Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Dr. Pierre Desrochers, Department of Geography, University of Toronto at Mississauga

“The Environmental Responsibility of Business is to Increase its Profits”

7:30 p.m., Hepburn Auditorium

“Business as usual” is usually deemed environmentally unsustainable. Building on historical evidence that long predates the modern environmental movement, Desrochers will argue that the interplay of voluntary exchange, private property rights and self-interest has generally resulted in achieving all three of the the so-called “triple bottom line” of economic, social, and environmental benefits through the more efficient use of materials and the continual creation of higher quality resources.