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World leaders gather in Rio this week for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development. Official negotiators hope to kickstart a "green economy," and global economic growth that "meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs" -- the official UN definition of sustainable development. Global businesses are playing a larger role than ever before, as they enter blossoming consumer markets in developing countries.
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The global spotlight has found Brazil, host of a major U.N. sustainability summit this year, the World Cup in 2014 and the Olympics in 2016.
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By 2030, the global middle class is expected to grow by two-thirds. That’s 3 billion more shoppers. They'll all want access to goods, including water, wheat, coffee and oil. Is there enough for everybody? Can business satisfy demand and avoid hitting "peak everything?"
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Nations and companies face rising competition for strategic resources — energy, food, water, materials — and the technologies that make best use of them.The changes ahead are long-term and global, but readers can't be everywhere at once. Bloomberg News already is. Visit www.bloomberg.com/sustainability.
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