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Environmentally responsible business practices go hand in hand with long-term economic growth and enhanced prosperity. When making public policy choices, it is important for citizens to be fully aware of both the costs and the benefits of measures intended to protect the environment. The Council has been committed to the principle of sustainable development for decades, and has been particularly active in encouraging realistic and effective strategies for addressing global climate change.

In 2007, the Council's Task Force on Environmental Leadership published Clean Growth: Building a Canadian Environmental Superpower. This widely acclaimed policy declaration reflected a groundbreaking consensus across the business community on five key principles. It called for a coherent national plan to address climate change; a focus on investment in new technologies for reducing emissions of greenhouse gases; the effective use of targets to spur investment; the power of price signals to change business and consumer behaviour; and the importance of Canadian leadership globally. The declaration continues to guide the Council's work on climate change both within Canada and in contributing to North American and global initiatives.