Companies Need to Fill Gap, Take Lead On Sustainable Development, Report Says

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Governments are not addressing climate change, resource scarcity, and other challenges at the speed and scale needed to avoid environmental problems, so business needs to step in to fill the gap, according to a new report on sustainability. Businesses can improve their own practices and push for policies and changes in capital markets to achieve sustainable development, according to Changing Tack: Extending Corporate Leadership on Sustainable Development. Sustainable development is the idea of pursuing development to meet present human needs, especially the needs of the poor, without compromising the ability of the environment to meet the needs of future generations, according to the United Nations. The report was released by sustainability research and consulting firms GlobeScan and SustainAbility June 13.