Issues such as shadow pricing may be used more often, but macro-economics is still generally reluctant to include environmental costs in calculations of things such as gross national product (GNP). Economic growth is still a major goal – little change from the 1970s when an environmentalist observed that ‘growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer-cell’. Most companies still seek to maximise profits for their shareholders, and governments are overwhelmingly driven by short-term goals, which do little to encourage investment in sustainable development and environmental quality. While green economics stresses quality of life and is less concerned with capital accumulation, mainstream economics still puts little effort into meeting environmental and social needs. However, well-publicised major disasters such as Bhopal have frightened some companies and governments into more cautious and sensitive strategies.