Carbon Trust calls for businesses to adapt or die

摘要

A new report has been launched, urging businesses to prioritise resource efficiency and adapt their models or risk getting left behind. The Carbon Trust has launched a new report examining the need for businesses to urgently assess their exposure to resource challenges in order to future proof their business models in today's resource-constrained world. Business resource challenges such as the increasing scarcity of land, energy, water and materials are quickly intensifying. For example, there could be a 40% gap between available water supplies and water needs by 2030, and some critical materials could be in short supply as soon as 2016. These challenges remain largely unaddressed, leading to disruptions to supply, growing regulatory requirements, volatile fluctuation of prices, and ultimately, threatening the viability of existing business models.