Despite Blomqvist et al.'s reservations,
Footprint results show that: (1) most countries are in ecological deficit,
increasingly dependent on potentially unreliable trade in biocapacity; (2) humanity is at or beyond
global carrying capacity for key categories of consumption, particularly agriculture (factoring in soil loss and ecosystem degradation would reveal additional deficits); (3)
global carbon waste sinks are overflowing; and (4) the aggregate metabolism of the human economy exceeds the regenerative capacity of the ecosphere (and the ratio is increasing).
Lipsitz recommends, «As companies are becoming
increasingly global in
footprint and approach, try to handle matters in various states and outside the U.S., if possible.»