How Sustainable Is Patagonia If No One Can Afford To Buy It?
Patagonia highlights an inconvenient truth at the heart of a shift towards sustainability A jacket will set you back £300. A fleece can be as much as £210. One of their…
Can Individual Companies Be Sustainable If the Overall Economy is Unsustainable?
Every company has to play by the same rules of the game You’ve got a business idea whose core purpose revolves around an environmental or social mission. The one thing holding you…
How Can Economists Claim Economic Growth Is The Solution to The Climate Crisis?
Economists use the Environmental Kuznets Curve to justify economic growth in the face of increasing environmental pressures There’s a consensus that sustainable development is a set of ideas that can allow…
Chat GPT — Job Killer or Pathway to Sustainability?
It all comes down to how wealth is distributed through society IBM has paused hiring jobs that Artificial Intelligence (AI) could do. The software giant estimates AI like Chat GPT could replace…
How Is The World’s Most Sustainable Country Also One of the World’s Most Unsustainable Countries?
Metrics can create dangerous misconceptions Sweden is a shining light when it comes to sustainability. The country has high living standards while setting ambitious targets to become net-zero by 2050. It’s…
Are Capitalism and Sustainability Compatible?
It’s no good decarbonising an economy that doesn’t lead to mutual happiness From ghettos to mansions; from starvation to gluttony; from million-dollar bonuses to pennies in sweatshops — capitalism has always been a…