Why companies need to be held to account over their environmental debt. We all know about the two sides of the financial ledger – profit and loss corresponding to cost and expense.
But there is a basic piece of the financial picture that is not yet on the books – cause and effect. Every financial transaction affects the environment, and the environment is embedded in every financial transaction. Every transaction. Our financial and environmental crises are inextricably connected – both in the causes and solutions. Environmental Debt: The Hidden Costs of a Changing Global Economy: Amazon.fr: Amy Larkin: Livres anglais et étrangers. Environmental Debt. By focusing on developing the economy for decades, politicians and business leaders have done little to account for the environmental costs of growing industry.
Now, economies worldwide are struggling to cover the increasing expenses of pollution and health care – But who is going to pay? Speakers: Amy Larkin, Author, Environmental Debt: The Hidden Costs of a Changing Global Economy; Former Solutions Director, Greenpeace. Amy Larkin, "Environmental Debt: The Hidden Costs of a Changing Global Economy" Environmental Debt.