The Next 25 Years of Sustainable Business and Impact Investing
The conversations in this special 25th Anniversary issue are now more important then ever as we consider how corporations can help humanity meet the current and future social, economic and environmental challenges in the world. Also don’t miss the first set of articles looking at The Next 25 Years in our July/August 2017 issue.
Our Vision for Moving Humanity Forward
by Mary Barra, Chairman & CEO, General Motors Company
We can’t completely predict what our world will look like 25 years from now, but we constantly study trends so that we can anticipate the rapid changes taking place in our industry. Twenty-five years from now, it is estimated that: Global population will exceed nine billion; 40 cities with have populations over 10 million; and Renewable energy will account for half of installed capacity and a third of electricity generation worldwide.
Add shifting consumer attitudes about vehicle ownership to these insights and it is why I believe the auto industry is changing more today than it has in the past 50 years. For all of the freedom that vehicles have provided in the past 100 years, we recognize their effects on safety, emissions and congestion in our cities. Through innovative technology, we have an historic opportunity to make personal mobility safer, simpler and more sustainable for customers around the world. READ FULL ARTICLE