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Environmental and social commitments are aligning more closely with tangible financial goals, a sign of sustainability’s maturity in business.
by Joel Makower
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We put ChatGPT and five other bots to real-world tests. The results were impressive, but how will it affect your job?
by Joel Makower
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Among boards of directors, there’s a yawning gap between concern and competence.
by Joel Makower
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What does it take to determine how much a bank's lending and investments contribute to the climate crisis?
by Joel Makower
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Amid the pushback, companies are staying the course but keeping their heads down.
by Joel Makower
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Can a game of building blocks help us understand how to keep ecological systems from collapsing?
by Joel Makower
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Jobs focusing on preserving and regenerating nature are on the rise. The focus: mitigating risk and seizing opportunity. Will 'nature positive' be the next 'net zero'?
by Joel Makower
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A new era of climate- and sustainability-related lawsuits against companies is on the docket.
by Joel Makower
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Finally, people understand what you do and why you do it. Be careful what you wish for.
by Joel Makower
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Tesla’s exclusion from an ESG stock index was a signal moment that suggests ESG could be in for a reckoning.
by Joel Makower
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Are they leading companies and investors to actually move the needle on the planet’s most pressing problems? If not, why do they exist?
by Joel Makower
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The process of creating comprehensive ratings for thousands of companies is mind boggling. It's also fraught with a multitude of challenges.
by Joel Makower
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Part 1 of a three-part series on ratings and ratings agencies and some of the challenges they are facing.
by Joel Makower
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Will all the naming and shaming possibly tame the worst impulses of the world’s biggest banks and the investor class that owns them?
by Joel Makower
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What happens when ESG and DEI meet the Great Resignation and the climate crisis — amid a pandemic?
by Joel Makower
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The retail giant's new house brand aims to bring sustainable products to the masses. Will it work?
by Joel Makower
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Assessing a company’s sustainability performance is no small task. A modest proposal on how to change that.
by Joel Makower
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During 2022, climate and mandatory ESG reporting will be on the ballot in scores of states and localities.
by Joel Makower
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For all the positive developments, the ESG landscape remains treacherous and unforgiving.
by Joel Makower
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The idea of converting every type of impact into dollars, euros, yen or other currency is alluring. But it doesn't add up.
by Joel Makower
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What does it take for a company to educate, engage and empower 330,000 employees around the world? The consulting giant is about to find out.
by Joel Makower
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While the big guys have their consultants and advisers — not to mention Wall Street-caliber budgets — smaller firms are mostly left to their own scrappy devices.
by Joel Makower
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Last week may be seen as the pivotal moment when climate change finally got serious.
by Joel Makower