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 # Increase in Capital Spending: What does it Mean to Business Sustainability?

 

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

 

 

 Aug 16, 2011 11:30 AM ET

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Are we finally seeing true indication of a full market recovery? What impact does capital spending mean to business sustainability?

 

Beyond the speculation and consumer forecasts, recent reports indicated a significant increase in corporate spending as the eventual turning point. With more positive releases making headlines, this new information has our professional consulting examining the implications to long-term business sustainability.

 

The CFO.com accounting post, [Capex, Inventory Spend Squeeze Cash: Study](http://www.cfo.com/article.cfm/14592317/), details the latest trends in corporate spending. Focusing on capital investment and project spend, the article highlights the conversion of cash into tangibles. It is the conversion that is believed to have a huge impact to economic recovery. Our sustainability consulting interest lie in the manner in which and on what this money will be spent?

 

As any prudent business executive would automatically state, “we want to make sure they are committing capital to the right companies and business [strategies](http://blog.taigacompany.com/blog/taiga-company/0/0/managing-cash-flow-in-a-sustainable-business)“. However, the business environment has definitely changed over the past few years. The question then becomes: Have the ‘right’ investment opportunities and business strategies changed?  [**Click here to read the impacts of capital spending on business sustainability**](http://blog.taigacompany.com/blog/sustainability-business-life-environment/increase-in-capital-spending-what-does-it-mean-to-business-sustainability). 

 

*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*](http://taigacompany.com) *seeks to be the "oxygen for your business".*



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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