Business and the environment are sometimes thought to be in direct opposition to one another. You can either have a growing economy and business success or you can have a clean environment. That is supposed to be the trade off. I think that is absolutely wrong. In fact I believe there is a positive correlation - a direct link between business success and environmental progress.
Business success generates innovation and improvements in technology.
That is going to be the way in which we tackle major issues such as climate change and air quality in the cities around the world. Innovation is making it possible to produce and to use energy products in ways which don t damage the environment. See also the BP Amoco Information Centre on Climate Change .