Capitalism at the Crossroads: Next Generation Business Strategies for a Post-Crisis World, Third Edition

Preface: Al Gore, Former Vice President of the United States

The global context for business continues to change at an unprecedented rate, and Stuart Hart has effectively captured important insights into the nature of this contextual shift in this third edition of Capitalism at the Crossroads. I agree. In fact, my partners and I at Generation Investment Management believe that sustainability will be a key driver of global economic change over the next 50 years. And we think companies face an unprecedented opportunity to create shareholder value by helping to chart the way forward, and by contributing to sustainable development.

Now, more than ever, factors beyond the scope of economist John Maynard Keynes’ “national accounts” (the backbone of ...