At the Crossroad of Sustainability Risk to Business Opportunity

Taiga Company blog by Julie Urlaub, Founder and Managing Partner at Taiga Company
Sep 13, 2012 8:05 AM ET
Julie Urlaub, Founder and Managing Partner of Taiga Company

Blog by Julie Urlaub, Founder and Managing Partner at Taiga Company

"There is value creation in risk mitigation. If you look at innovation through lens of sustainability, you find yourself creating new and better products. You open up new markets."  -Hannah Jones, VP of Sustainable Business and Innovation at Nike   This quote taken from a recent GreenBiz article, Hannah Jones on the Risks and Opportunities of Growing Sustainably  summarizes some of the insights of the business sustainability leader at Nike.  Focusing on the opportunities derived from managed risk, Hanna Jones and her team have identified five mega trends that Nike intends to focus on going forward: Click here to continue reading, At the Crossroad of Sustainability Risk to Business Opportunity

Home to one third of the earth's trees, the Taiga is the largest land-based biosphere and encircles the globe. Its immense oxygen production literally changes the atmosphere and refreshes the planet. It is this continuous renewal that has shaped Taiga Company's vision to drive similar change in the business world. Taiga Company seeks to be the "oxygen for your business".