What if we did business as though we actually belonged to the living world?
The best efforts…
from most “sustainability” initiatives merely mitigate problems—attempting to make things less bad, and attempting to slow the rate of decline of the regenerative capacity of the living systems that sustain human culture and economy.
That’s not good enough…
to win the race for sustainability and for business leadership—and beyond.
The challenge:
Reinventing the economy of an entire planet.
This planet.
In one generation.
The path:
Discover, create, and capture
the economic, strategic, and brand value
disclosed by a rigorous, purpose-driven approach
grounded in the 3.8 billion years of open-source R&D
offered to us as a gift of the living systems of Earth
that undergird the global economy and all we hold dear.
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orient to and navigate—
effectively and profitably—
the utterly uncertain business, social and political landscapes of the 21st century.
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