Sao Paulo, November 26th – With a focus on business leaders who are responsible for ensuring that risks and opportunities are understood, addressed and transformed into long-term competitive advantage for their companies, the Brazilian Business Council for Sustainable Development (CEBDS) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) launched the report GEO-5 for the Business Sector
O GEO-5 for the Business Sector – Impacts of a Changing Environment on the Corporate Sector is a Brazilian adaptation of the publication “GEO-5 for Business”, launched in 2013 by UNEP. The original publication is an extension of the periodic report “Global Environmental Panorama”, but aimed exclusively at the business sector, emphasizing how environmental changes would affect business, risks for key sectors and opportunities arising from them. In addition to the translation of the publication, the Brazilian version includes case studies of large companies with national operations that exemplify the environmental impact on their strategies and how adaptation to this impact made the continuity of their businesses viable.
Thus, five companies were selected to illustrate the new business challenges and opportunities for the 21st century: Alcoa, Cemig, Coca-Cola, Dow and Vale, which collaborated through interviews and access to reports and documents. In each of the cases presented, despite being companies recognized for their good reputation nationally and worldwide, they clearly exemplified the GEO-5 message for Business, demonstrating how, in practice, companies face changes, creating opportunities and assessing risks for their businesses.
