"0N0ZB" <0N0ZB@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> http://www.nationalpost.com/most_popular/story.html?id=394939
If you read it in the National Post, you know it's a lie.
Business chiefs vow to lead fight against global warming
TOKYO (AFP) - Some of the world's top companies vowed Friday to step up
their
efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions, saying governments were failing
to
show
sufficient leader****p in the fight against global warming.
A dozen cor****ations including Sony Corp., Nokia Corp., Nike Inc. and
Hewlett-Packard Co. issued an urgent call for firms around the world to
reduce
the damage they inflict on the planet and to promote a "low carbon
lifestyle".
"There is no doubt that climate change is one of the most im****tant issues
of
our time," Sony chief executive Howard Stringer told a meeting hosted by
the
Japanese electronics giant and the WWF environmental group.
"Governments are more easily distracted by the crisis of today than the
crisis
of tomorrow," he said. "We need to act now."
The companies, which describe themselves as "Climate Savers", did not
announce
any new goals for reducing their carbon dioxide emissions as they have
already
committed to individual targets.
Instead they pledged to urge their business partners and other companies
to
follow their lead, to develop energy efficient products and to encourage
their
customers to lead an environmentally friendly lifestyle.
"We are moving into a carbon-constrained world, a low carbon economy -- a
new
economy," said James Leape, director general of WWF International.
"We need champions. There are precious few political leaders in this world
yet
who are stepping up to the level of action that is required."
There is also an economic rationale for reducing greenhouse gas emissions,
business leaders said.
"I don't think ... any company is going to be able to survive if it is not
working in a sustainable way," said Jaime Santafe, an environment advisor
at
Swiss-based packaging giant Tetra Pak.
The captains of industry issued their call as officials from the United
Nations
and 21 countries held a second day of talks in Tokyo as part of efforts to
forge
a new deal on fighting global warming by the end of next year.
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