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Sustainable Business Went Mainstream in 2021

Andrew Winston

This is my year-end article from Harvard Business Review that I mentioned in my last post (which has many more stories and links). The discussion around what most now call “ESG” (environmental, social, and governance) has become far more common than I’ve ever seen in my 20 years in the field. [Happy New Year! Here we go.

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Sustainable business in 2021: Five things we learned

Business Green

Things that not long ago seemed an environmentalist's pipe dream — net zero supply chains, cheap energy storage, decarbonised aviation and shipping, circular value chains, enlightened investors — now seem not only possible, but inevitable. But despair not, dear reader. Our time has finally arrived.

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2020 was the year that…

GreenBiz

Indeed, in January, my colleague Katie Fehrenbacher predicted that 2020 would be a key year for EVs. Britain upped the ante , with a similar ban but within a decade, helped by McDonald’s plan to install EV chargers at its UK drive-thru restaurants. On the supply side, General Motors and Volkswagen planned major EV rollouts.

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How to lay the foundation for net zero carbon building projects

Business Green

Elsa Wenzel takes a deep dive into the latest literature on how to develop new zero building projects. Designed and executed with care, net-zero carbon goals can offer more than sustainability window dressing for commercial buildings in the decades to come. Risk and adaptation. operations at the U.K.

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2023: A Strange, Tumultuous Year in Sustainability

Andrew Winston

The Anti-ESG Movement Plagues Companies This was the biggest topic in sustainable business by far, even as we struggled to clearly define “ESG.” To me, ESG — which stands for environmental, social, and governance — is mostly a term used by the financial world to look at the risk to companies from environmental and social issues.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

Now, in its eventual internal-combustion phaseout, GM can’t seem to make EVs fast enough, and 30 new models are lined up for the market for 2025. Barra's vision for General Motors includes bringing emissions, crashes and congestion down to zero while becoming the "most inclusive company in the world." Elsa Wenzel.

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'Astongate': Aston Martin and Bosch accused of using controversial report to downplay EVs' environmental benefits

Business Green

Green experts hit out at data underpinning industry-backed EV lifecycle CO2 assessment report which was widely covered by national press over the weekend. The report, which lists Aston Martin, Honda, Bosch, and McLaren among its contributors, was covered by a number of major newspapers over the weekend.