<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/4a7b0683-2823-440d-81e6-427033c603f9/FEA809E8-582D-4DBB-B486-B658F6C8D690/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://ecopreneurist.com/2009/01/07/5-forces-will-drive-the-green-economy-in-2009/" href="http://ecopreneurist.com/2009/01/07/5-forces-will-drive-the-green-economy-in-2009/" style="font-size: 11px;">ecopreneurist.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ecopreneurist.com/2009/01/07/5-forces-will-drive-the-green-economy-in-2009/"><H2><A title="Permanent Link: 5 Forces Will Drive the Green Economy in 2009" rel="bookmark" href="http://ecopreneurist.com/2009/01/07/5-forces-will-drive-the-green-economy-in-2009/">5 Forces Will Drive the Green Economy in 2009</A></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ecopreneurist.com/2009/01/07/5-forces-will-drive-the-green-economy-in-2009/"><DIV class="postinfo"> <DIV class="byline"> <SPAN class="avatar"><IMG height="32" width="32" alt="Author photo" src="http://goglobal.s3.amazonaws.com/prod/wp-content/avatars/1315.jpg" class="avatar avatar-32" /></SPAN> <SPAN class="author">Written by <A href="http://greenoptions.com/author/mcmilker" class="local">Maryanne Conlin Milker</A></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV class="date"><SPAN class="verb">Published</SPAN> on January 7th, 2009</DIV> <DIV class="comments"><A href="#comments"></A></DIV> <DIV class="cats"><SPAN class="verb">Posted</SPAN> in <A rel="category tag" title="View all posts in Business" href="http://ecopreneurist.com/category/business/">Business</A></DIV> </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ecopreneurist.com/2009/01/07/5-forces-will-drive-the-green-economy-in-2009/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/ecopreneurist.com/img/EA7CCA55-33B1-4222-935A-8A3EDC45AABD" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ecopreneurist.com/2009/01/07/5-forces-will-drive-the-green-economy-in-2009/">Andrew Wilson Of <A href="http://www.andrewwinston.com/eco-strategies/" linkindex="17" set="yes">Winston Eco-Strategies</A> predicts 5 trends will drive eco business growth in 2009</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ecopreneurist.com/2009/01/07/5-forces-will-drive-the-green-economy-in-2009/">…many of the critical trends propelling the Green Wave - will grow stronger in 2009, no matter what the economic conditions. Five forces will still drive a fundamental shift in how business operates, <A target="_blank" href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001m1cNpUH0x8Yuk4utsFDds5lczU82mf_DiLBp3TKW2vScspSdiWE4GPUgMKu91_iwZiVLzJkRMCJGtRlhhvtdCEOCjKdAV8Utp6vmAGmCaPXipjvm8AE3S4-bLLLorKL5h3fL6iRFAb4dPj-YSgT32Vs5OtQRstSl_0J-_Js0-84KuVrxc2UGAFs5HKzUEIABKZ4IsUHh0wZGghWgb_ZqJskYEzSAvgW3" linkindex="18">even during a recession</A>. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ecopreneurist.com/2009/01/07/5-forces-will-drive-the-green-economy-in-2009/"><H4 class="MsoNormal"><SPAN><SPAN>1.<SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN>Rising commodity prices (in the medium and long run)</SPAN></H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ecopreneurist.com/2009/01/07/5-forces-will-drive-the-green-economy-in-2009/"><H4 class="MsoNormal"><SPAN><SPAN>2.<SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN>The drive for transparency</SPAN></H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ecopreneurist.com/2009/01/07/5-forces-will-drive-the-green-economy-in-2009/"><H4 class="MsoNormal"><SPAN><SPAN>3.<SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN>Your business customers, greening their supply chains</SPAN></H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ecopreneurist.com/2009/01/07/5-forces-will-drive-the-green-economy-in-2009/"><H4 class="MsoNormal"><SPAN><SPAN>4.<SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN>Your consumers, conflicted and searching</SPAN></H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ecopreneurist.com/2009/01/07/5-forces-will-drive-the-green-economy-in-2009/"><H4 class="MsoNormal"><SPAN><SPAN>5.<SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN>Your employees, looking for more than a paycheck </SPAN></H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ecopreneurist.com/2009/01/07/5-forces-will-drive-the-green-economy-in-2009/"><SPAN>These two mega-forces and three stakeholder pressures will not go away. The smart companies will make wise investments in the downturn and prepare for the Green Wave to come back in full force.</SPAN></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/FEA809E8-582D-4DBB-B486-B658F6C8D690/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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