Business engaged in environmental protection

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Top 3 environmental issues

Demographic Displacement

Rising sea levels are one of the top environmental factors that threaten business as usual. Your marketing department has the flexibility to follow its target market from north to south, urban to rural, but vast migrations of people in coastal cities would be difficult if not impossible to track, especially when they are fleeing flooding or the threat of severe storms. Natural disasters brought about by a warming planet could cause the disintegration of your company’s client base. Similarly, residents of areas experiencing severe drought will be displaced and forced to relocate, further disrupting your company’s carefully planned marketing outreach. In addition, the World Health Organization reports an increase in infectious disease due to climate change that would certainly affect consumer markets.

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Shifting Food Supply

Agriculture and fisheries depend upon specific climatic conditions, according to the EPA. Warming seawater is bringing about shifts in ocean ecosystems. If you own a restaurant, provide food service or cater executive events, scarcity of shellfish, salmon, halibut, tuna and other ocean catches will force menu changes and ultimately make it more difficult for you to supply your clientele. Climate change affects crop yields, too, causing shortages in the food supply chain as well as losses for farmers. Business Insider reports that as much as 63 percent of the world’s top wine-growing regions may be in jeopardy by mid-century because grapes are extremely sensitive to changes in temperature. Drought conditions are already driving changes in agricultural regions. Over the next few decades, global warming will negatively affect most crops and livestock, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Farmers will be forced to adjust to the warming environment by making changes in the crops they grow. The stress of increasing temperatures is likely to influence the growth, fertility and performance of livestock raised for food. Costs for comestibles will rise, and supplies are likely to become scarce. Business owners will need agility to keep pace.

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Inflation

Direct and indirect increases in the cost of food and goods typically follow supply shortages, and inflation affects all aspects of the economy. Time magazine reports that researchers project a 23 percent drop in the average salary by 2100 due to climate change. It follows that the average business will experience a drop in revenue as well. Throughout the world, productivity depends on a climate that fosters those conditions where people perform the best. Rising temperatures are likely to affect how well people can do their jobs, how hard they are able to work and how effective they can be. The choice right now is not one of the economy or the environment. Instead, it is a matter of protecting the environment to safeguard the future economy. If the federal government took steps now to mitigate future inflation due to a changing climate, it might be able to minimize economic crisis. If it does nothing, it will pay double once the economy reacts to the disruption of warming temperatures.

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