Business and the environment: Wasting resources costs the earth - and lowers your competitive edge

To care for the natural world is the most effective insurance policy we can have

Influence is getting others to do what you want them to do because they want to do it - a take on Eisenhower's famous leadership statement

WHAT IF we all treat other people as we wish to be treated? MORE happiness. LESS selfishness, crime, fraud, hatred, terrorism, wars.

Like our finances, humankind is living with a growing ecological deficit but the solution is different. The deficit will worsen with dangerous consequences unless we address population growth sooner rather than later. Efficiency improvements, increased use of renewable resources and less waste in themselves are no longer sufficient to put us back into credit

Living in an orgy of unrestrained consumption and economic growth accompanied by population expansion that ignores the carrying capacity of local environments will lead to disaster

Is it better that we manage population growth responsibly or should we to wait for nature to cull our numbers?