ABSTRACT
An ecological shift consists in seeing that apparently independent elements are parts of larger wholes, that "No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main". People are part of larger patterns and processes and systems of interaction. The boundaries separating individuals, groups, and institutions are not absolute, but rather are semi-permeable and subject to change. A similar pattern applies to the approach of corporations to climate change. Some corporations have actually supported climate-protection measures because they expect to gain from them themselves. This obviously includes the renewable energy and environmental protection industries, which hope to profit from the transition to a green economy. It also includes insurance companies who are worried that the costs of environmental destruction might fall on them, financial interests that hope to profit from a carbon market, and a handful of others.
