This 100-page guide was designed to help managers of small and mid-sized businesses learn how they can respond to and profit from actions to address the climate change challenge. It uses a step-by-step approach to show how businesses can plan and implement their response to climate change and achieve lower costs, higher productivity and increased competitiveness. The guide's short, easy-to-read sections will:
- introduce readers to climate change
- identify how climate change could affect businesses
- give examples of how leading businesses are profiting from their response to climate change
- provide practical, straightforward tools that can be used immediately to plan and implement a business response.
Key topics include:
- What is climate change?
- What are the major risks and opportunities for business?
- Success stories: how leading businesses are profiting from their response to climate change
- Tools and approaches to guide your response to climate change
- What to do next and where to find help and resources
The guide is also a valuable reference that describes many government and private sector resources and tools to help you obtain expertise, networking and financial assistance.