I smiled as I read this New York Times article on innovations in refillable packaging; well, it’s deja vu all over again! My mind darted back some fifty years to Kolkata, India, where I grew up. I was 10 years old going with my father to buy cooking oil for…

As more companies realize that transitioning to sustainable business models is their “license to operate” in the business landscape, investments in key ESG issues are on the rise. …

What is ESG and why the commotion? You’ve likely seen recent articles and tweets about corporate investors taking Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) metrics into consideration for their investment decisions, and how several politicians, business owners, and public figures are reacting. From Elon Musk’s recent “ESG is a scam” tweet…

2015’s Paris Agreement set a lofty- but necessary- goal: limit global warming to 1.5˚C by 2050. Scientists argue that if we keep to this goal, the harsh effects of climate change will be limited to a manageable degree. …

A few months ago, I outlined the need for responsible consumption and production practices to lessen the harsh effects of widespread consumerism. Many developed countries, and especially the U.S., have promoted an environmentally harmful culture of excess consumption that has reached a level the Earth cannot sustain. Buying fewer products…

We live in a world where the wealthiest 1% of people hold more than half the world’s wealth. In fact, that “elite group” holds more wealth than the entire bottom 90% — i.e., 6.9 billion people. In the last couple of years, extreme inequality has been accelerated by the COVID-19…

Volkswagen is one of the world’s leading car manufacturers. It is no secret that automobiles are responsible for greenhouse gas emissions that harm the Earth, but automotive companies often promote their “high” gas mileage and other sustainable technology to appeal to environmentally-conscious customers. Imagine the surprise of consumers and regulators…

COP26 saw world leaders announce their worries over the current state of sustainable development. While the environmental summit in Glasgow, Scotland saw some big developments such as methane limits, financial capital dedicated toward sustainable development, promises to stop deforestation, and surprising international cooperation; it was also clear that even stronger…

July 29, 2021 was announced as Earth Overshoot Day — the day by which more natural resources have been used than can be replenished by the Earth in one year. Any resources used from that date on are borrowing from our future resource reserves. Notably, this was one of the…