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Businesses who are members of Businesses for Social Responsibility or the Social Venture Network are internalizing costs on a voluntary basis and therefore raising their costs of doing business, but their competitors are not required to.
Paul Hawken
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Paul Hawken
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: February 8
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Paul Gerard Hawken
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