Environment Forum
Global environmental challenges
Video Q + A with sustainability expert Matthew Kiernan
Did you know companies could negotiate lower interest rates by convincing their lenders it pays to be sustainable?
Implementing a sustainability strategy can mean stronger sales, stronger cash flow and reductions in costs, says Dr. Matthew Kiernan, founder and chief executive of Inflection Point Capital Management and author of Investing in a Sustainable World.
Companies must take the lead in telling their financiers how an improvement in environmental performance can bolster their bottom lines, he told the Green Employers 2010 Conference in Toronto this week.
Institutional investors are the slowest of all industrial sectors to wake up to the need for sustainability, Kiernan says.
