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The Power of Triple Bottom Line #wealthgap #triplebottomline #sustainability #podcast #ecobusiness

Name: The Power of Triple Bottom Line #wealthgap #triplebottomline #sustainability #podcast #ecobusiness
Uploaded: 2023-10-16T17:00:26+00:00
Duration: 58 s
Channel: Jim Johnson
Description: This excerpt is from a YouTube podcast-style video where the speaker argues that business should not be solely profit-driven. The speaker—identifying as…

16 Oct 2023 · 1 min

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This excerpt is from a YouTube podcast-style video where the speaker argues that business should not be solely profit-driven. The speaker—identifying as a capitalist—criticizes unchecked capitalism for prioritizing short-term profits and contributing to a widening wealth gap, and positions business as a powerful lever to address social issues like the climate crisis and to create programs that help people thrive.

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So to me, business would be too self serving if it's just about profit only. And I think the idea of capitalism, and I believe me, I'm a capitalist, but capitalism run rampant means just, you know, the next quarter's profits and the stock price, or you're going to lose your bonus, or, you know, the ever increasing wealth gap that we're seeing right now that, you know, we could talk about for too long and point to the problems that it creates, not for the 0.1%, but for the bottom 50%. And it gets tough. So for me, business is perhaps the most powerful opportunity for change there is. Change, whether it's stopping the climate crisis that we're in, or creating better programs for people to succeed and live a full.