... wild-land fires, biodiversity loss, climate change, sea-level rise, ozone depletion and land, water and air pollution.2 Much of the environmental degradation witnessed to day is primarily due to two groups of people the top billion richest and the bottom billion poorest.3 The top billion richest in countries such as the US and China, owns most of the production assets in the country and contribute to a great proportion of GDP in these countries. This therefore means, their influence on decision-making is very high and benefits from these companies is guaranteed to be taken into account. As a result of this, these firms are driven to seek individual benefits even at the expense of the environment and the human nature of the decision makers are also driven to seek individual benefits even at the expense of the environment. An example of this could be the increasing amount of Carbon dioxide "CO2" and ...

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