 or, sign in with: strategy and business Published: August 27,
2013  / Autumn 2013 / Issue 72   The Business Case for Nature
This is not a call for naivete. Businesses must always ask tough
questions about what will yield profitable results. Governments
must do their part in enacting smart environmental policies and
regulations. And environmentalists must remain vigilant about
identifying and confronting companies that undermine
environmental standards and regulations. Collaboration does not
mean that companies should expect a free pass from
environmentalists; watchdog organizations will always play an
important role in exposing bad corporate practices. But even
those organizations that push companies hardest see the benefits
of working with those willing to do things differently.  We will
have opportunities over the next several decades to make real
progress on these issues, if we start now. In many of the places
conservationists want to protect, the underlying threat is human
demand for food, energy, space