Talked today to 50 executives at Impact conference today on Corporate and Social Responsibility / sustainable enterprise. Huge shift taking place inside the largest corporations about these issues and a growing recognition that they are important to consumers, shareholders and staff. Here are some interesting statistics:
• Only 10% of big ocean fish remain
• Most global fishing is under threat
• 25% of all mammals face extinction (by 2035 say UN)
• 1 in 8 plant species face extinction
• CO2 levels are at their highest for a million years
• Even if all carbon emissions stop, sea levels will go on rising for 1000 years
• Stabilising CO2 at 450ppm will cost 1% of gross world product (level is 370 parts per million today)
• Continuing without change could cost 10% of gross world product
• In 1990 emerging nations produced 39% of the world’s carbon dioxide - by 2010 it will be 55%
See the presentation on http://www.globalchange.com/ppt4/sustain
