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Corporations. What Are We Willing to Do…. Petroleum Companies BP/Amoco and Exxon Mobile. Start changing core business model to operate under strong carbon emission standards Focus on alternative renewable energy production and renewable fuels
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Petroleum CompaniesBP/Amoco and Exxon Mobile • Start changing core business model to operate under strong carbon emission standards • Focus on alternative renewable energy production and renewable fuels • Investments in ethanol, wind, solar, hydroelectricity, and other, newer, forms of renewable energy • Start by investing $10 billion of profits each year, then slowly increase this investment to at least $30 billion a year within 20 years
Chocolate CompaniesCadbury-Schweppes & Nestlé • 50% reduction in carbon emissions by 2020 • Alternative sources of energy at plants • Solar panels • Natural gas boilers instead of coal-fired • Sugar cane as a fuel to provide steam • Reduction in packaging materials used • Sustainable Design in factories – all factories up to environmental standards by the end of 2010 • Waste water recovery for reuse in cooling towers • New recyclable package • Low emission natural gas boilers • Co-generation plants • Increasing efficiency • New refrigerants to cool products • Monitor root water level in agriculture • Plastics derived from naturally occurring materials • Recycled cardboard
Beverage ProductsCoca-Cola • Recycled Materials, reduce packaging, increase energy efficiency • Alternative energies • Solar panels • Wind energy • Geothermal • Partnership with WWF • Protecting polar bears
Science and TechnologyDuPont &Proctor and Gamble • Keep emissions steady at 1990 rates • The company’s science technologies will provide solutions for renewable energy sources • Work with other companies to make them and their products environmentally sound; will not support companies that are not environmentally sustainable • Change product packaging, decrease transportation needs • Energy efficiency throughout facilities • Cleaner alternative fuel sources • Less greenhouse gas emissions
Government Subsidies • Only willing to give up 5% of profits – need to be subsidized 95% • Governments cannot make laws that will result in the company’s products becoming useless • Legally binding between all countries • Contracts between individual companies and countries