List: ESG reporting / Sustainability industry perspective | Curated by B. Lorraine Smith

May 29, 2024
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ESG reporting / Sustainability industry perspectiveDrawing on decades of work as a sustainability consultant with sleeves rolled up in the environmental, social and governance (ESG) space, I share details on what I think we can do better. I sometimes dish dirt, but I mostly suggest improvements that are totally doable, ASAP.
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Age of Awareness
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Four crazy reinventions for truly sustainable businessesAnd the even crazier alternative known as “realistic”
May 29, 2024
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May 29, 2024
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Successful Business Serves LifeIt’s time to stop debating with the lighthouse
Dec 17, 2023
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Dec 17, 2023
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When “solution-aware” is the problemOn the importance of knowing what we’re trying to change
Aug 24, 2023
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Aug 24, 2023
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Between Heresy and a Hard PlaceA glimpse of life as an inchoate reality-surfer riding waves of awe and ridicule
Jun 5, 2023
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Jun 5, 2023
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What I Think About This So-Called ScandalPeople keep tagging me on the JBS CDP thing. Here’s a wee rant.
Apr 1, 2023
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Apr 1, 2023
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Green Bonds and the Poo of BullLooking for substance in sustainable finance
Jan 26, 2023
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Jan 26, 2023
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To My Super Smart Sustainability FriendsI totally get why you do what you do. And we have alternatives.
Oct 12, 2022
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Oct 12, 2022
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Age of Awareness
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Quick Smell Check on “Purpose”Asking what a company SAYS versus DOES versus IS
Oct 3, 2022
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Oct 3, 2022
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Free 5-Point Climate Week BriefingTips to prime you ahead of the week — whether you’re attending in person or not
Sep 18, 2022
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Sep 18, 2022
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Why I Wish I’d Followed My Instincts As a Climate DenierComing clean on what I really think about “corporate climate action”
Jul 14, 2022
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Jul 14, 2022
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Three ways you can stop corporate climate insanityYou see the madness, you’re not buying the endless growth narrative, and you want to help. Now what?
Jul 16, 2022
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Jul 16, 2022
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ESG Data is Like Less Wife BeatingImagine a friend telling us a story about his mother. She called him up to say: “I’ve got some great news! I counted up how many times your
Feb 21, 2020
Feb 21, 2020
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Yes, please send me my starter packBut I have a few questions first.
May 21, 2022
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May 21, 2022
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Dear Mr. Fink,Thank you for publishing your letter to CEOs earlier this year. You made a compelling case to take the risks of climate change seriously.
Apr 4, 2020
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Apr 4, 2020
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When Materiality Meets RealityWhat if we look at an old tool in a new way?
Apr 1, 2022
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Apr 1, 2022
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Does Google Fit In Our Future?I ran an assessment to find out: does the company contribute to—or undermine—the future we want? Here’s what I learned.
May 13, 2022
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May 13, 2022
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Does TD Bank Belong in the Future?No, unless they change two fundamental things, ASAP
Jul 21, 2022
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Jul 21, 2022
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