Per this study of +1,000 small business leaders, having a sustainability expert on the board of directors is second only to having a financial expert…and ahead of expertise in sales, marketing, IT, operations, legal, ex cetera. The first thing many of you will say is, “We don’t even have a formalized board of directors. [...]
This article asks if your board is a sustainability leader or follower? As most privately owned companies do not have a board of directors, let’s broaden the statement to say... -“Are those that you turn for advice knowledgeable on sustainability, and capable of providing you with sound guidance?” We know: Consumers, B2C clients, workers, governments, [...]
Besides being the warmest August on record, August 2026 trails only September 2023 as the warmest month ever recorded. The global average temperature blew past the 1.5°C UN threshold and delivered a scorching 1.71°C above the 1850 – 1900 average. The land temperature was tied for 2nd warmest August ever, but the ocean temperature was [...]
Per study after study, companies that can prove they are environmentally sustainable make more money. This video interview discusses that when a company offers the consumer a choice, they choose sustainability over non-sustainable options. Odds are, your company is not certified sustainable. Odds are, you are in the middle of 2027 planning [...]
Yes, we know AI is the new shiny toy. Yes, we know – “Everyone else is doing it” But remember this: If, per this article, the creators of AI believe we are “gambling with our lives” If, per the article, just like the Terminator movies, “it will be smart enough to kill us” If we [...]
Per this master class, there are 8 components of a sustainability program that will be successful and make you happy: It MUST include Employee Performance / Health Sustainability is not just about energy savings or ‘Greening Up’, it is about people For most businesses, the employees are one of the biggest costs, one of [...]
Climate physical risk is your company’s financial exposure to extreme weather. This does not include any other environmental impacts. If we extrapolate the data from the study in this article, we arrive at the following: Climate risk (ie, financial hurt due to extreme weather) is currently taking 1% off the top (from [...]
July 2026 was the 2nd warmest July on record and finished with an average global temperature of 1.56° +/- 0.09° C above the 1850 – 1900 average – trailing only 2023 and tied with 2024. With a strengthening El Niño already showing a +2.7° C increase, forecasts suggest it will peak at 4.0° C. With [...]
Per this article, the Secretary-General of the United Nations has provided the following for you to think about: In less than 4 years, AI will be using more power than all but five countries (China, USA, India, Russia and Japan) – We are already at the tipping point with carbon emissions and global warming. AI [...]
Per this article, AI models, in environments controlled by their creators, are escaping and doing harm to outside organizations. They call this ‘Genie Behavior.’ If you are using AI in your company, ask yourself this question – “Am I more skilled at designing and managing AI than Meta, Anthropic and OpenAI?” If the answer is [...]
