We face a stark reality, nearly 8 billion people living on a planet without the resources needed to ensure a better life for future generations. Transformative Markets is a roadmap for turning the outdated markets of today into powerhouses for driving the innovation of sustainable goods and services that create value for everyone.
In Transformative Markets: Harnessing the Power of Markets for a More Sustainable Future, you will learn:
• How executives, policymakers, industry experts, and financiers can use "big data" to understand the dynamics of collaborative efforts of people and organizations across the economy; thereby accelerating the development of markets for sustainable goods and services, such as solar power and clothing made from recycled fabric. • Why "trust" is so important in creating sustainable markets and those that have been, identified as the most trusted individuals in creating sustainable markets. • Why the gas-guzzling Hummer SUV of 2005 is being, transformed into the Hummer EV of today, an electric powered, zero emission, SUV. • Why we must urgently of escape the trap of "short-termism" and instead accelerate the making of products that generate lasting value for society. • What you, as an individual consumer, can do to create markets for sustainable products.
