Environmentalism is playing a critical role in business objectives and corporate strategy for a growing number of companies.
The $45 billion private-equity deal for Texas energy company TXU - the largest leveraged buyout in US history - is playing out like so many other large deals these days, with environmentalism at the forefront.
"TXU had been going through a pretty public and intense scrutiny of its efforts to build 11 new coal plants in Texas," when the buyout offer came in, says ...