About the Book: Will Big Business Destroy Our Planet
Walmart. Coca-Cola. BP. Toyota. The world economy runs on the profits of
transnational corporations. Politicians need their backing. Non-profit
organizations rely on their philanthropy. People look to their brands for
meaning. And their power continues to rise.
Can these companies, as so many are now hoping, provide the solutions to end the
mounting global environmental crisis? Absolutely, the CEOs of big business are
telling us: the commitment to corporate social responsibility will ensure it
happens voluntarily.
Peter Dauvergne challenges this claim, arguing instead that corporations are
still doing far more to destroy than protect our planet. Trusting big