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It means limiting future risk by minimizing harm to people and planet,
这意味着要通过降低对人和地球的危害，来降低未来的风险。
and it means providing capital to users who deploy it towards productive and sustainable outcomes.
这也意味着向用户提供资本,使他们用于有益而且具有可持续性的成果。
So if sustainability matters financially today,
如果可持续性影响着今天的财政，
and all signs indicate more tomorrow,
而所有的迹象都表明将来这种影响会更大，
is the private sector paying attention?
那私营部门注意到了吗？
Well, the really cool thing is that most CEOs are.
很酷的是大多数 CEO都注意到了。

They started to see sustainability not just as important but crucial to business success.
他们开始看到可持续性,不仅重要而且是业务成功的关键。
About 80 percent of global CEOs see sustainability as the root to growth in innovation and leading to competitive advantage in their industries.
全球大约 80%的CEO意识到可持续性是创新发展的根本，而且能使他们在同行业中具有竞争优势。
But 93 percent see ESG as the future,
93%认为ESG是未来的发展趋势，
or as important to the future of their business.
或者对未来业务发展很重要。
So the views of CEOs are clear.
所以CEO们的意见很明确了，
There's tremendous opportunity in sustainability.
就是在可持续发展方面有巨大的机会。
So how are companies actually leveraging ESG to drive hard business results?
那公司实际上要如何利用 ESG来提高经营效益呢？
One example is near and dear to our hearts.
举一个和我们最接近的例子。
In 2012, State Street migrated 54 applications to the cloud environment,
2012年，道富集团将54个应用程序迁移到云环境中，
and we retired another 85.
另外还取消了85个。
We virtualized our operating system environments,
我们将操作系统环境虚拟化，
and we completed numerous automation projects.
并且完成了许多自动化项目。
Now these initiatives create a more mobile workplace,
现在这些做法创建了更灵活的工作场所，
and they reduce our real estate footprint,
减少了办公用地，
and they yield savings of 23 million dollars in operating costs annually,
每年节约了2300万美金的营运成本，
and avoid the emissions of a 100,000 metric tons of carbon.
减少了100万吨碳的废气排放，
That's the equivalent of taking 21,000 cars off the road.
相当于路上少跑了21,000辆汽车。

演讲介绍
可持续性发展显然是全世界最重要的目标之一，但是什么团体能使环境问题进展得突飞猛进呢？克里斯麦克奈特要证明是那些大型的机构投资者。他展示了为什么强大的经济数据还不够，揭示了为什么投资者还需要考察公司的环境，社会和管理结构。