Climate Change and the Corporate World Climate change is indeed poised to have a significant impact on the corporate world through weather-related disasters, regulation, and lawsuits. Firms must react and adapt quickly to mitigate these risks and ensure their long-term sustainability. Immediate Impact on Operations One reason businesses should care about climate change is the... Continue Reading →
When we thought about Energy Abundance in my last article, today I want to talk a little more about materials and the bioeconomy. What we need is a somewhat tangible plan of where we actually need to and can start to accompany such a transformation. Advances in life science could transform economies and societies and... Continue Reading →
Repost: We need a new plan to build a truly sustainable industrial ecosystem without resources from the earth
As stars align for America’s rapid transition to a clean economy, slow electric transmission project permitting is gumming up the gears. The vast majority of newly-installed and planned energy projects in the U.S. consist of clean energy – solar and wind farms, often paired with battery storage - even before the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) expanded the... Continue Reading →
Permitting: America’s next big climate conundrum
Consultancies, large and small, are a superb training ground for your next hire — or maybe your future boss. . If you were to recruit a dream corps of young professionals destined to make up the next wave of sustainability champions in business, what qualities would you want them to have? My wishlist: They’d be... Continue Reading →
Where’s the next generation of sustainability talent? Consulting
After innumerable stops and starts, Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) finally agreed on a legislative package, now called the "Inflation Reduction Act of 2022," that would lower prescription drug costs, extend health insurance subsidies, and reduce carbon emissions. The bill, according to its proponents, would also reduce the federal deficit by $300... Continue Reading →
Corporations versus the climate
Stranded fossil-fuel assets translate to major losses for investors in advanced economies
Abstract The distribution of ownership of transition risk associated with stranded fossil-fuel assets remains poorly understood. We calculate that global stranded assets as present value of future lost profits in the upstream oil and gas sector exceed US$1 trillion under plausible changes in expectations about the effects of climate policy. We trace the equity risk... Continue Reading →
The pandemic slowed fast fashion to a standstill. Now as the world opens up and we are socializing and going places, we want to dress up again. But after living a confined and simpler life during COVID, this is a good time to take stock of the implications of how we dress. Fashion, and especially... Continue Reading →
Why Fashion Needs to Be More Sustainable
For those who wear the change New Standard was founded on the idea of change. We believe that transforming the fashion system is a necessity to face humanity’s greatest challenges across environment and climate – and everyone can make a difference. Our way? Weaving style, quality and comfort together with responsible practices. Creating the building blocks... Continue Reading →
100% recycled clothes for those who wear the change – New Standard
LONDON, April 25 (Reuters) - Britain unveiled a new taskforce on Monday to write rules forcing financial firms and listed companies to publish plans from next year for transitioning to a net zero economy by 2050. Last November at the COP26 UN Climate Summit, British finance minister Rishi Sunak said companies would have to publish... Continue Reading →
Britain moves ahead with mandatory climate plans for companies
Sustainable business, rethinking growth – Founders Valley (1/3) | DW Documentary
An entire generation of young people is rejecting the idea of unlimited economic growth on a planet with finite resources. Among them are social entrepreneurs in Indonesia looking for ways to do business that don’t harm the environment. The poles are melting. Sea levels are rising. Dozens of species go extinct every day. Environmental migration... Continue Reading →
Why we do it In March 2017 our founder Milo was on the ski slope. He noticed a sign with the CO₂ emissions of a week of winter sports. How strange that you can't compensate that, he thought. With a plane ticket you can. Once at home, he read in a study by CE Delft... Continue Reading →
empowerment & inner transformation... 