companies admit they have made decisions to invest in emissions-heavy

capital equipment and infrastructure rather than green technologies. Yet

most big companies believe the move to constrain carbon will ultimately

benefit their businesses, a new survey shows. Despite the presence of

laggards and the loud voices of the doubters, Ben McNeil, a senior

fellow in the Climate Change Research Centre at the University of New

South Wales, looks forward to corporate Australia's next generation of

accidental environmentalists who will be driven by innovation and

opportunity, and not a moment too soon.