Climate Change: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review

 

Introduction

CLIMATE ACTION: THE NEW BUSINESS IMPERATIVE

by Dante Disparte

Climate change demands immediate action—from organizations, governments, and society alike. But business leaders often find themselves asking, how? How should companies respond? What steps are effective given operating and financial constraints? What can realistically move the needle for an issue so vast? Will shareholders and other stakeholders forgive potentially inferior returns in favor of global longevity? This last question underscores the fundamental tension between those organizations that want as much as they can have as fast as they can have it and those who want to stretch the economically viable horizon for as long as possible. Climate change should push ...