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Sustainability Backsliding Doesn’t Have to Mean Back to Square One

Stanford Social Innovation

The head of the EPA has asked the White House to repeal the endangerment finding, which says that greenhouse gases pose a threat to public health and welfare, contradicting climate science. Companies should learn from the past, and think long term: In other periods of backsliding, leaders were separated from greenwashers.

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Empowering Young Leaders to Solve the World’s Energy Challenges: Insights From Nine Business Case Studies Highlight Paths to a Sustainable Future

James Militzer

C threshold (above pre-industrial levels) stipulated in the Paris Agreement. In retrospect, how should the VW CEO have reacted to the news from the EPA? Were the sustainability measures and corporate social responsibility offices at VW simply engaged in greenwashing?

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Take Five: Falling Flat

Chris Hall

For climate campaigners who believe carbon offsetting is basically greenwashing, this was a disappointing development. This week, it emerged – thanks to reporting by local newspaper WAToday – that the project is being blocked by the Western Australian Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Climate, though, is not the concern.