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June 2025

Sustainability Hurdles
Political volatility and uncertainty remains a major barrier to the sustainability strategies of big businesses around the world, and particularly in…
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Robert Frederick
Keep Plans and Carry On... or Progress Further?
By definition, sustainability is long-term planning. Businesses staying the course or doubling down on sustainability are further separating themselves…
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Robert Frederick
Climate Communications Stuck on Repeat
Every year, carbon dioxide levels break records. But there's hope to meaningfully address climate change if we have the courage to take action…
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Nuclear-Powered Search
One-upmanship is driving demand for artificial intelligence and the unsustainable amounts of energy needed to power it all.
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State of The Same
When "sustainability" means preservation instead of transformation
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The New Art Needed for the Climate Change Deal
On 1 June 2017, President Trump withdrew the United States from the Paris Agreement... the first time. What will it take for the Trump Administration to…
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May 2025

TOBBA
As passed by the U.S. House, "The One Big Beautiful Bill Act" (TOBBA) mortgages "our children's future." It also assigns new power to the Executive…
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Manufactured Emergencies
Unsustainable ways of operating, emergencies often result in unpredictable outcomes. Manufactured emergencies make unpredictable outcomes even more…
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Eighty Years After "Victory in Europe"
It's a lot like Fifty Years After "Victory in Europe" in terms of humanity's progress
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Sustainability in Furniture & Home Furnishings
At the semi-annual High Point Furniture Market, "emergency" tariffs loom
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