How much responsibility do corporations have for the climate crisis and for stepping up with solutions?
Here at the ISCFC we are committed to promoting personal, community, national and planetary solutions to reduce our environmental impacts and boldly confront the climate crisis. But as individuals, we can feel powerless when there are huge corporations -such as the fossil fuel industry and factory farms– that are disproportionately responsible for carbon emissions of the past and the present.
What should we do about this? Do you agree that corporations should do more? And if so, what does that mean exactly? How do we persuade or impel polluting industries to change their ways?
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Who's responsibility is it?
Larger corporations and companies are responsible for a lot of the burning of fossil fuels, and releasing greenhouse gases, although they are not alone in their actions. By continuing to support these companies, nothing will change. They are manufacturing things for us, and are seeing nothing wrong with what they are doing. Although many have tried to confront these companies and convince them to stop, nothing has worked. Maybe in order for them to see that we need change, we should stop supporting companies that continue to treat our environment like this, and move to supporting more eco-friendly small businesses in our respective areas.
I agree. If we get many people to support other, smaller, companies there will definitely be a good shift in the amount of greenhouse gases. However I wonder what it would not only to do our economy but other pollution like plastics as well. While I think there can be more research your idea is a promising one!