The president of the WBCSD, Peter Bakker, argued in an interview with Dinheiro Vivo that it will be inevitable that the measurement of profit, the wealth of countries and the income of their citizens will start to incorporate new indicators related to the environment and quality of life.
O WBCSD brought together a group of 600 businesspeople and members of international organizations in Lisbon to discuss how businesses will adapt to the climate emergency. One of the work proposals is to introduce climate risk reporting, in addition to financial plans, something that the organization hopes will become mandatory in Europe within the next two years, followed by Japan.
“If we redefine growth we will be able to continue to grow”, Peter Bakker
The full interview that can be checked here, shows the importance of companies paying attention to climate issues.
“This week in Lisbon, we had close to 600 people at our conference. The impression I got from the room is that everyone now understands the urgency of climate change – it’s a climate emergency. They understand that they have to come up with plans to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. Not everyone knows how to do that. For some sectors it’s easy, for others it’s incredibly difficult. But everyone understands that they have to have plans. All the companies that work with us agree that transparent disclosure of risks is the only way to maintain society’s trust.
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