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There is a pressing need for entrepreneurial thinking into social and environmental problems - social entrepreneurs like Tim Smit of the Eden Project think the
by puzzle-out 18y ago
There is a pressing need for entrepreneurial thinking into social and environmental problems - social entrepreneurs like Tim Smit of the Eden Project think the financial crisis could be a huge opportunity for social enterprise. In terms of measuring impact, I think we need a new form of accountancy, which rates social and environmental impact as importantly as financial impact.
- anamax 18y ago> In terms of measuring impact, I think we need a new form of accountancy, which rates social and environmental impact as importantly as financial impact. That assumes that the "social and environmental impact" are going to be measured honestly and not just used as an excuse for control. For example, even if you believe all of the AGW stuff, the "account for environmental costs" tax is around $2/ton of carbon. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V2W-4CJCVJ8-2&_user=3061873&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=3061873&md5=67fe725c4c081d254e0b4dd265316562 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi... That's a large pile of money, but it isn't going to have the "side effects" that the AGW people want. Those will require much higher taxes on "bad" things. So they'll have to either give up on the rant against said bad things or go with "sin carbon" taxes, which pretty much proves that they're not interested in carbon but sin.