There's a small, elite group of companies that basically controls the global environment, study finds

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Around 70 percent of greenhouse gas emissions pumped into the Earth's atmosphere each year can be attributed to 100 companies. That gives them a powerful platform in the move to sustainable business.

"TNCs have become a defining feature of the interconnected planet of people and nature, with humans as a hyper-dominant species in the biosphere affecting global patterns of ecological change."

"The leaders of these companies should be at the table when we're talking about issues of global sustainability," co-author James Watson, an assistant professor specializing in sustainability science at Oregon State University,"In the past, you would not have imagined them at the table. But to create sustainability around the globe, we can't act alone in one place. We have to act in concert.

Stock image of a globe. Researchers say just a small group of corporations have a huge amount of influence on the fate of the planet.This includes creating guiding frameworks based in scientific fact to identify problems and offer a space to find solutions, as well as initiatives to create transparency from the supply chain to the sourcing of raw materials.

 

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This desperately needs to be addressed.

Is one of those companies named, 'Illuminati Inc.' 🤔

The ClimateChangeReligion is a huge profit - making venture and the few profiting from it are ready to churn out and sponsor reports that would sustain their profitability.

As always, a small elite. The 1%

There is a small elite group of people who run our world..causing so much unnecessary human suffering.

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