It's been a while... How to Think About Your Carbon Footprint
Strategies for Sustainability
by Georges Dyer
1y ago
Well, it's hard to believe it's been five years since my last post.  Time flies.  And that when it comes to the climate emergency and sustainability, that's not a great thing.  As Bill McKibben often says "winning slow is the same as losing."   We've made some amazing progress in the last few years -- the cost of renewables has continued to plummet and clean energy's been a rapidly growing part of the energy mix; the investment community has largely woken up to climate risk and the importance of other sustainability factors, from justice, equity, diversity and inclusio ..read more
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It's the end of the world as we know it... and I feel fine
Strategies for Sustainability
by Georges Dyer
3y ago
The Trump administration is expected to announce plans to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement right about now.  The headline implications of this are on the surface, hard to fathom. Run-away climate change will cause immeasurable suffering and economic decline.  If this move leads other countries to back away from their commitments, we could lose what may have been the very last-minute last change we had to avoid really devastating climate impacts. On the other hand, much of the rest of the world, and much of the US will not let this ill-considered move slow them down.  I ..read more
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New video from the MSLS programme
Strategies for Sustainability
by Georges Dyer
3y ago
A great new video that captures the spirit, diversity, and effectiveness of the Master's in Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability programme at BTH. Enjoy, and share with any young leaders, or later career professionals looking to enhance their sustainability leadership abilities and tap into an amazing global network: MSLS from MSLS on Vimeo. Stay going ..read more
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Below is a great quick recap of a few pieces of hu...
Strategies for Sustainability
by Georges Dyer
3y ago
Below is a great quick recap of a few pieces of huge news on climate this week.  It comes from a "Morning Climate" - a news briefing on Monday, Weds, and Fridays from the MacArthur Foundation. Subscribe here. Climate news would rock the world—if it ever made the front page NASA released data on Monday showing that July tied August for the hottest month in recorded history—the 11th monthly record in a row—giving 2016 better than 99-percent odds of becoming the warmest year on record. On Tuesday, BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, released a  ..read more
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Three former Treasury secretaries call on SEC to require climate risk disclosure
Strategies for Sustainability
by Georges Dyer
3y ago
Former US Treasury Secretaries, Hank Paulson (R), Robert Rubin (D), and George Schultz (R) issued a letter to the SEC urging it to require companies to disclose how they are accounting for and preparing for risks posed by climate change -- calling it "the biggest economic risk the world faces today." The Secretaries praised the SEC's 2010 guidance on the materiality of climate risks, but said it did not go far enough, and most companies have not been disclosing their exposure to these risks well, using boilerplate language that was not helpful.  The called for "mandatory and meaningful d ..read more
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Is there a warming trend?
Strategies for Sustainability
by Georges Dyer
3y ago
This info-graphic (via Climate Central) has been making the rounds lately -- it does a great job showing the warming trend over time, and just how close we're getting to the dangerous 1.5 degree threshold: Stay going ..read more
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Sorry, not sorry
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by Georges Dyer
3y ago
Great video from Prince Ea on alternate future scenarios, and how sustainability is about looking upstream to root causes, tying everything together: Stay going ..read more
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The most interesting sustainability report you'll never have to read
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by Georges Dyer
3y ago
There's no doubt we need art if we're going to make the progress toward sustainability on the timeline we need to avoid big trouble.  Cheers to Heineken: Stay going ..read more
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Al Gore back on the TED stage: Optimism on Climate Change
Strategies for Sustainability
by Georges Dyer
3y ago
Ten years after his first TED talk (the first one I ever watched back in 2006!) Al Gore is back on the main stage at TED, reinforcing the urgency of the science of climate change, and also doing a great job of explaining how we're crossing positive tipping points in terms of lower costs for renewable energy and broader support for the kind of climate action we need: Stay going ..read more
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The Intentional Endowments Network -- formal launch & founding members
Strategies for Sustainability
by Georges Dyer
3y ago
Yesterday we announced the Founding Member group of the Intentional Endowment Network (IEN), the initiative I've been working on for the past couple of years. This project grew out of an initial forum held in Boston partnership with Hampshire College in April 2014. It was clear from that event that an ongoing network to serve as a venue for learning and collaboration was necessary to help colleges and universities tackle sustainable and ESG investing in their endowments. After 18-months of what was essentially a pilot phase, we're thrilled with the nearly 80 institutions that have joined on ..read more
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