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9 - Business

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 March 2022

Edward Barbier
Affiliation:
Colorado State University
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Chapter 9 examines the evidence of growing adoption and initiatives by corporations, businesses and the financial system to incorporate actions to mitigate environmental risks and improve the global environment, and look in particular at the possibility of private sector action to move toward better environmental stewardship. Firms increasingly find that improved environmental performance reduces their overall cost of capital and their attractiveness to potential investors. However, better environmental scarcity and risk management by firms requires a range of complementary policies for green financing and investment; ending the underpricing of nature; and taxing major biosphere exploiters. Corporations that are willing to become biosphere stewards should also collaborate with governments in collective action to address global environmental risks.

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Economics for a Fragile Planet
Rethinking Markets, Institutions and Governance
, pp. 246 - 275
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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  • Business
  • Edward Barbier, Colorado State University
  • Book: Economics for a Fragile Planet
  • Online publication: 24 March 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108914000.010
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  • Business
  • Edward Barbier, Colorado State University
  • Book: Economics for a Fragile Planet
  • Online publication: 24 March 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108914000.010
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  • Business
  • Edward Barbier, Colorado State University
  • Book: Economics for a Fragile Planet
  • Online publication: 24 March 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108914000.010
Available formats
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