A sustainability revolution could follow the agricultural, industrial and digital revolutions, according to speakers at a discussion hosted by These Young Minds.
A sustainability revolution could follow the agricultural, industrial and digital revolutions, according to speakers at a discussion hosted by These Young Minds.
Speakers shared success stories on how businesses reaped profit from investing in recycling facilities, rather than sending everything to the landfill.
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The Law Faculty event gathered a number of distinguished speakers: Cathy Taylor, senior partner at Ernest and Young; Stine Jensen, Senior Sustainability Consultant at Radley Yedlar; and Dr Nicola J. Dee, Greentech expert at the Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge.
The discussion was chaired by Dr David Cleevely, Founding Director of University of Cambridge Centre for Science and Policy, and Dr Beatrix Schlarb-Ridley, business innovation manager, 9InCrops Enterprise Hub, University of Cambridge.
Speakers shared success stories on how businesses reaped profit from investing in recycling facilities, rather than sending everything to the landfill.
Participants believe that "sustainability" and eco-friendliness will soon no longer be empty words buried in companies' statements of principles.
It was argued that aiming for sustainability, rather than profit itself, might be beneficial as a long term goal as more people insist on making ethical purchases.
Simon Brown, the Managing Director Solutions of 2degree network Solutions said that with the £1bn green tax looming over the economy, it will be imperative that companies make sustainability their goal; otherwise they are likely to lose their competitive edge.
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