12.6. Conclusion

Let's face it. From a sustainability viewpoint, we've got some big problems in the world. I believe they're solvable if all businesses take a good governance approach to sustainability. Businesses can develop healthy profit models, and together we can help eradicate some environmental and social issues while doing so. We need to tie all the governance related to sustainability back into the integration points across the rest of the business.

Businesses understand that there are some real issues here. We understand that business is a major contributor to those issues—and we understand money can be saved and money can be made by tackling those issues.

Among the citizenry, government, and business, I believe business can have a ...

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