By Raúl Gorrín.
Attitudes are changing. Not too many years ago, corporations were looked upon
as only being about profit. That profit was many times at the expense of all of
us, the environment and the atmosphere included. As the years have gone by,
corporations are still all about profit, but they have come to understand that
if they help society and its problems, they will profit even more. Terms have
been used for the modern way of thinking from philanthropy to share value
initiatives.
I am going to quote an article from just one
month ago. “Eighty-one major corporations with operations in the
U.S.--including Google, Facebook, Apple, Coca Cola and
General Motors--have taken a White House pledge to demonstrate their support
for action on climate change. Signing the White House’s American Business Act
on Climate Change Pledge shows a continuing commitment to action preventing
global warming and is intended to set an example for other companies to pursue
similar policies, according to a statement released by the White House.” We
recognize that delaying action on climate change will be costly in economic and
human terms,” the pledge states.
“This conversation has confirmed what we’ve
known for quite some time, which is that considerations of climate change,
energy efficiency, renewable energies are not only not contradictory to their
bottom lines, but for these companies they’re discovering that it can enhance
their bottom lines,” Obama
said.
What a change in thinking. Back in 1989 and
organization was started called the Global Climate Coalition. This was a
group of mainly United States businesses opposing immediate action to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions. This organization was very powerful. Around the year
2000 Ford Motor Company was the first to leave this organization. It was
followed by General Motors, Chrysler, Texaco….. So many organizations left at
the turn of the century that the organization ended in 2002.
In 2007 several corporations including
General Electric formed the US Climate Action Partnership. This was a group of
companies putting pressure on government to regulate the greenhouse gas
emissions.
BP was originally a member of the Global
Climate Coalition. Yes, originally, they fought against the concept of climate
change and put money into influencing governments not to regulate
emissions. A few years later, BP became a member of US Climate Action
Partnership and was now putting money into influencing those very same
governments to regulate emissions. Throughout 2006 BP, led by their CEO Lord
John Browne, has continued to take a leadership stance on climate change. It
has cut its own operational emissions of CO2 by 10%. It is investing $8 billion
in renewable energy over the next 10 years.
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Seguros La Vitalicia Raúl Gorrín, Medios de comunicación, Venezuela, Gobierno,
Empresarios, Emprendedor
In summary, not too many years ago, companies
such as BP and General Motors put in large amounts of money to influence
governments and the public that climate control was not real. Those very same
companies today, is putting in large amounts of money to help fight climate
control. When corporations and governments work together for a common good for
society, we all will gain. by Raúl Gorrín.
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