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Green Moves Up

Despite the financial crisis, escalating environmental and sustainability issues worldwide pose new risk on several fronts, survey says.

By Donna Miskin | Updated on February 01, 2009

As risk surveys and reports keep piling up, Ernst & Young’s 2009 Business Risk Report stands out even though more than 100 global sector analysts polled predictably rank the credit crisis, regulation and compliance, and the deepening recession as the top three concerns. Fourth place is a surprise. “Radical greening” moves up from ninth place last year, as “environmental and sustainability issues continue to escalate, especially in carbon-intensive sectors such as automotive, real estate, oil and gas and utilities,” the report notes. The change in administration in the U.S. also raises the possibility of concerted government regulation, although “it’s too early to tell how that will go,” says Todd Tueller, partner and risk transformation leader at Ernst &Young’s LLP’s advisory services.

The spike in oil prices this summer was a wake-up call and although prices have fallen “few analysts expect the pressure for radical greening to disappear,” the report says. Climate change and energy conservation are the main drivers.

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