Poll of 500 major firms reveals that only one in 10 regard global warming as a prioritySunday, 27 January 2008
Global warming ranks far down the concerns of the world's biggest companies, despite world leaders' hopes that they will pioneer solutions to the impending climate crisis, a startling survey will reveal this week.
Nearly nine in 10 of them do not rate it as a priority, says the study, which canvassed more than 500 big businesses in Britain, the US, Germany, Japan, India and China. Nearly twice as many see climate change as imposing costs on their business as those who believe it presents an opportunity to make money. And the report's publishers believe that big business will concentrate even less on climate change as the world economy deteriorates.
[Whether this attitude is in the corporate best interest from the point of view of long term financial viability or corporate social responsibility is questionable to say the least. Editor]
