Sustainable growth: the challenge of risk management
Growth that is not financially and economically sustainable is no longer acceptable growth
In the last 50 years, on a planet called Earth, where economic and technological growth have been the mainstay - in terms of population, wealth with increased GDP per capita, infrastructure, etc. - in a silent and less obvious, but terribly sudden way, there has also been another growth: that of global temperature and C02 emissions produced by our own wealth. - In silence and in a less obvious, but terribly sudden way, there has also been another growth: that of global temperature and C02 emissions produced precisely by our wealth.
The positive meaning we have always attributed to evolution and change must give way to the reflection that growth that is not in harmony with the environment is not growth; as demonstrated by recent extreme climatic events, torrid heat with peaks of temperatures never reached at the poles, typhoons and floods in Asia and the Americas, and, without going far, in our country recently Milan itself has been the victim of tornadoes and hurricanes that have caused damage to traffic, infrastructure and people, while Sicily is on fire with more than 40 fires across the island. Devastating consequences on the environment, populations and the economy. Just as, on the other hand, growth that is not financially and economically sustainable is no longer acceptable for maintaining socio-economic balances and healthy trade between countries and companies.
Investing in energy industries with renewables is not enough
We need to balance technological evolution, productivity and wealth with environmental, economic and social sustainability. Because sustainability is an issue that cannot be ignored. One cannot look to the future without vision and actions that move in the direction of protecting the planet, both in one's daily life and in business processes. Investing in the energy industries with renewables is not enough, companies and organisations need to become aware of the intrinsic link between sustainable actions and growth processes, for true and comprehensive risk management and the development of healthy and durable businesses.
Achieving this ecological transition that the future needs, however, poses two important considerations, on the one hand towards the issue of the lack of specialised skills and/or qualified manpower, and on the other hand towards the absence of effective communication languages to spread a message capable of stimulating the adoption of new behaviours and the development of innovative processes.
The premises, compared to fifty years ago as compared to five years ago, have changed, so today the results must be pursued by working on the construction of innovative and predictive models, on the typing and retraining of the necessary skills, in parallel with the development of widespread awareness through targeted communication, which harnesses the power of new, persuasive, clear and consistent languages both in the message to be conveyed and in the tools used to communicate it.
Erika Gori - Think Tank Secursat
