2015: the year businesses recognize that climate change is real
by The Daily Eye Team December 26 2014, 5:27 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 38 secsWith new climate policies, civil unrest and supply-chain disruptions in 2014, more businesses are becoming activists It would be an understatement to say that a lot happened in 2014. There was pervasive civic and social unrest across the US, bringing issues like racism and justice to the forefront yet again, as well as a historic agreement with China to mitigate carbon emissions. Meanwhile, India enacted a law requiring companies to spend 2% of their net profits on social development, the Philippines suffered yet another big typhoon, and the Ebola crisis killed more than 7,000 people in west Africa. Then there were the media shakeups, including buyouts at the New York Times, a mass exodus at the New Republic and a shift in Bloomberg?s top ranks.