Description: From Burdens to Brownie Points : From “Have To’s” to “Want To’s” to Combat Climate Change

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From Burdens to Brownie Points : From “Have To’s” to “Want To’s” to Combat Climate Change

You don't have to be a psychologist to find yourself having to change or influence people's behavior. And that is a challenge, especially when the change involves costs in time, effort, and money and the potential benefit is not yet tangi...

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Main Author:	Pearlman, Rob
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ADMINISTRATION AIR AT BARRELS OF OIL BENEFITS BUSINESS BUSINESS OBJECTIVE BUSINESS OBJECTIVES CAPACITY CARBON CARBON FOOTPRINT CERTIFICATION CHEMICAL CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CO2 COMPUTER COMPUTER EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTION DATA ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION EMISSIONS EMISSIONS REDUCTION ENERGY ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY SAVINGS ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT FACILITIES FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS HUMIDIFIERS HUMIDITY INDUSTRY INFORMATION INSTALLATION INTERNAL OPERATIONS INVESTMENT INVESTMENTS IRRIGATION WATER IT LANDFILL LESS MANAGEMENT OF RESOURCES MATERIAL NEGATIVE IMPACT NEGATIVE IMPACTS NO PERFORMANCE PLATINUM POLLUTANTS POWER PRIVATE SECTOR RAIN RAINFALL RECYCLING RESULTS SENSORS SYSTEM SYSTEMS TARGET TECHNOLOGY USES UTILITY BILLS VERIFICATION WASTE REDUCTION WATER
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/05/12591322/burdens-brownie-points-tos-want-tos-combat-climate-change http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10493

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Summary:	You don't have to be a psychologist to find yourself having to change or influence people's behavior. And that is a challenge, especially when the change involves costs in time, effort, and money and the potential benefit is not yet tangible. Though many of us intellectually understand the global discussions about climate change and sustainability, author frequently have difficulty changing own daily behavior, let alone influencing that of others. International Finance Corporation (IFC) team has learned a lot about this over the past seven years. Author have learned how to transform what he initially perceived as burdens of operating building more sustainably into real cost savings, environmental impact reductions, and reputational benefits for IFC by changing attitudes and behavior starting with own. These lessons are applicable to IFC's internal operations and to helping IFC's clients improve their sustainability performance.