We were conned. I thought the scientists couldn’t be wrong. Little did I know they used no science, indulged in carbon trading, and established businesses that could profit from the hysteria generated by their false claims. The IPCC is now completely devoid of credibility and trust, and a track record of deception is being revealed almost daily…
It is encouraging to see Australian businesses taking sustainable practices on board. Of the 28 shortlisted companies in the 2009 ACCA Sustainability Reporting Awards, 28% were from the energy and utilities sector and 20% from the financial services sector. There was a 54% increase in entries with more than half the ASX50 entering the 2009 awards. But why produce a sustainability report in the first place?
It is specious to argue, as Friedman and his followers do, that businesses don’t have ethics, only people do.
Twitter led the Iranian election fall out and the meltdown of Twitter itself led the news last week. But more significantly, headlining for the past few weeks has been Dave Carroll. Dave (as you would all know by now) had the misfortune of flying United Airlines a year ago, wherein baggage handlers trashed his prized Taylor guitar. With no recompense or apology from the company forthcoming, Dave did what only a singer can do. He produced a song with music video and uploaded it to YouTube. It has been a PR disaster for the airline, which has seen its share price plunge by 10%, wiping $180m off the company’s value.
Climate Change is one of those great big ugly controversial topics in polite conversation for me, as too many people I respect or call friend disagree on whether it is happening. I can’t say who is right, and certainly I don’t need to be. It is a fact the science is sometimes wrong. If one [...]
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