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As things are breaking down, so glimpses of the future are breaking through: the green shoots of 'Tomorrow's Green Economy' are growing up all around us.  The evidence is building and is cumulative: revenues in industries tackling climate change now exceed those of software and biotech combined; the world's first carbon-neutral auto plant; and so on - these and other examples are brought together on forceforgood.  But our argument is that this is about more than specific examples.  We are on the threshold of a new 'Kondratiev' wave of economic development, the age of sustainability - where before humanity and economy were shaped by the ages of steam, mass production and knowledge.  This is being driven by forces which together result in the creation of value through sustainability - each wave being driven by the greatest constraint facing development becoming the driver for the next phase of progress and renewal.

 

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posted by Admin  on July 10, 2008
At a time when much of the world is facing freshwater stress and scarcity, the Coca-Cola Company's is aiming to become water neutral - to replace every drop of water used in its manufacturing processes.
     

Issue(s): Redefining Success - beyond accounting , Creating Frameworks , Why we need Force for Good companies , How to be a Force for Good company , What is a Force for Good company? , Tomorrow's Green Economy

Tag(s): CEOWaterMandate , Coca-Cola , Resources , Stewardship , Sustainability , UNGlobalCompact , Water , WWF
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posted by Admin  on March 30, 2009
This briefing assesses the potential to create 'green jobs' through significant public investment in green technology and infrastructure as a key component of stimulus packages - in contrast with the impact of investment in 'brown' jobs or tax cuts.
     

Issue(s): Climate Change , Sustainability , Global Financial Crisis , Tomorrow's Green Economy
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posted by Edward  on May 22, 2009
The London G-20 Summit, April 2nd, marked a useful new beginning for multi-lateralism.  The eclipsing of the G-8 was as necessary for the world as the new informal proposals by China, India, Russia and Brazil for a new global reserve currency to complement the US dollar and the euro. 
     

Issue(s): Sustainability , Global Financial Crisis , Tomorrow's Green Economy

Region(s): West Europe

Tag(s): Economy , Globalisation , Sustainability
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posted by Admin  on July 2, 2009
Folks who do systems analysis have a great belief in "leverage points." These are places within a comlpex system (a corporation, an economy, a living body, a city, an ecosystem) where a small shift in one thing can produce big changes in everything. Read the full article, by Donella Meadows, here.
     

Issue(s): Sustainability , Tomorrow's Green Economy

Region(s): North America , West Europe

Tag(s): Change , Economy , Growth , LeveragePoints , Newparadigmofscience , Sustainability , SystemsAnalysis

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