Edward Seyfried and Stuart Clenaghan, directors of Carbon Capital Limited, argue that meeting Kyoto should be viewed as a huge opportunity, which can yield not only marked environmental benefits and considerable financial returns, but by improving local social conditions can advance a corporation’s goal.
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