Why 2015 will be the year of sustainability

Happy New Year.  U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon believes that 2015 will be the year of sustainability.  We’ve been building up to it. Here are his thoughts on businesses.

A sustainable approach to business can also help create decent jobs, improve public health, empower women and protect the environment. It is heartening to see many companies already reaping the benefits of climate action, for instance by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and by using energy cleanly and efficiently. More and more businesses are seeing that sustainability is not just in the common good but that sustainability is common sense.  Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General, The United Nations

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