Mark Opel
Appearances
Planet Money
The habitat banker
We think the biodiversity credits are going to suffer from all the problems of the carbon market.
Planet Money
The habitat banker
We will never meet our goals by looking to the private sector to voluntarily make investments that don't maximize shareholder value. At the end of the day, companies are in the business of generating shareholder value. There is not a business case for biodiversity credits to generate shareholder value beyond a token amount of philanthropy and marketing that they may get.