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Numbers that matter in Consulting - global statistics for consulting industry:
in reducing/offsetting CO2 emissions <br>


http://www.plunkettresearch.com/Industries/Consulting/ConsultingStatistics/tabid/177/Default.aspx  (LS)
One of the millennium development goals is to ensure environmental sustainability <br>
Addressing deforestation <br>


Global Consulting Industry Revenue (including HR, IT, strategy, operations management & business advisory services) equals 345 Billion US Dollars. (LS)<br>
, we need to restore forest land lost in 10 years i.e. 130 million hectares.
Management Consulting is by far the largest segment with $142.7B in 2008 (CR)<br>
Which is equivalent to 14 billion trees a year for 10 years.<br>
One hectare of tree on average absorbs 6 tonnes of CO2 <br>
. 390 ppm <br>
()<br>
350 is desirable
14 billion trees require 14 billion $ (UN - 1 $ a tree) <br>


-What is the fastest growing segment of consulting? IT? We should be able to find this out with numbers (CR)<br>
Cost to cancel out deforestation: $14 billion/year <br>
Where can the money come from??<br>
Source 1:<br>
Adult Entertainment: Worldwide Industry size: $97 Billion (2006, Internet Filter Review)<br>
China: 28% ($27B). South Korea: 27% ($26B), Japan: 21% ($20B), USA: 14% ($13.6B)<br>
Current USA rate of porn tax is 18.75 to 25%<br>
Usa at 13.5B at 5% increase in tax of revenue = $675 million<br>
Japan at $20B at 5% increase in tax of revenue = $1 billion<br>
$34 billion leads to $1.7 billion/year for Japan and US at 5%<br>
Source 2: <br>
Decriminalise Marijuana: Source: Column Five Media via the heralddaily Oct, 2009 (ALL USA STATS)<br>
Black market revenue of marijuana alone is estimated at $141.8 billion (approx 50% of all illegal drug revenue) (source: havocscope, a database of black-markets)...reference: cocaine is $70 billion <br>
1 person is arrested for marijuana every 38 seconds<br>
49.8% of all drug related arrests are for marijuana<br>
In 2007-2008, over 1.7M arrests made for marijuana<br>
Cost to incarcerate for 1 year: $23,876 (2009 DOJ)<br>
Tax-payers dollars spend to prosecute marijuana offenders: $12 billion/year <br>
$12 billion includes: The societal costs of propagandizing against marijuana and marijuana law reform, funding anti-marijuana research, interdicting marijuana, eradicating domestically grown marijuana and industrial hemp, law enforcement, prosecuting and incarcerating marijuana smokers<br>
Legalising and adding tax is another option which can add approx. $2.2 and $6.4 billion/year (USA alone) (source: The Budgetary Implications of Marijuana Prohibition )<br>


 
Summary<br>
Conor has idea on decreasing of US defense expense and put this money to feed the whole planet (IT)<br>
Revenue need to offset deforestation<br>
Total revenue from taxing the adult entertainment industry in US/Japan @5%: $1.7 billion/year<br>
Total revenue from decriminalising marijuana in USA: $12 billion/year<br>
Total revenue from taxing marijuana in USA: $2.2-6.4 billion/year<br>
Total revenue generated: $13.7/year - $20.1/year<br>

Revision as of 09:41, 31 August 2010