Enterprise Vulnerabilities
This vulnerability is leveraged when business fall prey to the idealistic interest groups.
Deliberate attacks
This economic Input is an example of a Natural Capital flow.
Land, fuels, biomass, water, or minerals
In this decade the linkage between environment and security began to appear in high-level US documents.
The 1990s
This Area of Response protects the growing numbers of humans moving to cities.
Urban Infrastructure
By 2050, the global population is estimated to grow to this many people?
9 billion
Honey bee colony collapse impacting agriculture businesses is an example of this enterprise vulnerability.
Ecosystems Services
This flow diverts the contents of the waste stream back into an input for economic enterprise.
Recycling
Businesses can join this organization to help resolve issues with environment and security.
WBCSB (World Business Council for Sustainable Development)
This Area of Response is a key part of UN Millennium Development Goals.
Poverty Alleviation
One of the three new global pressures that threaten the well-being and resilience of society and the environment.
1. population growth 2.increased demand for energy and materials, or 3. competition for access to vital resources
Applying for eco-labels and maintaining the appearance of sustainability allows enterprises to avoid this vulnerability.
Regulatory and market pressures
Unlike most of the natural capital flows, this input to communities is on the rise as the climate shifts.
Stresses and Shocks
The oil embargo of 1972 lead to a shortage of gas which limited growth due to these two factors.
Natural resource scarcities and continuing deterioration of environmental quality
This Area of Response is needed specifically for developing nations?
Protection of Human Health
One of the two resulting impacts of these new global pressures.
1. Changes in global climate or 2. degradation of clean air, water, soil, forests, and wetlands