“Business leaders, they realize that.”To a greater extent than ever before, the best interests of many businesses and those of the planet are aligned. That puts the onus on the business sector to clean up a mess it helped create. That amount pales next to the big oil companies’ commitment to oil and gas: $100 million is less than two days’ capital spending for Royal Dutch Shell, for example. But last year the company’s greenhouse gas emissions increased slightly, a result of growth in some business areas. But big insurers also have new opportunities to insure properties that are suddenly dealing with growing climate perils.

Source: thestar October 13, 2018 20:03 UTC