(An excerpt from my book coming in fall 2023 — Table Stakes | Why ESG Matters To Stakeholders, and Why Every Company Needs It) Globally, many investors have made the big shift to ESG investing. But what in the big, big ESG thicket appeals to them? …

My business started on Facebook. To be honest, a friend observantly named my new business during work-from-home office photo shares in the early days of the pandemic. I’ve been in sustainability since 2004 when the magic of green building, construction riding easier on the planet than code-built bricks and mortar…

ESG stands for environmental, social, and governance performance of companies, and while it roared into wide view in 2021, it has been around since the 1970s. (For more information about ESG, see the blog, “What Is ESG?”) …

“ESG” stands for a recognized system of environmental, social, and governance criteria by which investors and stakeholders evaluate a company’s performance and impacts. “E” (environmental) covers how a company manages the natural resources it uses and its impact on the planet’s natural environment. “S” (social) covers how a company treats…

As a sustainability professional, I’m routinely asked about the latest sustainability acronym — ESG, the environmental, social, and governance aspects of corporate performance. Figure 1 shows what I characterize as the four versions of sustainability in business as they have evolved over time: (V1) Corporate social responsibility, (V2) eco-efficiency, (V3)…

In the 2020 presidential election, then-candidate Joe Biden pinpointed the U.S.’s greatest challenge as “the climate emergency.”[1] Twelve percent of all voters and 22 percent of Democratic voters agreed, naming climate as their number one issue, too.[2] One of President Biden’s big takedown targets is fossil-fuel subsidies, specifically those for…

Mention the Green New Deal, and it’s easy to gauge where peoples’ political affiliations lie based on their immediate, visceral responses — ridicule, anger or wistfulness. But the Green New Deal isn’t a program at all. It’s a 14-page vision document laying out some aspirational goals, and it inspired a…

Mr. Akio Toyoda, CEO Toyota Motor North America, Inc. Dear Mr. Toyoda, I’m proud owner of a Toyota Prius (2011), a branded company car pictured below and affectionately named Penny by my staff. …