Yes, Business Relies on Nature

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🗓️ 25 April 2013

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Mark Tercek, CEO of The Nature Conservancy and author of "Nature's Fortune: How Business and Society Thrive by Investing in Nature."

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0:18.6	Just search new here. Welcome to the HBO Idea Cast from Harvard Business Review.
0:33.0	I'm Sarah Green.
0:34.5	I'm talking today with Mark Tursick,
0:36.3	CEO of the Nature Conservancy,
0:38.3	and author of Nature's Fortune,
0:40.2	how business and society thrive by investing in nature.
0:43.6	Mark, thanks so much for joining us today.
0:45.6	It's great to be here.
0:47.2	So Mark, before we dive into the book, you have a very interesting resume.
0:51.2	Before becoming CEO of the Nature Conservancy you
0:53.7	are managing director Goldman Sachs so why the big change if I'm masked? Well I had a
0:59.0	great career Goldman Sachs a very positive experience I worked there for 24 years. I joined Goldman right after
1:05.9	graduating from Harvard Business School. Two things happen. A lot of people are surprised.
1:10.7	I'm an environmental organization later today because in my background
1:14.7	it probably doesn't look like I'd end up here. I had a very urban upbringing. I grew up in the
1:19.6	city of Cleveland right in the city. It was a great place to grow up, but it wasn't a place to really
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