The impact of Climate Change on Business
i4b lecture in “The Climate” course of Bogazici University,13.03.2008, Istanbul.
i4b was invited to Bogazici University to contribute “The Climate” course as a guest lecturer. In this regard i4b consultant Naim Kenan Hacievliyagil explained students how climate change re-shaped the business in western economies. The opinions of attendees are as following:
At the beginning of the semester, I was preparing for this new course. Almost all of my students were non-science majors, therefore I had to prepare something which they can use in their daily lives. As our government does not really care about the environment that much, these students have very little exposure to environmental issues. They listened to i4b’s talk very intently, as this was the first time they heard that finding solutions to environmental problems could be a business. Before that day, all they heard was that “saving the environment is too expensive, and if we really go along with the western countries, we would lose a lot of money”. Now they know that there are many people trying to solve environmental problems, and these people are not a bunch of “greenies”, many respectable businesses are trying to find solutions to the worst problem we have encountered so far. We were very happy to have i4b with us, and as long as I continue teaching this course, we would be very happy to have them as a guest lecturer.
Prof. Levent Kurnaz, Lecturer.
The presentation helped us realize that global warming has been a concern not only big companies but also the small ones. This means that the truth about the climate change and the need to make adaptations to more efficient and eco-friendly technologies is finally acknowledged by business world. I was informed about ‘Sustainable Value System’ approach and ‘Internalization of Externalities’ principle. In short, I think that presentation was useful in terms of showing us that the global warming is not just a bare course we take which includes inconvenient truths but it is a fact which globally arouses great attention in all parts of life including the business as well.
Nilay Guventurk, Student
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