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Lighthouse Keeper Edition 7
FLOP 26 … why Net Zero as used and abused is a sham … and why Glasgow can’t deliver what’s ‘necessary’ November 2021 | Edition 7 | COP 26 is just around the corner, the biggest assembly of governmental delegations, lobbyists, NGOs, activist groups, and not to...
Lighthouse Keeper Edition 6
ESG LaLa Land is burning - how to leave and where to go! As many of you return from vacation and scroll through inboxes and social media, one is amazed of the dynamics of the last months. A lot has to do with the climate and political events of this summer. Massive...
Lighthouse Keeper Edition 5
CODE RED ... Undisputable Facts Confirm Human-Made Climate Change ... 10 YEARS Left To Respond ... It’s finally there, the 6th IPCC WG 1 Report, and for those of us reading these reports, it’s no surprise, we knew it all along, but now there is simply more proof, or...
Lighthouse Keeper Edition 4
Will the WBCSD Vision 2050 deliver (and what, actually)? … the EU Package on Sustainable Finance … the Corona Chronicles develop a 'New Normal' … April and May 2021, at least so far, have created a lot of excitement in the ESG Bubble. The World Business Council for...
Lighthouse Keeper Edition 3
Black’rocked’ for ESG shortcomings … the EU TaxoNOmy … the DaNOne conundrum … The ‘Big Sustainability Illusion’ as a booklet … The Lighthouse Keeper is back from a couple of days of celebrating Easter. But well, what’s Easter really with no family around, no Easter...
Lighthouse Keeper Edition 2
Mapping the Sustainability Standards Niche … IFRS vs. EFRAG … ESG vs. Doing Good … and why do we think that arsonists are good firefighters? Thank you all for great feedback on the first edition of the ‘Lighthouse Keeper’. There is lots of interest for a ‘compass that...
Lighthouse Keeper Edition 1
SBTI ... Net Zero Targets ... TCFD ... ESG Investment ... resistance bubbles up that 'trust us, we're big' is not sufficient any longer Preamble - Inspired by enthusiastic support of the series 'The Big Sustainability Illusion' that showed concerns about the...
The Big Sustainability Illusion – Part 4
The Big Sustainability Illusion - goodbye ‘ESG LaLaLand’ and hello to the ‘New World’ of a regenerative & distributive economy! This is the last part of this mini-series. The links to parts 1-3 can be found at the end of the article. Welcome to part 4 of...
The Big Sustainability Illusion – Part 3
The Big Sustainability Illusion - how to escape the ESG bubble and finally deliver on sustainability! Part three of a mini-series, see link to earlier parts at the end. When I wrote the first and second part of ‘The Big Sustainability Illusion’ I had little...
The Big Sustainability Illusion – Part 2
The Big Sustainability Illusion - how limited ESG Progress understanding delivers irrevocable damage. A sequel. Two weeks ago my article The Big Sustainability Illusion - how a whole crowd of incrementalist ESG progress proponents wants to make us think they...