How are Sustainability Forces Shaping Your Business?

Taiga Company blog by Julie Urlaub, Founder and Managing Partner at Taiga Company
Aug 29, 2012 12:00 PM ET
Julie Urlaub, Founder and Managing Partner of Taiga Company

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

  What are the forces that will shape the future face of business?  Will these forces reveal themselves as risks or opportunities?  How might your organization be affected?  The answer to these questions may be up for individual business interpretation; however, all roads appear to be leading to an eventual ‘sustainability intersection’.     As the business world evaluates the realities of increased business risk, increased cost or the lost  revenue related to water, carbon, and energy management , business sustainability is defining itself as leading edge business strategy.   No longer is business stability defined as the difference between cost and revenue.  Today’s business sustainability is saddled with an increasing set of expectations.  Because more companies are  beginning to evaluate profitability and business sustainability as a similar pursuit,  the sustainability value proposition is becoming more defined.  Over the last few years, we have seen a noticeable step-change in the clarity of sustainability concepts and a resulting refinement of understanding within the business world.  Click here to continue reading, How are Sustainability Forces Shaping Your Business?

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".