I recently attended a lecture on the 'Economics of the Environment and Natural Resources', and it was pretty interesting. They echoed thoughts that most people in the industry are starting to adopt.
They showed TED talk from a few years back (2011), and compared it to what's going on right now. It's pretty neat that economic consulting firms, and accounting boards are starting to put a value on nature.
Here's the TED talk on it - https://www.ted.com/talks/pavan_sukhdev_...anguage=en
Again, this was from 2011, but things have advanced a bit since then. A lot of companies are listing concrete figures on their financial statement.
Being an investor, my inclination is to not care about the value of environmental/natural impact, the benefits are huge. People usually think of being 'environmentally safe' as a huge cash outlay, but the long-term benefits outweigh these costs.
Enjoy the video!
They showed TED talk from a few years back (2011), and compared it to what's going on right now. It's pretty neat that economic consulting firms, and accounting boards are starting to put a value on nature.
Here's the TED talk on it - https://www.ted.com/talks/pavan_sukhdev_...anguage=en
Again, this was from 2011, but things have advanced a bit since then. A lot of companies are listing concrete figures on their financial statement.
Being an investor, my inclination is to not care about the value of environmental/natural impact, the benefits are huge. People usually think of being 'environmentally safe' as a huge cash outlay, but the long-term benefits outweigh these costs.
Enjoy the video!