Al Gore Quotes

Business is the force of change. Business is essential to solving the climate crisis, because this is what business is best at: innovating, changing, addressing risks, searching for opportunities. There is no more vital task

Economic dynamism can be combined with environmental and social responsibility. High financial returns can go hand in hand with respect for human rights, and the preservation of the planet's natural resources

Business has to change the way it does business, or we will make no significant changes in the way we relate to the earth.

This is the kind of balance people expect: both environment and the economy - not one or the other.

The best thing a company can do for the communities in which it operates is to have a vibrant and sustainable business.

There is no business on a dead planet

We cannot choose between [economic] growth and sustainability - we must have both

The rewards that will flow from a successful shift to a low carbon economy are high. Neither governments nor business can afford to let these opportunities pass them by

We can't impede progress in the name of environmental action that yields little for the environment and even less for our people.. and we should look at the environment as an economic opportunity.

We do not have to choose between a healthy environment and a healthy economy.

One of the pillars of backward thinking in America is the idea that you can have jobs or you can have clean air and water, but you can't have both. That myth has been busted a thousand times, but still it lives on.

We learned that economic growth and environmental protection can and should go hand in hand.

Look at your business and the activities that you undertake. Then, start to think about not just your economic concerns, but about social and environmental impacts that businesses have.

We don't have to sacrifice a strong economy for a healthy environment.

The premise is simple: One economy and one environment, and they're interdependent.

Every time we try to do something to improve the environment someone predicts that it will ruin the economy.

I have never believed we had to choose between either a clean and safe environment or a growing economy. Protecting the health and safety of all Americans doesn’t have to come at the expense of our economy’s bottom line. And creating thriving companies and new jobs doesn’t have to come at the expense of the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat, or the natural landscape in which we live. We can, and indeed must, have both.

They go together, a strong environment and a strong economy. In Florida the environment is the economy.

We, as a country, have always used innovative technology to advance environmental stewardship, reduction of those pollutants, but also grown our economy at the same time.

We can be about jobs and growth and be good stewards of our environment.

This notion that we cannot be about jobs and stewardship of the environment is just simply not right. We've always done that well as a country. We haven't had to choose.

I've seen how business can transform communities.

A number of major companies - from PepsiCo to Walmart to U.P.S. - have recognized that corporations have a responsibility to address the causes of climate change before it is too late. We do not have to wait for an international treaty or new regulations to act.

Green growth is one vehicle through which technology, globalisation and environmental challenges can be turned from obstacles to solutions for problems related to growth, jobs and competitiveness.

It would be a mistake to believe that environmental protection and economic growth are mutually exclusive.