The EcoRes Forum Call for Action

To the Business, Industrial, Financial & Private Enterprise Sectors

Recognizing how deeply embedded and integrated these sectors are in our economic
structures, we call upon leaders, managers, and individual entrepreneurs at all levels:

• To use their positions and resources to educate and influence those they interact with locally, nationally and internationally;
• To partner with national and community organizations as well as governments in implementing the development of sustainable communities around the world;
• To study, develop and implement sustainable and socially and environmentally responsible business models; to consider alternative sustainable approaches to current business, financial, and economic systems and structures;
• To adopt a triple bottom line reporting structure, looking beyond profit margins and quarterly dividends to the full potential and impact of their operations;
• To take corporate social responsibility seriously by looking to successful models of corporations who have incorporated this element into their manufacturing and service, taking socially conscious stands and getting involved in local communities to help address underlying social issues that may be blocking progressing on climate issues;
• To commit to supporting those actively working on these issues – and follow through;
• To cooperate with governments and civil society in exploring the economic aspects of climate issues, recognizing the far greater cost of maintaining the status quo and identifying the positive economic outcomes of proactive approaches; and
• To be leaders of tomorrow by setting an example for others in their sector to follow.