[Coral-List] Dive Industry Still Lacking

[Bill Allison]

Hi Steve,
The business mandate is to maximize profit.
Until government sees the light and has the will to defy vested interest,
and likely 'the people', and changes the rules under which business
operates, I'll remain skeptical.
Bill

On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 11:02 AM Steve Mussman <sealab at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Hi Bill,
>
> No, it’s not all roses, but I would argue that “the strategic imperative
> of capitalism” can and is changing in a world increasingly aware of the
> importance of sustainability.
>
> This from: Future Business Council review of: * The Impact of a Corporate
> Culture of Sustainability on Corporate Behavior and Performance,* Eccles,
> R., Ioannou, I., and Serafeim, G. 2012. Harvard Business School Working
> Paper.
>
>
> “Analysis showed that the observed high sustainability companies with
> institutionalized socially and environmental responsible practices
> outperformed low sustainability companies in stock market returns over the
> duration of the 18-year study, and exhibited lower volatility whilst doing
> so.
>
> High sustainability companies also had a more engaged workforce, better
> relationships with stakeholders, a more secure license to operate, more
> loyal and satisfied customers, greater transparency and a better ability to
> innovate”
>
> The results of this study continue to undermine the long-held neoclassical
> belief that sustainability practices are a cost to businesses. Companies
> can adopt environmentally and socially responsible policies without
> sacrificing shareholder wealth creation, and in doing so, can better
> position themselves for success in the future”.
> I’ve always felt that the US scuba diving industry should implement
> sustainability practices, including advocating for action on cc in order to
> better position themselves for long-term success in the marketplace.
>
> Steve
>
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Jan 10, 2020, at 8:03 AM, Bill Allison <allison.billiam at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> 
> The response of the ski/tourism industry is not all roses, but one based
> on the strategic imperative of capitalism, maintaining/growing the bottom
> line. Witness this, what "advertorial" from CNN.
>
> https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/europes-best-hidden-ski-resorts/index.html?fbclid=IwAR0f0-RQPJcRGuGuhl8vV60RBNGo-q8Vjgbe_WRYAty_KK8N7o_SibY0HN8
>
>
> On  Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 9:53 AM Steve Mussman via Coral-List <
> coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> wrote:
>
>> So, I would like to know why the skiing industry gets it and the diving
>> industry remains immobilized and mostly quiescent. Seems to me that these
>> two industries are in competition for the same demographic and both stand
>> to lose out considerably if climate change and other human activity-based
>> threats continue unabated.
>>
>>
>> https://insideclimatenews.org/news/29122019/ski-resorts-climate-change-risk-activism-voters-congress-election-winter-sports
>>
>> The only explanation I can come up with is that the (US) scuba industry
>> is dominated by people who are unmoved by the science while the skiing
>> industry apparently has more in the way of progressive-thinking leadership.
>>
>> I’ve always believed that the scuba industry had an inherent
>> responsibility to promote activism from within their ranks for the same
>> reason that skiing does. While one relies on coral reefs and one on snow,
>> both livelihoods are directly threatened.
>>
>> The surfing industry seems to understand even though the impacts of
>> climate change on that sport are less certain.
>> https://www.surfrider.org/priority-campaigns/climate-change
>>
>> Then, there’s this quote from:
>> https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/gypeaj/by-2050-climate-change-will-be-turning-into-a-bummer-for-surfers
>> “The deaths of corals have devastating and far-reaching effects that have
>> nothing at all to do with surfing. By 2050, the rocklike coral structures
>> that make up coral reefs will likely still be there even if most of the
>> corals are dead. That means those wave breaks will still occur for the
>> foreseeable future, but like so many non-apocalyptic effects of climate
>> change, all that dead coral is going to be a buzzkill by 2050”.
>>
>> I’d say that buzzkill is already here.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Steve
>>
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
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