Sustainable Business and the World Economic Forum

For those of us unable to attend the recent VIP fest known as the World Economic Forum, there are serviceable summaries of the sessions. Among those worth noting:

• Global Risks 2006: Environment and the Bottom Line, in which "participants sought to tackle concern for the environment as a bottom-line issue."

• How Much Water Do We "Eat"?, focusing on "one of the world's largest sources of potential conflict."

• The State of the World - Climate Change, on the goal of becoming "'carbon-neutral' in the way the world lives."

• Energy 2006: A New Nuclear Calculus, on nuclear energy growing clout around the world as a viable and affordable source of energy

• Breakthrough Ideas for 2006: China as a Green Lab, on China's potential to tip the scales toward, or against, a greener world.

Included in these terse but well-written summaries are the voices of a rich lode of notables, including many well-known in the sustainable-business arena: Worldwatch founder Lester Brown, Yale professor Dan Esty, primatologist Jane Goodall, RMI's Amory Lovins, architect Bill McDonough, New Yorker writer James Surowiecki, UNEP's Klaus Töpfer, and many others.

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