics. Economic strength and prosperity depend upon business' competitive success today and in the future," he said.



"Economic strength and prosperity depend upon business' competitive success today and in the future," he said.

"But companies are increasingly aware of their responsibilities to a wider set of stakeholders, and are beginning to realise that their own reputation and their licence to operate around the world depends on meeting these wider responsibilities."

How green is your government Minister?

Also entertainment, business, science, technology and health news.. However, Prof Tim has convinced me that this ethics business is trickier than I'd realised. The Government makes a lot of its new green credentials.

It was my job to open the conference. I ran through some of the things my family and I have been doing as Ethical Man and then I set the delegates a little ethical living test. I asked a series of questions about their lifestyles including whether they had made the switch to a green electricity supplier.

Oh, and do tell me how you get on.

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