How to avoid backlash for telling your sustainability story
Companies should clearly align their business strategy with their sustainability communications decisions.
A Nonprofit Is Creating Modern Loungers Entirely from Plastic Pulled from Bali’s Waterways
Despite the idyllic photos that populate Instagram feeds and travel blogs, Bali has a plastic problem. The island produces 1.6 million tons of waste each year, and thanks to ocean currents, it also receives tidal waves of pollution from neighboring islands that bury its beaches in mounds of trash, debris, and even rotting animal carcasses during monsoon season. To mitigate the problem, two sister organizations have teamed up to clean Bali’s waterways and transform the uncovered waste into useful goods. More
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Porsche Cayenne vs BMW X5 2024 twin test: sporty plug-in hybrids battle for supremacy
Porsche and BMW have updated their sporty plug-in hybrid SUVs – which one is best?
Ocean Cleanup 101: Everything You Need to Know
Quick Key Facts Ocean Plastic: The Basics The Earth’s oceans are teeming with life — and with plastic. In fact, by 2050, it’s expected that there will be even more plastic in the ocean than fish. Adding to the 150 million tons already in marine environments, eight million tons of plastic reaches our oceans every […]
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Banksy’s New Tree Mural Dramatically ‘Greenwashes’ the Side of a London Building
In Finsbury Park, London, a new Banksy mural appeared on the side of a wall behind a recently pollarded tree. Installed on St. Patrick’s Day, a holiday marked by the color green, the painting features a caveman-like figure holding a sprayer, standing beneath a swath of vibrant paint. Characteristic of Banksy’s work (previously), the piece carries several meanings that relate to current social and political issues.
Perhaps foremost among the jabs Banksy may be making in this work is at the corporate practice of greenwashing, a misleading strategy large industries employ to communicate how “green” their practices are. More
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