Guardian: New business terms and trends come and go. Net positive impact (NPI) is one of these engaging concepts. It's a relatively simple idea business impacts on the environment and society need to be positive, to the point that they outweigh the negative impacts. Business should do more to reduce its impact, and not do less by just being reductionist. The question is, does it stand up to scrutiny when we consider water?
Imagine a mining company that has to remove forest to access minerals. This would...