What’s the ROI in the geospatial sustainable environment sector?
I think the ROI in the sustainable environment sector is very high. This is an interesting question and I would like to follow a few avenues of thought on this. Sustainable environments come in different forms. It is, for example, possible to have a biological environment that is sustainable — conservation or preservation — without any consideration of economics. These forms of sustainability are largely biological in nature and pertain to natural sciences and the physical landscape. There is little doubt in my mind, that while it is hard to attribute a monetary value to these environments, the intangible benefits and their contributions to sustainable communities and living is immense and ‘known’ to the wider population. It does not take a great amount of awareness to see and understand that all the development in China at the moment is destroying the environment. Be real — would you like to live in that pol
