As companies develop their plans for growth in an unsettled economy, environmental issues are playing a bigger role in determining growth options, capital allocation decisions, and the ability to carve-out or sell an entire business or its assets.

There is a compelling financial, regulatory, and marketplace opportunity to evolve a company's business models to mitigate environmental risk and enhance opportunity.

Significant value can be attributed to proactive and effective environmental performance and this is likely to increase given the new price on risk.

For companies, there is a very real opportunity to seize a leadership position in environmental performance management that may enhance overall business performance.

The attached report discusses how regulatory and enforcement trends are evolving, their potential impact on business strategy, operations and entity valuation, and what companies can do to align their management of environmental exposures with their strategic decision-making.

Full Report:

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