“If they [companies] believe they are in business to serve people, to help solve problems, to use and employ the ingenuity of their workers to improve the lives of people around them by learning from the nature that gives us life, we have a chance.” PeopleIfsGivingBelieveHelpingUseProblemNatureChanceInspiringCompanyEntrepreneurWorkersSolveIngenuity Author:Paul Hawken
“How much harm does a company have to do before we question its right to exist?” DoeCompanyHarm Author:Paul Hawken
“Interestingly, the oil companies know very well that in less than 30 years they will not only be charging very high prices, but that they will be uncompetitive with renewables.” KnowsYearsWellsCompanyOilChargingOil CompaniesHigh Prices Author:Paul Hawken
“Local companies don't have to internalize their costs, and few actually do, but they tend to more often because the owners live there and they have to show their face in town, and their kids play with other kids.” PlayShowsKidsFacesCompanyCostTownsLocalsOwners Author:Paul Hawken
“The financial capital is being concentrated by corporations, institutional investors, and even our pension funds, and being reinvested in companies that repeat this process because it provides the highest return on that financial capital.” ProcessCompanyReturnHighestFinancialCorporationsRepeatsFundInvestorsPension Author:Paul Hawken